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In a convincing sign that the nation’s economy is rebounding, the national unemployment rate has fallen to 9.7 percent in January from 10.0 percent in December, according to a report released by Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Corvallis -- The discovery that soil clings to the first rain after a dry summer upends nearly a century of thinking in soil science, Oregon researchers said.

Sacramento -- Geologists say they've found more than 350 ancient granite basins used by California's Miwok tribe to produce salt for trade.