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Helium shortage hits home

Say helium, and the first thing people think of is the gas in balloons that makes you sound like a chipmunk. But helium is used in a wide variety of applications, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, cryogenics, welding, deep-sea diving, and medical research—not to mention inflating the Goodyear Blimp.

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DNA testing reveals family secret

Ask me where I’m from, and I’ll tell you I was born in New Jersey, grew up overseas, and now live in Idaho. But ask me where my ancestors were from, and it’s not that easy. My father said that his parents were from Germany and Switzerland, but my mother’s …

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Obstacles? Bring it on, says this family

Stop by the Morrison home any weekend and you’ll find serious obstacles.

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Pilot-Sailor Arlon Rosenoff's passion? Sharing his art

Often when we think of an artist, we picture a solitary figure plying his or her craft in a quiet studio, working alone for days and weeks at a time on a single masterpiece.

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