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Activists attack Japanese whaling vessel
Feb 9 2007 11:50PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Two activists attacked a Japanese whaling ship with a bottle of acid and a smoke bomb Friday, slightly injuring two crew members after the vessel helped rescue the protesters from the icy Ross Sea off Antarctica, officials said.
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Manure: You may be walking on it soon
Feb 9 2007 11:01PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. Researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture insist it's no cow pie in the sky dream. They say that fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure could take the place of sawdust in making fiberboard, which is used to make everything from furniture to flooring to store shelves.
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Manure: You may be walking on it soon
Feb 9 2007 11:01PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. Researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture insist it's no cow pie in the sky dream. They say that fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure could take the place of sawdust in making fiberboard, which is used to make everything from furniture to flooring to store shelves.
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Manure: You may be walking on it soon
Feb 9 2007 11:01PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. Researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture insist it's no cow pie in the sky dream. They say that fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure could take the place of sawdust in making fiberboard, which is used to make everything from furniture to flooring to store shelves.
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Feds reject Wyoming's wolf kill plan
Feb 9 2007 10:36PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wolves will remain protected for now in Wyoming, where officials want to manage the animals by killing some, even as they come off the endangered species list in five other states, federal officials said Friday.
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Latest bird flu blamed on bird trading
Feb 9 2007 9:56PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Experts suspect the current spread of bird flu in Asia, Africa and Europe is mainly a result of trade in infected live birds rather than transmission through wild birds, the U.N. official coordinating the global fight against avian influenza said Friday.
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FDA approves limb-saving salvage shunt
Feb 9 2007 9:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A plastic shunt that can temporarily rejoin the severed blood vessels of soldiers wounded on the battlefield won federal approval Friday, following an expedited review.
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Peru concerned about fossil trafficking
Feb 9 2007 8:52PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peruvian archaeologists displayed more than 400 seized shark teeth, shells and fish fossils as old as 12 million years on Friday, saying customs officials have already made twice the number of such seizures this year than they did in 2006.
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White tiger cubs draw suggested names
Feb 9 2007 7:55PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - The Buenos Aires Zoo has been swamped with thousands of suggested names for three rare white tiger cubs that made their public debut this week.
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White tiger cubs draw suggested names
Feb 9 2007 7:55PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - The Buenos Aires Zoo has been swamped with thousands of suggested names for three rare white tiger cubs that made their public debut this week.
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EU may make harming environment a crime
Feb 9 2007 7:39PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Companies and individuals found responsible for environmental disasters should face criminal charges, the European Union's executive said Friday in proposing a measure that would punish serious offenses across the 27-nation bloc with up to five years in prison or a $975,000 fine.
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White tiger cubs debut at Argentine zoo
Feb 9 2007 7:29PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - The Buenos Aires Zoo has been swamped with thousands of suggested names for three rare white tiger cubs that made their public debut this week.
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Scientists to vie for $25M climate prize
Feb 9 2007 7:28PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - British tycoon Richard Branson dangled a $25 million prize before the world's top scientists Friday seeking to spur research into devising ways to suck greenhouse gases out of the air.
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Scientists to vie for $25M climate prize
Feb 9 2007 7:28PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - British tycoon Richard Branson dangled a $25 million prize before the world's top scientists Friday seeking to spur research into devising ways to suck greenhouse gases out of the air.
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Hawaii's bird habitats most threatened
Feb 9 2007 7:18PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaiian forests are the nation's most threatened bird habitats, according to a report released Thursday by American Bird Conservancy. "Saving these species is important but meaningless if the habitats they come from are also not protected," said Alan Lieberman, director of the Hawaiian Endangered Bird Conservation Program for the San Diego Zoo.
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Scientists listen to endangered whales
Feb 9 2007 7:18PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Beneath the ocean, microphones listen around the clock for the mooing calls of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an eavesdropping experiment that could help save them from extinction.
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Cloned cow saved from slaughterhouse
Feb 9 2007 4:11PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - A dairy farmer who faced selling his cloned cow for hamburger because of a bitter family business dispute said Friday he struck a deal with neighbors to spare the animal from the slaughterhouse.
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Astronaut culture stresses achievement
Feb 9 2007 2:50AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - From the dawn of the space program, America's astronauts have been treated like stars, saluted as red-white-and-blue heroes, and indoctrinated in NASA's can-do, failure-is-not-an-option ethos. Could that explain the downfall of Lisa Nowak, the astronaut accused of attempted murder? Were the expectations too high? The pressures too great?
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Astronaut culture stresses achievement
Feb 9 2007 2:50AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - From the dawn of the space program, America's astronauts have been treated like stars, saluted as red-white-and-blue heroes, and indoctrinated in NASA's can-do, failure-is-not-an-option ethos. Could that explain the downfall of Lisa Nowak, the astronaut accused of attempted murder? Were the expectations too high? The pressures too great?
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