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Court: Permit violates owl protection
Feb 16 2007 11:04PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act when it approved a 22,000-acre logging project that affects northern spotted owl habitat in southern Oregon.
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Frog in amber may be 25M years old
Feb 16 2007 10:37PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A miner in the state of Chiapas found a tiny tree frog that has been preserved in amber for 25 million years, a researcher said. If authenticated, the preserved frog would be the first of its kind found in Mexico, according to David Grimaldi, a biologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History, who was not involved in the find.
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Infants form memories, but forget them
Feb 16 2007 10:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Adults thinking back rarely can remember anything before preshool, but those bright infant eyes staring back at mommy and daddy really are forming memories. It's just that babies also forget. In fact, babies' rate of forgetting is even faster than that of adults, Patricia J. Bauer of Duke University said Friday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Sachs warns of global warming disaster
Feb 16 2007 7:51PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The world faces a global warming disaster if the United States and China do not take decisive action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a leading economist said at the U.N. Friday.
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Calif. awards $45M in stem cell grants
Feb 16 2007 7:37PM (CT)
BURLINGAME, Calif. (AP) - California's stem cell agency on Friday doled out nearly $45 million in research grants to about 20 state universities and nonprofit research laboratories, far exceeding the federal government's spending on the controversial work.
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Tire reef off Florida proves a disaster
Feb 16 2007 7:07PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A mile offshore from this city's high-rise condos and spring-break bars lie as many as 2 million old tires, strewn across the ocean floor _ a white-walled, steel-belted monument to good intentions gone awry.
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Study: Wolves alter elk breeding pattern
Feb 16 2007 7:06PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The presence of wolves in and around Yellowstone National Park has led to changes in elk breeding patterns, likely a significant factor in the decline in elk populations, a study published Friday concludes.
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Researchers re-create Washington's face
Feb 16 2007 7:02PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Researchers at Arizona State University and the University of Pittsburgh have mixed technology, art and science to re-create the real face of George Washington. Using anthropology, 3-D scanning and digital reconstruction, the 2 1/2-year project has culminated in new life-size figures of the nation's first president and some say the images are the most accurate yet of Washington at a younger age.
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NASA scrubs 5-satellite launch
Feb 16 2007 6:32PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Strong upper level winds forced NASA to abort plans to launch five satellites on a single rocket Friday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, officials said.
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Astronaut's arrest won't affect mission
Feb 16 2007 3:13AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The arrest of an astronaut on an attempted murder charge has not distracted the crew of the upcoming space shuttle mission, even though she had been scheduled to be part of the flight's ground team, the shuttle's commander said Thursday.
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Astronaut's arrest won't affect mission
Feb 16 2007 3:13AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The arrest of an astronaut on an attempted murder charge has not distracted the crew of the upcoming space shuttle mission, even though she had been scheduled to be part of the flight's ground team, the shuttle's commander said Thursday.
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Global lawmakers seek new climate accord
Feb 16 2007 12:07AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of global lawmakers signed a resolution Thursday urging a new agreement limiting greenhouse gas emissions by 2009 to succeed the Kyoto protocol, which is set to expire in 2012.
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