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Coral species put on 'threatened' list
May 5 2006 9:44PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Two coral species in Florida and the Caribbean now have a spot on the federal threatened list because of dangers posed by human activity, hurricanes and higher water temperatures.
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NASA offers $2M in lunar rocket contest
May 5 2006 9:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA said Friday it is sponsoring a $2 million contest to spur aerospace designers to build and demonstrate versatile rockets that may one day support a lunar mission.
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China makes artificial rain for Beijing
May 5 2006 5:29PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese weather specialists used chemicals to engineer Beijing's heaviest rainfall of the year, helping to relieve drought and rinse dust from China's capital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.
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Late chinook run puzzles Idaho biologists
May 5 2006 5:28PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Fishery managers in the Northwest predicted that 88,000 spring chinook would swim upstream past Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River this year, but fewer than 20 percent of that number have done so late in the season.
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Eagles make home in metro Milwaukee
May 5 2006 5:24PM (CT)
MEQUON, Wis. (AP) - Two bald eagles seem to be making themselves at home in metro Milwaukee. The adult eagles built their nest in a small park along the Milwaukee River, about a mile west of Interstate 43.
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Officals move to protect Cape Cod project
May 5 2006 5:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration and two influential senators weighed in Friday against a provision that would block a 130-turbine wind farm off Cape Cod, where some of Washington's most powerful have vacation retreats.
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Rock fin grows in Mount St. Helens' crater
May 5 2006 4:05AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - If the skies are clear as forecast, volcano watchers who turn out for the reopening of the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Friday will get a spectacular view of a hulking slab of rock that's rapidly growing in Mount St. Helens' crater.
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