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Rare American chestnut trees discovered
May 18 2006 9:50PM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - A stand of American chestnut trees that somehow escaped a blight that killed off nearly all their kind in the early 1900s has been discovered along a hiking trail not far from President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Little White House at Warm Springs.
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Opponents of bioterrorism lab sue NIH
May 18 2006 9:27PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Opponents of a proposed biological research laboratory filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, seeking to block the lab from being built in a densely populated city neighborhood.
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Testing for bird flu begins in Alaska
May 18 2006 9:24PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal scientists have started testing migratory birds for signs of a dangerous bird flu that could show up in North America.
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Sri Lanka to rehab unruly elephants
May 18 2006 8:52PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Some of Sri Lanka's wildest, most destructive elephants could get reprieves from possible death sentences _ but they will have to spend some time in rehab first.
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Apes shown to be able to plan ahead
May 18 2006 8:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - They don't bring along an umbrella or sunglasses that might be needed later, but researchers say apes, like people, can plan ahead.
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Navy divers get look at sunken carrier
May 18 2006 8:18PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Navy divers got the first underwater look at the USS Oriskany on Thursday, reporting that the retired aircraft carrier had settled upright on the ocean floor to become the world's largest manmade reef.
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Birders find no new evidence of woodpecker
May 18 2006 7:29PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - With news Thursday that search teams had found no new confirmation of the ivory-billed woodpecker's existence in the swamps of eastern Arkansas, wildlife managers said there was no longer a reason to limit public access to the region.
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WWF concerned about overfishing
May 18 2006 7:27PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Governments must step up enforcement of fishing limits in international waters to prevent fish species from disappearing, the World Wildlife Fund said Friday.
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Chile site chosen for telescope project
May 18 2006 7:25PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A mountain peak in Chile has been chosen as home for a Tucson-based telescope project that will be able to scan the entire visible sky every three nights.
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Philly Zoo to open new big cat exhibit
May 18 2006 7:22PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Thirteen big cats _ from a rare black jaguar to a trio of young snow leopards _ are enjoying spacious new digs in the city after some time away "vacationing" at other zoos.
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'Hobbit' species discovery challenged
May 18 2006 7:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The surprising discovery of bones heralded as a new, hobbit-like human species may turn out to have simply been the remains of a human suffering from a genetic illness that causes the body and brain to shrink, according to researchers challenging the original report.
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Chemist works on caffeine 'dipstick'
May 18 2006 7:21PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jack Ladenson is one of thousands of Americans bothered by caffeine. The older he gets, he says, the more he switches to decaf coffee.
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Scientists to study dead basking shark
May 18 2006 7:19PM (CT)
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Biologists hope to glean almost a year's worth of data from a dead basking shark that washed up on a beach this week with a satellite tag attached to its fin.
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Scientists claim new monkey species found
May 18 2006 6:57PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian scientists say they have discovered a new monkey species overlooked in the receding rain forest of the country's northeast coast, although other experts believe the primate may have been documented before.
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Former Nazi removed from space hall of fame
May 18 2006 2:21PM (CT)
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) - A former Nazi scientist who was linked to experiments on prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp in Germany has been ousted from the International Space Hall of Fame.
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