RACINE - For half a century, the SC Johnson Research Tower hasstood as an example of the ingenuity of the architect who defiedconvention to design it. It's also seen as a testament to theinnovation of one Racine's most successful companies.

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Author to sign new Frank Lloyd Wright books

Genzyme Corp Chief Executive Henri Termeer said he is willing to sell the company he built up over 25 years, but not for $69 a share.

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Genzyme CEO open to sale, not at $69 a share

Biotech company Genzyme Inc rejected an $18.5 billion buyout offer from French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA on Monday, setting the stage for a protracted and potentially hostile takeover battle.

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Genzyme rejects Sanofi offer as long battle looms

Earlier this summer, Michael Ian Black took to his blog to defend himself against those appalled that the comedian was — gasp! — inserting rare advertisements to his popular Twitter feed.

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An open mic, in 140-characters or less

The Pulitzer winner brings a strong environmental viewpoint to his new post. Reporting from Maui —

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W.S. Merwin is green as U.S. poet laureate

(WOMENSENEWS)--Kudos to indie distributor First Run Features for having five superb films directed by women in U.S.

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'First Run Features' Gives Female Directors the Go

There are little more than a dozen residents left in as many wooden homes in this hamlet tucked away from civilisation in eastern Latvia. All are Old Believers, a faith struggling to survive.

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Time takes its toll on Latvia's 'Old Believers'

France's Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday publicly disclosed its $18.5 billion, $69-per-share cash offer for Genzyme Corp in a bid to rouse shareholders after failing to engage the U.S. biotechnology company in merger talks.

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Sanofi-Aventis makes $18.5 billion offer for Genzyme

In her 30 years as a kindergarten teacher in Illinois and Massachusetts, Jane Katch has watched graham crackers, a pretzel, celery, tree bark and fingers all become transformed into imaginary guns and other weapons. And she has learned to work with, rather than against, the violent boyhood fantasies that accompany these transformations.

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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has long worked to bridge divisions, whether they are fissures between interfaith husbands and wives or political chasms separating the United States and the Muslim world.

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Imam behind NYC mosque faces divisions over center