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Scientists study models of 1906 quake
Mar 28 2006 11:19PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Scientists on Tuesday unveiled what they described as the most detailed computer simulations of the catastrophic 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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Study: Cruise ships distress harbor seals
Mar 28 2006 10:37PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - When large cruise ships get too close to harbor seals, the animals become distressed, according to a new federal study.
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World prepares for total solar eclipse
Mar 28 2006 10:37PM (CT)
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Tourists and scientists were gathering at spots around the world for the first total eclipse in years, a solar show that will sweep northeast from Brazil to Mongolia and blot out the sun across swathes of the world's poorest lands.
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Groups sue agency over falcon habitat
Mar 28 2006 10:37PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A coalition of environmentalists has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, alleging the agency ignored the group's petition to designate critical habitat for the endangered northern aplomado falcon in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.
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Surveys: Browntail moths decline in Maine
Mar 28 2006 9:33PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The browntail moth population continues to collapse along Maine's southern coast, according to surveys of the insects' webs.
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Pacific nation announces marine area
Mar 28 2006 9:28PM (CT)
CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) - The Pacific island nation of Kiribati announced the creation of a vast protected area Tuesday at a U.N-sponsored environmental conference in Brazil, officials said.
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Kids track artificial lights on sky views
Mar 28 2006 7:58PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Hundreds of Tucson-area students are participating in a worldwide project tracking how artificial lights dim views of the stars in at least a dozen countries.
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Russian spaceship rolled out to launch pad
Mar 28 2006 5:37PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - Engineers rolled a Russian spaceship out to the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome Tuesday, taking the final steps to prepare for a crew's upcoming mission to the international space station.
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NASA resurrects canceled asteroid mission
Mar 28 2006 5:09PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Just weeks after NASA killed a spacecraft mission to two of the solar system's largest asteroids, the space agency reversed course and gave the green light for a 2007 launch.
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Britain's Royal Society buys Hooke papers
Mar 28 2006 5:05PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain's leading academic body paid $1.75 million Tuesday for a 17th-century manuscript by pioneering scientist Robert Hooke, winning a campaign to keep the document in the country just before it was to be auctioned.
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Developers urged to seek wetlands experts
Mar 28 2006 9:47AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is encouraging developers who destroy wetlands or streams and are required to replace them to pay other businesses to do the work.
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