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Suits challenge protections for 42 species
Mar 30 2005 10:09PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A conservative legal foundation filed twin federal lawsuits Wednesday challenging federal protections for 42 species, 15 of which live only in shallow seasonal pools across much of California and in far southern Oregon.
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U.N. study: Earth's health deteriorating
Mar 30 2005 10:09PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Growing populations and expanding economic activity have strained the planet's ecosystems over the past half century, a trend that threatens international efforts to combat poverty and disease, a U.N.-sponsored study of the Earth's health warned on Wednesday.
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Colorado chafes under lynx restrictions
Mar 30 2005 10:08PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Three decades after Colorado's native lynx disappeared, scores of the tufted-eared, long-haired cats are prowling across the western part of the state and roaming into Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico.
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Massachusetts Senate OKs stem cell bill
Mar 30 2005 2:51PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Despite a veto threat from the governor, the state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to give scientists more freedom to conduct embryonic stem cell research in Massachusetts.
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Scientists reexamine December earthquake
Mar 30 2005 2:32PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Researchers at a U.S. university have recrunched data from December's devastating earthquake in Sumatra and found it was even more powerful than previously believed, but other scientists suggest their findings are premature.
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Latest earthquakes surprise seismologists
Mar 30 2005 2:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The latest deadly earthquake off the coast of Indonesia wasn't unexpected but may have arrived earlier than experts anticipated.
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Lawmaker urges NASA on Hubble mission
Mar 30 2005 1:08PM (CT)
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer called on NASA Tuesday to go ahead with plans to send a robot to service the Hubble Space Telescope while officials from the space agency said such a mission likely won't happen due to proposed budget cuts.
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Multiple dangers loom in coastal regions
Mar 30 2005 6:11AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - While the earthquake in Indonesia and last December's Asian tsunami have focused attention on natural disasters, hundreds of smaller disasters cause widespread devastation every year.
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Scientists mystified by herring decline
Mar 30 2005 6:11AM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A steep decline in Puget Sound-area herring, a critical food source for larger fish, marine mammals and sea birds, has scientists mystified.
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Study: Salmon from farms breed sea lice
Mar 30 2005 6:09AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Salmon farms help stock supermarkets but also breed parasitic sea lice that infect young wild salmon and could endanger other important ocean species such as herring, scientists said Tuesday.
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Tsunami warning system helped spread word
Mar 30 2005 6:09AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Within minutes of the earthquake, the word went out: Radio and television stations repeated government warnings, workers at beachfront hotels pounded on doors to awaken guests, and police used loudspeakers to urge residents away from the sea.
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