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Patched-up Shuttle Atlantis blasts off
Jun 8 2007 11:48PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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Patched-up Shuttle Atlantis blasts off
Jun 8 2007 11:48PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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Patched-up Shuttle Atlantis blasts off
Jun 8 2007 11:48PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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Patched-up Shuttle Atlantis blasts off
Jun 8 2007 11:48PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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Woodland Park Zoo elephant dies suddenly
Jun 8 2007 9:37PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A young Asian elephant that had delighted visitors at the Woodland Park Zoo since her birth died Friday, about a week after she began showing signs of abdominal pain, zoo officials said.
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Woodland Park Zoo elephant dies suddenly
Jun 8 2007 9:37PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A young Asian elephant that had delighted visitors at the Woodland Park Zoo since her birth died Friday, about a week after she began showing signs of abdominal pain, zoo officials said.
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Woodland Park Zoo elephant dies suddenly
Jun 8 2007 9:37PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A young Asian elephant that had delighted visitors at the Woodland Park Zoo since her birth died Friday, about a week after she began showing signs of abdominal pain, zoo officials said.
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Caribbean's reef-building coral at risk
Jun 8 2007 6:15PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands' development, according to a study released Thursday.
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Caribbean's reef-building coral at risk
Jun 8 2007 6:15PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands' development, according to a study released Thursday.
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Caribbean's reef-building coral at risk
Jun 8 2007 6:15PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands' development, according to a study released Thursday.
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Gypsy moths leaving mark in Mid-Atlantic
Jun 8 2007 6:14PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - These creepy critters enjoy nice long picnics in the woods. The leaf-eating gypsy moth caterpillars are out in force in parts of the mid-Atlantic following a warm, dry spring _ just the kind of weather that can make the insects thrive. Experts are predicting an especially bad year for trees, primarily oaks, which are the caterpillars' favorite snack.
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Scientists tests CT scanners on trees
Jun 8 2007 6:09PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - CT scanners used for decades to peer inside humans are now being trained by scientists on hardwood trees to detect knots, cracks and other imperfections in a bid to help lumber mills make the best possible cuts of valuable logs.
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Spain seeks to counter jellyfish problem
Jun 8 2007 6:07PM (CT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Every beach-goer's nightmare _ the jellyfish _ faces a new enemy in Spain under a plan to create an armada of recreational boaters to spot the stinging blobs along the coast and summon help.
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Global warming threatens Antarctic base
Jun 8 2007 6:05PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The Antarctic base occupied by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole on foot early last century has been included on a list of the world's 100 most endangered sites.
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Panda's pregnancy concerns zookeepers
Jun 8 2007 5:45AM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Veterinarians at the Memphis Zoo said they are concerned about the pregnancy of giant panda Ya Ya after an ultrasound failed to detect a heartbeat.
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EU to provide full funding for Galileo
Jun 8 2007 5:04AM (CT)
LUXEMBOURG (AP) - European Union governments on Friday threw a lifeline to the problem-plagued Galileo satellite navigation system, deciding to fund it themselves and abandoning earlier plans for most of the costs of the multi-billion project to be carried by major European businesses.
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Report: Sonar use could harm whales
Jun 8 2007 2:31AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A naval exercise off the Australian coast using submarine-hunting sonar could kill whales or cause them to become stranded, the International Whaling Commission warned in a report.
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WWF: Russia establishes park for tigers
Jun 8 2007 12:33AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia has established a national park to protect Siberian tigers, an international conservation group said Thursday.
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