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Young whale found in New York harbor
Apr 17 2007 11:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marine biologists were standing watch on Tuesday over a young whale that lost its way in New York harbor and nearly wandered into a narrow waterway notorious for industrial pollution.
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Young whale found in New York harbor
Apr 17 2007 11:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marine biologists were standing watch on Tuesday over a young whale that lost its way in New York harbor and nearly wandered into a narrow waterway notorious for industrial pollution.
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Researchers debate warming, hurricanes
Apr 17 2007 10:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The debate over whether global warming affects hurricanes may be running into some unexpected turbulence. Many researchers believe warming is causing the storms to get stronger, while others aren't so sure. Now, a new study raises the possibility that global warming might even make it harder for hurricanes to form.
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Mexico researchers find child sacrifices
Apr 17 2007 10:14PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Archeologists have discovered the remains of two dozen children who were apparent sacrificial victims to a rain god by ancient Indians in Mexico, researchers said Tuesday.
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Poachers kill 6 rare rhinos in India
Apr 17 2007 5:46PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Authorities are searching for poachers who have killed six rare one-horned rhinoceros in the past four months in a protected game reserve in India's northeastern Assam state, the state's chief warden said Tuesday.
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Global warming may put U.S. in hot water
Apr 17 2007 5:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As the world warms, water _ either too little or too much of it _ is going to be the major problem for the United States, scientists and military experts said Monday. It will be a domestic problem, with states clashing over controls of rivers, and a national security problem as water shortages and floods worsen conflicts and terrorism elsewhere in the world, they said.
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Calif. bill requires cloned food labels
Apr 17 2007 4:59PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Steaks, pork chops, milk and other products from cloned livestock would have to be clearly labeled on grocers' shelves under a bill pending in the California Legislature.
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Calif. bill requires cloned food labels
Apr 17 2007 4:59PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Steaks, pork chops, milk and other products from cloned livestock would have to be clearly labeled on grocers' shelves under a bill pending in the California Legislature.
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Alaska whalers to cancel beluga hunt
Apr 17 2007 4:55PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Fifty years ago, a whale hunter in Cook Inlet could count on spotting the bulbous white heads of a beluga pod after a half hour or less on the water. But with the whales' rapid and mysterious disappearance, local hunters can be out in the swirling currents and swift tides for three times as long before a pod swims into sight.
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