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One of Mars rover's wheels stops working
Mar 17 2006 10:42PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - One of the six wheels on the Mars rover Spirit has stopped working and the solar-powered robot must propel itself up a slope to catch enough sunshine to keep operating, NASA said Friday.
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Eagle lays 1st egg in 50 yrs on Santa Cruz
Mar 17 2006 10:18PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For the first time in more than 50 years, an eagle has laid an egg in a nest on Santa Cruz Island, wildlife biologists announced Thursday.
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Space Center accidents prompt directive
Mar 17 2006 10:15PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Kennedy Space Center employees returned to work Friday with orders to be more careful a day after a stand down was ordered following a spate of recent accidents.
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Group finds fault with zoo on elephants
Mar 17 2006 8:25PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - An animal rescue and protection group says the Saint Louis Zoo is violating the federal Animal Welfare Act by failing to provide elephants adequate space and proper conditions for healthy joints and feet, and socialization.
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Colorado schools lobby for supercomputer
Mar 17 2006 7:27PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Plans are in the works have the world's fastest computer built in Colorado and use it to calculate global climate models down to the square mile, officials say
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Water discovery may not spur space mission
Mar 17 2006 7:12PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - To scientists scanning the cosmos for signs of life, the stunning discovery of what appears to be water on an obscure moon orbiting Saturn couldn't come at a more pivotal time.
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Arkansas unfazed by woodpecker article
Mar 17 2006 7:06PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Those who live and work in the region where an ivory-billed woodpecker was reportedly spotted are used to people doubting the bird's discovery _ they've heard it before. But despite an article in Friday's issue of the journal Science that suggests the bird does not live in the eastern swamps of Arkansas, locals in the 4,000-resident town of Brinkley don't believe birders will take flight.
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