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Russian space ship departs for station
Apr 14 2005 11:12PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - A Soyuz rocket blasted into the cosmos as the sun rose over the Central Asian steppes Friday, carrying a Russian, American and Italian to the international space station a month before NASA revives a shuttle program grounded after the Columbia disaster two years ago.
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Whale-dolphin hybrid has baby wholphin
Apr 14 2005 11:09PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The only whale-dolphin mix in captivity has given birth to a playful female calf, officials at Sea Life Park Hawaii said Thursday.
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Groups seek tougher cruise ship waste laws
Apr 14 2005 8:57PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The cruise industry has gotten so big that all its ships together could hold each of Miami's 360,000 residents with room to spare. And just like cities, cruise lines have to deal with a nasty problem: the millions of gallons of sewage those people produce.
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Russian space ship departs for station
Apr 14 2005 7:52PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - A Soyuz-FG rocket lifted off from Russia's base at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at sunrise Friday, launching three astronauts strapped into a crammed space capsule on a two-day journey to the international space station.
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Feds scale back endangered toad protections
Apr 14 2005 7:17PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal wildlife officials scaled back habitat protections for the endangered arroyo toad in five Southern California counties in part because of the costly impact on development and water deliveries.
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Indonesia scientists monitor 3 volcanoes
Apr 14 2005 7:13PM (CT)
MOUNT TALANG, Indonesia (AP) - Scientists on Thursday were closely monitoring three volcanoes that have rumbled into life _ activity they link to December's massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra Island and the powerful temblors that followed.
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Eggs hatching for Aurora the octopus
Apr 14 2005 7:13PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE (AP) - Aurora _ with all eight of her arms _ held tight to her dream of motherhood. The aging Giant Pacific octopus, a resident of the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, embraced her maternal instinct and was rewarded this week as her eggs finally began hatching.
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Dinosaur eggs offer clues on reproduction
Apr 14 2005 7:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The rare discovery of eggs inside a dinosaur has given scientists new clues about the reproductive biology of the creatures and more support for the theory that birds came from dinosaurs.
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NASA fuels space shuttle for daylong test
Apr 14 2005 7:12PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA fueled a space shuttle for the first time in more than two years Thursday, and Discovery's redesigned external tank aced the crucial prelaunch test.
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Baby rhino named for designer Marc Ecko
Apr 14 2005 4:26PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Designer Marc Ecko, who made a rhino logo into a fashion statement, now has a zoo rhino named in his honor. A 3-month-old Indian rhino born at the San Diego Wild Animal Park has been named "Ecko" in honor of the designer, who donated $150,000 to launch the International Rhino Foundation's project to save the species, park officials announced Thursday.
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CDC: Foodborne diseases on decline in U.S.
Apr 14 2005 1:16PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Major foodborne diseases _ including E. coli, salmonella and listeria _ have dropped dramatically in the United States since the late 1990s, the government said Thursday.
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Columbia River spring salmon at new lows
Apr 14 2005 12:30PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Usually by now the Columbia River's spring chinook salmon are heading upstream over fish ladders in the tens of thousands to spawn. But not this year.
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