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Sex and financial risk linked in brain
Apr 4 2008 9:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new brain-scan study may help explain what's going on in the minds of financial titans when they take risky monetary gambles _ sex. When young men were shown erotic pictures, they were more likely to make a larger financial gamble than if they were shown a picture of something scary, such a snake, or something neutral, such as a stapler, university researchers reported.
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New evidence of earliest North Americans
Apr 4 2008 4:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - New evidence shows humans lived in North America more than 14,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than had previously been known. Discovered in a cave in Oregon, fossil feces yielded DNA indicating these early residents were related to people living in Siberia and East Asia, according to a report in Thursday's online edition of the journal Science.
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Dead birds washing up at Great Salt Lake
Apr 4 2008 4:55PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Thousands of dead birds are washing up on the Great Salt Lake shore. "We've received a lot of calls _ everybody's worried about avian influenza," said Leslie McFarlane, wildlife-disease coordinator at the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
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Rare water birds recovering in Cambodia
Apr 4 2008 4:51PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The populations of seven species of rare water birds have recovered significantly in Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake due to a program that employs former hunters as park rangers, conservationists said Thursday.
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Rare water birds recovering in Cambodia
Apr 4 2008 4:51PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The populations of seven species of rare water birds have recovered significantly in Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake due to a program that employs former hunters as park rangers, conservationists said Thursday.
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Mojave tortoises moved for Army training
Apr 4 2008 4:51PM (CT)
FORT IRWIN, Calif. (AP) - Scientists have begun moving the Mojave Desert's flagship species, the desert tortoise, to make room for tank training at the Army's Fort Irwin despite protests by some conservationists.
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Mojave tortoises moved for Army training
Apr 4 2008 4:51PM (CT)
FORT IRWIN, Calif. (AP) - Scientists have begun moving the Mojave Desert's flagship species, the desert tortoise, to make room for tank training at the Army's Fort Irwin despite protests by some conservationists.
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UN climate talks agree on agenda
Apr 4 2008 1:17PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Climate negotiators agreed Saturday on an ambitious agenda for talks they hope will lead to a historic global warming pact, overcoming a heated dispute between Japan and developing countries on how to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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