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Parts of the South hit by mosquito surge
Apr 21 2005 8:33PM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - Heavy rain and warmer temperatures have unleashed swarms of hungry mosquitos in parts of south Georgia and northern Florida, and mosquito-control crews are gearing up for an onslaught of the bloodsucking pests in other parts of the South.
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NASA delays first post-Columbia launch
Apr 21 2005 8:28PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA pushed back next month's launch of Discovery by a full week, saying Wednesday it needs more time to complete testing and engineering work for the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster.
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Experts solve mystery of unpopped popcorn
Apr 21 2005 8:28PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Eat your way to the bottom of almost any bag of popcorn and there they are: the rock-hard, jaw-rattling unpopped kernels known as old maids.
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Study shows Antarctic glaciers shrinking
Apr 21 2005 8:28PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The first comprehensive survey of glaciers on the Antarctic peninsula has shown that the rivers of ice are shrinking, mostly because of warming of the local climate.
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Archaeologists find ancient Egyptian tomb
Apr 21 2005 6:49AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Archaeologists digging in a 5,600-year-old funeral site in southern Egypt unearthed seven corpses believed to date to the era, as well as an intact figure of a cow's head carved from flint.
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Expert: Apes may be key to human nature
Apr 21 2005 6:48AM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh sounds like a proud mother when she speaks about her brood of bonobos, eight ultra-intelligent apes that will take part in unique language research meant to shed light on their nature and maybe our own.
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SpaceShipOne inventor says space in reach
Apr 21 2005 6:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The inventor of the first private spaceship predicted Wednesday that commercial manned space flight would move quickly from joyrides for millionaires to the general public and spawn advances not yet imagined _ much as early computers opened the way for the Internet.
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Four more Canada lynx released in Colorado
Apr 21 2005 6:48AM (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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Forests grow, owls decline under plan
Apr 21 2005 6:48AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A decade after the Clinton administration reduced logging in national forests in the Northwest, scientists have concluded the forests are growing, but the population of the threatened northern spotted owl has declined.
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