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Aquarium wants a shark 'love connection'
Feb 2 2007 11:02PM (CT)
NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) - Cupid's making at stop at the "Swimming with Sharks" exhibit at the Newport Aquarium just in time for Valentine's Day. The aquarium has acquired a rare male shark ray to serve as a companion to female Sweet Pea, with the hope that the two will hit it off and produce some offspring for the nearly endangered fish.
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Aquarium wants a shark 'love connection'
Feb 2 2007 11:02PM (CT)
NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) - Cupid's making at stop at the "Swimming with Sharks" exhibit at the Newport Aquarium just in time for Valentine's Day. The aquarium has acquired a rare male shark ray to serve as a companion to female Sweet Pea, with the hope that the two will hit it off and produce some offspring for the nearly endangered fish.
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Northern fur seal pup estimates decline
Feb 2 2007 11:01PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - America's northern fur seal pup population continues a marked decline this decade, federal biologists reported Friday. The number of pups born between 2004 and 2006 in Alaska's Pribilof Islands, home of the world's largest rookeries, fell by 9 percent from the previous two year estimate, according to researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Rome subway planners try to avoid relics
Feb 2 2007 9:11PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - In a city where traffic rumbles past the Colosseum and soccer fans celebrate victories among the remains of the Circus Maximus, it comes as no surprise that relics of the glory that was Rome turn up almost every day, and sometimes get in the way of the modern city's needs.
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Rome subway planners try to avoid relics
Feb 2 2007 9:11PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - In a city where traffic rumbles past the Colosseum and soccer fans celebrate victories among the remains of the Circus Maximus, it comes as no surprise that relics of the glory that was Rome turn up almost every day, and sometimes get in the way of the modern city's needs.
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Rome subway planners try to avoid relics
Feb 2 2007 9:11PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - In a city where traffic rumbles past the Colosseum and soccer fans celebrate victories among the remains of the Circus Maximus, it comes as no surprise that relics of the glory that was Rome turn up almost every day, and sometimes get in the way of the modern city's needs.
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Global warming to continue for centuries
Feb 2 2007 9:11PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Global warming is so severe that it will "continue for centuries," leading to a far different planet in 100 years, warned a grim landmark report from the world's leading climate scientists and government officials. Yet, many of the experts are hopeful that nations will now take action to avoid the worst scenarios.
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Boxer wants U.S. to host energy summit
Feb 2 2007 9:03PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The head of the Senate's Environment Committee called on the White House Friday to hold a summit grouping the 12 largest greenhouse-gas emitting nations.
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Mastodon tooth fossil remains a mystery
Feb 2 2007 7:32PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A mastodon tooth fossil found in an Ontario, Canada, attic remains a mystery, after a paleontologist concluded it does not belong with a skeleton here that is one of the world's most complete.
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Researcher fights pest with whey, fungus
Feb 2 2007 7:28PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A University of Vermont researcher is using the dairy product whey and a fungus to take aim at a pest that has ravaged East Coast hemlocks. Scott Costa said the method will allow an insect-killing fungus to grow in the field rather than in a laboratory, cutting down on the prohibitive costs.
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Professor wins $1M for arsenic filter
Feb 2 2007 7:26PM (CT)
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A professor who developed an inexpensive, easy-to-make system for filtering arsenic from well water has won a $1 million engineering prize _ and he plans to use most of the money to distribute the filters to needy communities around the world.
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Climate report won't signal policy change
Feb 2 2007 4:18AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - It was a U.S. government scientist who helped push through the strong language in the upcoming international report on global warming.
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