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Fisheries: Relax rules protecting turtles
Mar 9 2006 11:56PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Federal fish managers are proposing to relax rules designed to protect endangered leatherback sea turtles and allow some fishing off the West Coast under strict government supervision.
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Rat-squirrel not extinct after all
Mar 9 2006 10:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It has the face of a rat and the tail of a skinny squirrel _ and scientists say this creature discovered living in central Laos is pretty special: It's a species believed to have been extinct for 11 million years.
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Cassini spots water geysers on Saturn Moon
Mar 9 2006 8:41PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The orbiting Cassini spacecraft has spotted what appear to be water geysers on one of Saturn's icy moons, raising the tantalizing possibility that the celestial object harbors life.
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Lab heats particles past star's interior
Mar 9 2006 8:39PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A particle accelerator at Sandia National Laboratories has heated a swarm of charged particles to a record 2 billion degrees Kelvin, a temperature beyond that of a star's interior.
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Scientist helps make improved storm model
Mar 9 2006 8:36PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Scientists who studied detailed satellite data about North America's forests, fields and grasslands say they have used it to create more accurate forecasts of severe weather and tornado outbreaks.
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Gray wolf numbers in Northern Rockies up
Mar 9 2006 8:34PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The number of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies has surpassed 1,000, a decade after wolves were reintroduced in and around Yellowstone National Park, a report released Thursday shows.
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Senate urged to safeguard species act
Mar 9 2006 9:40AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As a Senate committee prepares to take up revisions to the Endangered Species Act, nearly 6,000 biologists from around the country signed a letter Wednesday urging senators to preserve scientific protections in the landmark law.
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Purdue probes 'tabletop fusion' study
Mar 9 2006 9:40AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Purdue University is investigating allegations that a scientist thwarted his colleagues' efforts to test his claims of producing nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments, even going so far as to remove high-tech equipment from a shared lab.
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Ice thawing earlier on Maine lakes
Mar 9 2006 9:40AM (CT)
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Ice on dozens of lakes in Maine and four other states is melting earlier in the year than in decades past, according to a new analysis.
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