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Court nixes NASA background checks
Jan 11 2008 11:42PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge blocked the government Friday from conducting background checks of low-risk employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory after an appeals court said the investigations threaten the constitutional rights of workers.
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Astronomers describe violent universe
Jan 11 2008 6:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The deeper astronomers gaze into the cosmos, the more they find it's a bizarre and violent universe. The research findings from this week's annual meeting of U.S. astronomers range from blue orphaned baby stars to menacing "rogue" black holes that roam our galaxy, devouring any planets unlucky enough to be within their limited reach.
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Astronomers describe violent universe
Jan 11 2008 6:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The deeper astronomers gaze into the cosmos, the more they find it's a bizarre and violent universe. The research findings from this week's annual meeting of U.S. astronomers range from blue orphaned baby stars to menacing "rogue" black holes that roam our galaxy, devouring any planets unlucky enough to be within their limited reach.
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Astronomers describe violent universe
Jan 11 2008 6:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The deeper astronomers gaze into the cosmos, the more they find it's a bizarre and violent universe. The research findings from this week's annual meeting of U.S. astronomers range from blue orphaned baby stars to menacing "rogue" black holes that roam our galaxy, devouring any planets unlucky enough to be within their limited reach.
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Astronomers describe violent universe
Jan 11 2008 6:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The deeper astronomers gaze into the cosmos, the more they find it's a bizarre and violent universe. The research findings from this week's annual meeting of U.S. astronomers range from blue orphaned baby stars to menacing "rogue" black holes that roam our galaxy, devouring any planets unlucky enough to be within their limited reach.
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Astronomers describe violent universe
Jan 11 2008 6:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The deeper astronomers gaze into the cosmos, the more they find it's a bizarre and violent universe. The research findings from this week's annual meeting of U.S. astronomers range from blue orphaned baby stars to menacing "rogue" black holes that roam our galaxy, devouring any planets unlucky enough to be within their limited reach.
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Astronomers describe violent universe
Jan 11 2008 6:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The deeper astronomers gaze into the cosmos, the more they find it's a bizarre and violent universe. The research findings from this week's annual meeting of U.S. astronomers range from blue orphaned baby stars to menacing "rogue" black holes that roam our galaxy, devouring any planets unlucky enough to be within their limited reach.
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EU report says cloned food probably safe
Jan 11 2008 6:31PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Meat and milk from cloned animals is probably safe for humans, the European Union's food safety agency said in a preliminary report released Friday. The report, by the European Food Safety Authority, seems likely to fuel new debate over whether the EU should allow cloned animals to enter the food chain.
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Ants, plants mutually benefit each other
Jan 11 2008 6:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Call it the rule of unintended consequences _ drop your guard because one threat goes away and an unexpected menace jumps up and smacks you. And new research shows it even applies to African acacia trees.
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NYC cloning historical trees for future
Jan 11 2008 6:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Squat, homely, dwarfed by stately oaks and poplars, and unnoticed by the tourists passing in horse-drawn carriages, it's a tree that only birds and nut-hungry squirrels could love.
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NYC cloning historical trees for future
Jan 11 2008 6:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Squat, homely, dwarfed by stately oaks and poplars, and unnoticed by the tourists passing in horse-drawn carriages, it's a tree that only birds and nut-hungry squirrels could love.
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NYC cloning historical trees for future
Jan 11 2008 6:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Squat, homely, dwarfed by stately oaks and poplars, and unnoticed by the tourists passing in horse-drawn carriages, it's a tree that only birds and nut-hungry squirrels could love.
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NYC cloning historical trees for future
Jan 11 2008 6:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Squat, homely, dwarfed by stately oaks and poplars, and unnoticed by the tourists passing in horse-drawn carriages, it's a tree that only birds and nut-hungry squirrels could love.
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No big bang: Asteroid will miss Mars
Jan 11 2008 6:21PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock.
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NASA aims for February shuttle launch
Jan 11 2008 6:04PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA began installing a new connector in Atlantis' fuel tank Friday in hopes of launching the space shuttle in early February, two months late.
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Surgeons remove cyst on baby gorilla
Jan 11 2008 6:03PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Veterinarians and pediatric surgeons combined their efforts to remove a cyst near the spine of a baby gorilla at the Woodland Park Zoo, an operation they believe is the first of its kind.
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