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Climate report warns of drought, disease
Mar 10 2007 11:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won't have enough water, top scientists will say next month at a meeting in Belgium.
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Biofuels boom raises tough questions
Mar 10 2007 9:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - America is drunk on ethanol. Farmers in the Midwest are sending billions of bushels of corn to refineries that turn it into billions of gallons of fuel. Automakers in Detroit have already built millions of cars, trucks and SUVs that can run on it, and are committed to making millions more. In Washington, politicians have approved generous subsidies for companies that make ethanol.
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Launch of European rocket is delayed
Mar 10 2007 7:59PM (CT)
KOUROU, French Guiana (AP) - A technical glitch halted the launch of a European rocket in South America just minutes before it was scheduled to carry two British and Indian satellites into orbit.
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NASA: Dinged-up fuel tank can be fixed
Mar 10 2007 8:23AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A preliminary inspection of space shuttle Atlantis's hail-damaged fuel tank shows it can be repaired in Florida, keeping it on track for a launch as soon as late April, a NASA spokeswoman said Friday.
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