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Rare albino alligators stolen in Brazil
Jan 4 2008 10:58PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Seven rare albino alligators disappeared from a Brazilian university zoo and authorities suspect animal smugglers stole them, officials said Friday.
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Rare albino alligators stolen in Brazil
Jan 4 2008 10:58PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Seven rare albino alligators disappeared from a Brazilian university zoo and authorities suspect animal smugglers stole them, officials said Friday.
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Calf. study finds decline in cancer risk
Jan 4 2008 9:53PM (CT)
DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (AP) - A study released Friday found the cancer risk from air pollution in Southern California is down 15 percent, but the good news was tempered by the reality that the region still has some of the dirtiest air in the country.
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Baby mammoth could shed light on warming
Jan 4 2008 9:01PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Frozen in much the state it died some 37,500 years ago, a Siberian baby mammoth undergoing tests in Japan could finally explain why the beasts were driven to extinction _ and shed light on climate change, scientists said Friday.
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Mummified dinosaur heads to Texas
Jan 4 2008 7:09PM (CT)
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - A mummified dinosaur discovered on the Hi-Line is heading to the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, where it will be studied and displayed for more than a year.
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Disease likely cause of Utah bird deaths
Jan 4 2008 6:08PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - About 1,500 dead birds that have washed up on the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake may have been killed by avian cholera, an expert said. Dead grebes, ducks and gulls were being sent to the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., for examination.
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Iguanas fall from trees with cold snap
Jan 4 2008 5:39PM (CT)
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) - How cold was it in South Florida this week? So cold the iguanas fell from the trees. The cold-blooded reptiles go into a deep sleep when the temperature falls into the 40s. Experts said their bodies basically shut off and they lose their grip on the tree.
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Britain: 2008 may be among hottest years
Jan 4 2008 5:05PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - This year is forecast to be among the top 10 hottest years on record, Britain's weather office said Thursday, despite a strong cooling effect predicted from the tropical weather phenomenon known as La Nina.
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Butterflies get ants to raise young
Jan 4 2008 5:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Call it the cuckoo of butterflies. Like the well-known birds, the Alcon blue butterfly has found a way to get others to raise its offspring. Researchers in Denmark report that the large blue butterfly has managed to produce larvae with a chemical coating similar to that of the local Myrmica rubra ants.
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Microsoft bigwigs donate to telescope
Jan 4 2008 5:04PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A project to build a pioneering telescope in Chile got a $30 million boost Thursday with donations from Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and former company executive Charles Simonyi.
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NOAA confirms start of new sunspot cycle
Jan 4 2008 4:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new solar cycle is under way. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday that the first sunspot of a new 11-year cycle has appeared in the sun's northern hemisphere.
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