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European Space Agency finishes space lab
May 2 2006 9:24PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - The European Space Agency on Tuesday completed construction of the Columbus laboratory, which will allow researchers to conduct a wide range of experiments on the International Space Station.
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Invasive snail found in Minn. harbor
May 2 2006 8:30PM (CT)
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - A small, spiral-shaped snail that clones itself and is native to New Zealand has been discovered in Duluth-Superior Harbor and the St. Louis River estuary, raising concerns about the impact of another invasive species.
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Toxic algae bloom returns to Maine coast
May 2 2006 7:26PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The red tide, which shut down much of the Maine coast to shellfish harvesting last year, is back. Red tide has now shut down harvesting in an area near Harpswell from Dickson Point to West Cundy Point. Shellfishermen say they hope the shutdown doesn't spread like it did last year.
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China: Global warming is melting glaciers
May 2 2006 6:45PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Glaciers in western China's Qinghai-Tibet plateau, known as the "roof of the world," are melting at a rate of 7 percent annually due to global warming, the country's official Xinhua News Agency said.
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South Africa to end 'canned hunting'
May 2 2006 6:29PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South Africa proposed new laws Tuesday that would end the "canned hunting" of wildlife bred in captivity to be shot in closed reserves by wealthy tourists.
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Zanzibar dolphin deaths puzzle scientists
May 2 2006 6:28PM (CT)
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) - Preliminary investigations have failed to yield an explanation of why hundreds of dolphins left their deep offshore habitat, got stranded in shallow waters and later washed up dead on Zanzibar's northern coast, a scientist said Tuesday.
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Global warming differences resolved
May 2 2006 6:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A nagging difference in temperature readings that had raised questions about global warming has been resolved, a panel of scientists reported Tuesday.
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16,000 species said to face extinction
May 2 2006 6:24PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Polar bears and hippos are among more than 16,000 species of animals and plants threatened with global extinction, the World Conservation Union said Tuesday.
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NASA picks next crew for space station
May 2 2006 6:24PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA officials announced the next crew for the international space station Tuesday: an astronaut making her first space flight, a NASA veteran and a cosmonaut making a return trip to the station.
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Autonomous vehicles to drive for $2M prize
May 2 2006 6:24PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Seven months after an unmanned Volkswagen successfully drove itself over the rugged desert, the Pentagon is sponsoring another challenge for self-driving vehicles that can weave through congested city traffic without causing an accident.
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TV pioneer Elma Farnsworth dies at 98
May 2 2006 12:12PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Elma Gardner "Pem" Farnsworth, who helped her husband, Philo T. Farnsworth, develop the television and was among the first people whose images were transmitted on TV, has died at age 98.
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Biologists say pike threaten fishery
May 2 2006 11:29AM (CT)
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has declared open season on northern pike in Sebago Lake as it warns that the invaders are threatening its famed landlocked salmon fishery.
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Indonesia volcano eruption said imminent
May 2 2006 1:36AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's rumbling Mount Merapi is growing six feet a day as ash and magma pushes up the crater, signaling an imminent eruption, a scientist said Tuesday.
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