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Regulators vote to restrict salmon fishing
Apr 6 2006 11:06PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Federal regulators voted Thursday to severely restrict salmon fishing off the coasts of Oregon and Northern California this summer to protect dwindling populations in the Klamath River.
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Komodo dragon highlights new lizard show
Apr 6 2006 7:41PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - He's huge, he can be vicious and sometimes he stinks. His oral hygiene is so poor that if he bites you, you're pretty much guaranteed a life-threatening infection. He's going to be very popular.
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New red, blue rings found around Uranus
Apr 6 2006 7:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two outer rings, one red the other blue, have been observed around the distant planet Uranus. While Uranus had been known to have inner rings of neutral color, the newly discovered outer rings show color contrasts that researchers think are caused by light reflected off particles that differ in size from one ring to the other.
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Animal ID system to be in place by 2009
Apr 6 2006 7:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities trying to limit disease outbreaks will be able to trace livestock movements from birth to slaughter by 2009, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Thursday.
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Greenpeace: McDonald's harming the Amazon
Apr 6 2006 5:58PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Greenpeace on Thursday said McDonald's was fueling Amazon rainforest destruction by using soybeans grown in the region as feed for chickens that end up served in the fast-food chain's European restaurants.
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Harbor seal rescued from LA power station
Apr 6 2006 5:38PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A marine mammal expert used bait fish and a special trap to rescue a harbor seal that had been trapped for two weeks at an oceanside power station, officials said.
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Fossil fish sheds light on transition
Apr 6 2006 5:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have caught a fossil fish in the act of adapting toward a life on land, a discovery that sheds new light one of the greatest transformations in the history of animals.
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Tests confirm bird flu found in Scotland
Apr 6 2006 3:04PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain confirmed its first case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in a wild swan on Thursday, setting the stage for concerns the disease could spread across the Atlantic.
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