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Group eyes Alaska boycott over wolf ruling
Feb 13 2006 8:33PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Supreme Court has denied a request by an animal-rights group to end a population-control program that allows shooting wolves from the air.
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Maui may be running out of sand
Feb 13 2006 7:45PM (CT)
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - Maui may be running out of sand, threatening not only its famous year-round beaches but the state's booming construction industry.
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Bald eagle closer to coming off list
Feb 13 2006 7:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American bald eagle, after battling back from the threat of extinction because of habitat loss and DDT, took another step Monday toward coming off the endangered species list.
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Archaeologists find massive tomb in Greece
Feb 13 2006 7:19PM (CT)
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - Archaeologists have unearthed a massive tomb in the northern Greek town of Pella, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia and birthplace of Alexander the Great.
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Program says shark attacks down worldwide
Feb 13 2006 7:15PM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Shark attacks were down worldwide last year, continuing a five-year trend due in part to humans being more savvy about how to avoid being bitten, a monitoring program reported Monday.
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Mars Rover reaches 'Home Plate' section
Feb 13 2006 7:15PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Mars rover Spirit has hit a home run by landing in a rugged plateau dubbed "Home Plate," but scientists are still trying to decipher its geology.
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Experts to test possible Joan of Arc bones
Feb 13 2006 7:15PM (CT)
GARCHES, France (AP) - A team of scientists hopes to crack one of the layers of mystery surrounding 15th-century French heroine Joan of Arc: Could a rib and other fragments recovered after she was burned at the stake be hers?
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Scientists discover new assassin spiders
Feb 13 2006 10:45AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Researchers scouring the remote forests of the African island nation of Madagascar have found that tiny assassin spiders, grotesque-looking bugs that prey on other spiders, are more diverse than previously thought.
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