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Augustine Volcano continues to erupt
Jan 31 2006 8:57PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Augustine Volcano continued to erupt Tuesday, with the volcano producing a continuous crescent-shaped plume of steam, and ash and gas speeding down the flanks of the island mount and into the sea.
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Australia's reefs face bleaching risk
Jan 31 2006 8:56PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A bout of coral bleaching hitting Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be as bad as an episode in 2001-2002 that affected 60 percent of the reef, scientists warned Tuesday.
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Wash. weather may be killing seabirds
Jan 31 2006 7:52PM (CT)
NEAH BAY, Wash. (AP) - The mass starvation deaths of murres on Tatoosh Island off the Olympic Peninsula may be due in part to unusual weather patterns along the West Coast, scientists say.
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Experts: Black-footed ferrets reproducing
Jan 31 2006 6:16PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - In an encouraging sign for the black-footed ferret, wildlife officials say the animal is apparently reproducing across the West after nearing extinction less than three decades ago.
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Research gives reason to sweat drug tests
Jan 31 2006 6:13PM (CT)
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Drug detection as easy as taking a swipe of someone's sweat could someday be in the hands of law enforcement, thanks to research conducted at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University.
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India to ban drug blamed in vulture deaths
Jan 31 2006 6:13PM (CT)
NEW DELHI, India (AP) - More than 90 percent of India's vultures, a crucial link in the environment, have died and the government is working to ban a drug blamed for the near-extinction, officials said Tuesday.
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Correction: Stem-Cell-Scientist story
Jan 31 2006 4:04AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - In a Jan. 26 story about University of Pittsburgh stem cell researcher Dr. Gerald Schatten, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Schatten had previously worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. Schatten was a course director at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, which is not affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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