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Authorities filed charges today against the owner of a Rottweiler accused of killing a black bear cub in Jefferson Township on Tuesday. The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals levied four counts against Teri Daubner, a Jefferson Township woman who authorities said failed to provide proper care for her dog and caused the death of the bear cub, said Matt Stanton, NJSPCA spokesman. The cub was the second animal killed by 5-year-old Max this summer, authorities said. Daubner was charged with two counts of failure to provide proper shelter for her dog and two counts of...

US scientists have discovered a way to make plastics from orange peel, using the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Cornell University researchers created a novel polymer using CO2, an oil present in orange peel and a catalyst that speeds the reaction along. The team hopes CO2 could one day be collected for making plastics instead of being pumped into the atmosphere. Details of the research in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. What's exciting about this work is that from completely renewable resources, we were able to make a plastic with very nice qualities Limonene is a carbon-based compound that...