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Rare millipede species found in Calif.
Jun 7 2006 10:07PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The world's leggiest creature is missing-in-action no more. A scientist found a rare species of millipede, last seen 80 years ago in central California, and has collected several of the inch-long bugs for study.
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CDC: States should aim to contain bird flu
Jun 7 2006 9:26PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - States preparing for a possible bird flu outbreak should focus on how to contain the virus because a vaccine will be unavailable for several months, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
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Expert: Meteor may have caused extinction
Jun 7 2006 7:05PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A massive crater in Antarctica may have been caused by a meteor that wiped out more than 90 percent of the species on Earth 250 million years ago, an American geologist said Wednesday.
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Fossils point to oldest life on Earth
Jun 7 2006 7:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The best evidence yet for the oldest life on Earth is found in odd-shaped, rock-like mounds in Australia that are actually fossils created by microbes 3.4 billion years ago, researchers report.
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Dwarf Dinosaur Fossils Found in Germany
Jun 7 2006 7:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Dwarf dinosaurs? It sounds like the old George Carlin joke about jumbo shrimp: two words that just don't go together.
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Florida removes bald eagles from list
Jun 7 2006 7:03PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - State wildlife commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to remove bald eagles from Florida's list of animals in danger of extinction and to downgrade manatees from endangered to threatened.
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Ground-shaking blamed for aftershocks
Jun 7 2006 7:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - New research suggests ground-shaking from an earthquake, not underground stress, can trigger far-away aftershocks.
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Population of endangered dolphins rises
Jun 7 2006 7:01PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The population of an endangered species of dolphin living in Pakistan's Indus River has increased in recent years, but the animal remains at high risk of extinction, the scientist leading a conservation project said Wednesday.
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Japanese businessman to be space tourist
Jun 7 2006 12:52PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A Japanese businessman set to be the world's fourth space tourist will fly to the international space station in September, according to the company arranging the trip.
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Lobstermen buyouts suggested
Jun 7 2006 12:43PM (CT)
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island (AP) - A report on the state of the lobster fishery in the Northumberland Strait is recommending that 25 percent of all fishermen be bought out to help preserve stocks.
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