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Octopi get leg up on sexual competition
Apr 1 2008 10:05PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Marine biologists studying wild octopuses have found a kinky and violent society of jealous murders, gender subterfuge and once-in-a-lifetime sex.
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Ancient bones found in Wisconsin cave
Apr 1 2008 4:06PM (CT)
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) - Excavators have unearthed what are believed to be some of the oldest prehistoric bones discovered in a cave in Wisconsin, according to a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay professor.
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NY, NJ trees treated for killer beetles
Apr 1 2008 4:06PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Nearly 80,000 trees in New Jersey and New York are being treated to protect them from a deadly beetle infestation. The Asian longhorned beetle has destroyed more than 30,000 trees since it arrived in the country about a decade ago.
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Some Asians families in US choosing sons
Apr 1 2008 4:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Having sons is important to many Asian cultures, and now American families from those groups seem to be asserting the same preference. A new analysis of the 2000 Census shows that among U.S. born children of Chinese, Korean and Asian Indian parents the odds of having a boy increase if the family already has a girl or two.
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Ancient gold necklace discovered in Peru
Apr 1 2008 4:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The earliest known gold jewelry made in the Americas has been discovered in southern Peru. The gold necklace, made nearly 4,000 years ago, was found in a burial site near Lake Titicaca, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Massive job cuts in space program likely
Apr 1 2008 4:04PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - More than 8,000 NASA contractor jobs in the nation's manned space program could be eliminated after the space shuttle program is shut down in 2010, the agency said Tuesday.
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