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Giant Antarctic iceberg hits ice glacier
Apr 19 2005 11:41PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The world's biggest iceberg has hit the end of an Antarctic glacier, snapping off a block about 3 miles square, a New Zealand scientist said Wednesday.
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NASA chief seeks certain shuttle safety
Apr 19 2005 9:07PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's new administrator, Michael Griffin, promised Monday to leave "absolutely no stone unturned" in deciding whether it's safe to launch Discovery next month _ the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster.
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Princeton starts Einstein light relay
Apr 19 2005 9:07PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Physicists and Albert Einstein buffs began flipping light switches and dialing phones Monday night in an attempt at a worldwide relay of lights to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Einstein's death.
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Officials want to wire Earth, check signs
Apr 19 2005 9:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Imagine the planet wired for a nearly continuous readout on its vital signs, shared by all. That's the essence of a White House plan announced Monday.
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Alaska's Mount Spurr continues to rumble
Apr 19 2005 9:07PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Mount Spurr volcano continues to rumble but appears no closer to an eruption than it did over the winter, according to scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
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Rare condor chick hatches at Oregon zoo
Apr 19 2005 9:07PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A rare California condor chick pecked its way out of its egg at the Oregon Zoo's captive breeding compound Monday, bringing the known number of the endangered species to 245.
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Apollo 13 engineers feted on anniversary
Apr 19 2005 9:07PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A group of engineers was honored Tuesday for concocting a plan using plastic bags, cardboard and duct tape to save Apollo 13's astronauts after their spacecraft was crippled by an explosion 35 years ago.
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Four more Canada lynx released in Colorado
Apr 19 2005 9:07PM (CT)
CREEDE, Colo. (AP) - The audience of about 30 people watching four Canada lynx dash from their metal carriers and scamper through knee-deep snow on the edge of the Weminuche wilderness Tuesday included several federal scientists and officials.
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Old growth up, spotted owl numbers down
Apr 19 2005 9:07PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Ten years after the Northwest Forest Plan sharply reduced logging on national forests in the region, the amount of old growth forest is up but northern spotted owl populations are down and with no clear reason why, scientists reported Tuesday.
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Space station crew unloads supplies
Apr 19 2005 1:56PM (CT)
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) - Cosmonauts and astronauts exchanged joyful embraces Sunday and began loading the international space station with scientific equipment and fresh vegetables after their successful docking of the Soyuz cargo ship.
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Beluga whale apparently leaves Del. River
Apr 19 2005 1:50PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The beluga whale that spent a week in the Delaware River was en route to the ocean when he was last seen, and officials were taking to the air Tuesday to make sure.
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Fuel problem ends NASA test mission
Apr 19 2005 1:50PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A NASA robotic spacecraft located a Pentagon satellite in space without any help from human controllers, but the mission ended early when the computer-driven craft detected a fuel problem, the mission manager said Saturday.
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