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Arctic sea ice builds, but vulnerable
Mar 18 2008 10:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Critical Arctic sea ice this winter made a tenuous partial recovery from last summer's record melt, federal scientists said Tuesday. But that's an illusion, like a Hollywood movie set, scientist Walter Meier of the National Snow and Ice Data Center said. The ice is very thin and vulnerable to heavy melting again this summer.
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Workers uncovering mummified dinosaur
Mar 18 2008 10:09PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Using tiny brushes and chisels, workers picking at a big greenish-black rock in the basement of North Dakota's state museum are meticulously uncovering something amazing: a nearly complete dinosaur, skin and all.
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Workers uncovering mummified dinosaur
Mar 18 2008 10:09PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Using tiny brushes and chisels, workers picking at a big greenish-black rock in the basement of North Dakota's state museum are meticulously uncovering something amazing: a nearly complete dinosaur, skin and all.
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Workers uncovering mummified dinosaur
Mar 18 2008 10:09PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Using tiny brushes and chisels, workers picking at a big greenish-black rock in the basement of North Dakota's state museum are meticulously uncovering something amazing: a nearly complete dinosaur, skin and all.
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Moving day for space station robot
Mar 18 2008 8:42PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts moved Dextre the robot to its new perch outside the international space station on Tuesday after devoting nearly a week to putting together and creating the monster-size machine.
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Moving day for space station robot
Mar 18 2008 8:42PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts moved Dextre the robot to its new perch outside the international space station on Tuesday after devoting nearly a week to putting together and creating the monster-size machine.
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Sea lions at Ore. dam sentenced to death
Mar 18 2008 4:54PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Traps, pyrotechnics and beanbags shot at sea lions have failed to deter the annual springtime feast of threatened salmon at a Columbia River dam, so federal authorities gave some of them a death sentence on Tuesday.
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Sea lions at Ore. dam sentenced to death
Mar 18 2008 4:54PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Traps, pyrotechnics and beanbags shot at sea lions have failed to deter the annual springtime feast of threatened salmon at a Columbia River dam, so federal authorities gave some of them a death sentence on Tuesday.
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Group: Humpback whale calves make sounds
Mar 18 2008 4:43PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Researchers say they have shown for the first time that humpback whale calves make sounds. The nonprofit Cetos Research Organization, which studied humpbacks off Maui and Kauai, say the grunts and squeals emitted by the young whales are messages for their mothers.
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Genes help explain post-trauma puzzle
Mar 18 2008 9:01AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Cutting-edge new research helps answer the puzzling question of why post-traumatic stress doesn't happen to everyone who endures horrible trauma.
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