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Coral reef discovered off Thailand cost
Feb 22 2006 10:11PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A coral reef spanning several hundred acres and teeming with fish has been discovered off the coast of Thailand and should be given protected status, the World Wide Fund for Nature said Wednesday.
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Steelworkers lead Teflon chemical warnings
Feb 22 2006 8:45PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A coalition including the United Steelworkers and several environmental groups is asking the state to list a chemical used in the production of Teflon and other products as a cancer-causing substance.
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Blackbeard's presumed ship gets new layer
Feb 22 2006 8:42PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Authorities are resorting to a risky new method aimed at helping preserve what is believed to be the sunken flagship of the pirate Blackbeard.
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Sunflower farmers wait for more research
Feb 22 2006 8:28PM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Sunflower farmers say a German study looking into possible links between the plant and AIDS medicine may grab headlines, but they believe it's too early to increase production of the crop.
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Neanderthals in Europe killed off earlier
Feb 22 2006 8:23PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Neanderthals in Europe were killed off by the advance of modern humans thousands of years earlier than previously believed, losing a competition for food and shelter, according to a scientific study published Wednesday.
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Small Wyoming museum lands a rare fossil
Feb 22 2006 5:26PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A rare and prized fossil of the feathered Archaeopteryx _ thought to be Earth's first bird _ has become something of an albatross to a small Wyoming museum.
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Greenland starts quota to save polar bears
Feb 22 2006 10:52AM (CT)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Greenland's government on Wednesday introduced the ice-capped island's first hunting quota for polar bears, which scientists believe are threatened by the effects of global warming.
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