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S.F. examines power of dog droppings
Feb 21 2006 10:18PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - City officials are hoping to harness the power of dog doo. San Franciscans already recycle more than 60 percent of their garbage, but in this dog-friendly town, animal feces make up nearly 4 percent of residential waste, or 6,500 tons a year _ nearly as much as disposable diapers, according to the city.
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W.Va. woman told to stop rescuing opossums
Feb 21 2006 8:10PM (CT)
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - The Division of Natural Resources has told a Parkersburg woman to stop rescuing orphaned baby opossums because possessing wildlife is illegal in West Virginia.
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Forest Service traps first wolverine
Feb 21 2006 8:07PM (CT)
MAZAMA, Wash. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service has trapped the first wolverine ever captured and fitted with a radio collar in the Pacific Northwest. Biologists are hoping to learn more about the habits and range of the elusive creatures known for their ferocious nature.
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Scientists focus on tiny ice worms
Feb 21 2006 8:05PM (CT)
PARADISE, Wash. (AP) - A tiny worm that lives in glaciers and snowfields is drawing attention for what it could reveal about life on other planets.
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Japan launches satellite to map the sky
Feb 21 2006 7:56PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's space agency on Wednesday launched a satellite into orbit around the Earth, where it will map the sky using infrared wavelengths.
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Scientists dig into pile of comet dust
Feb 21 2006 10:10AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Scientists said Monday they have begun slicing and dicing the first of hundreds of microscopic specks of comet dust, virtually unchanged since the birth of the solar system, that a NASA spacecraft successfully returned to Earth in late January.
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