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U.S., Britain conduct nuclear experiment
Feb 23 2006 10:09PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - U.S. and British government scientists performed an underground nuclear experiment, short of a nuclear blast, at the Nevada Test Site this week, the National Nuclear Security Administration said.
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U.S. agents seize fossilized artifacts
Feb 23 2006 10:08PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Federal agents seized tons of fossilized dinosaur eggs, pine cones and other artifacts at the nation's largest gem show after determining the items had been smuggled out of Argentina.
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Powell says wetlands, levees vital to La.
Feb 23 2006 8:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Building higher levees isn't the sole solution to protecting this city and the rest of low-lying south Louisiana from killer hurricanes, President Bush's adviser on Gulf Coast recovery said Thursday.
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Experts foresaw tragedy in Philippines
Feb 23 2006 8:49PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Experts knew the farming village of Guinsaugon sat atop a major earthquake fault and were planning to issue a warning when a landslide buried nearly all its residents.
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Fossil overturns ideas of Jurassic mammals
Feb 23 2006 8:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The discovery of a furry, beaver-like animal that lived at the time of dinosaurs has overturned more than a century of scientific thinking about Jurassic mammals.
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Coral reef discovered off Thailand coast
Feb 23 2006 5:12PM (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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Neanderthals in Europe killed off earlier
Feb 23 2006 9:56AM (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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