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Connecticut educator hooked on metrics
May 13 2006 10:45PM (CT)
NORWICH, Conn. (AP) - Brent Maynard says he weighs 74 kilograms and is 169 centimeters tall. And if you ask him for directions, he'll give them in kilometers.
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States again weigh space travel business
May 13 2006 8:37PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The promise of blasting thrill-seeking tourists into space is fueling an unprecedented rush to build snazzy commercial spaceports.
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Hurricanes, shortfalls endanger Ala. fort
May 13 2006 7:48PM (CT)
FORT MORGAN, Ala. (AP) - Fort Morgan was the latest in military technology when it was built in 1834: The five-sided bulwark had a dry moat, thick brick walls and dozens of cannons to ward off invaders at Mobile Bay, a vital port on the northern Gulf Coast.
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34 endangered turtles returned to Vietnam
May 13 2006 5:43AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thirty-four rare pond turtles have been returned to Vietnam in what a conservationist said Saturday was the first time that smuggled wildlife was repatriated to the country.
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Groups sue to keep pygmy owls protected
May 13 2006 3:57AM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Conservation groups have gone to court to try to stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from removing a tiny owl from the endangered species list.
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Alaska gets its first artificial reef
May 13 2006 3:13AM (CT)
WHITTIER, Alaska (AP) - Fifty feet down in the cold waters of Smitty's Cove, a concrete paradise is being built for some of Alaska's most unusual creatures. It took less than 24 hours before some of them started checking out the new real estate _ the state's first artificial reef.
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