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Manatees off Fla. endangered species list
Jun 9 2006 9:57PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The state wildlife commission has voted to take the manatee off Florida's endangered species list, saying the animal's population is on the rebound.
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British expert nixes Bosnia pyramid claim
Jun 9 2006 9:57PM (CT)
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - A British archaeologist on Friday rejected claims that a hill in central Bosnia is a man-made structure that many local residents insist is a pyramid.
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Invasive beach vitex threatens Carolinas
Jun 9 2006 7:45PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) - It has pretty purple flowers, but that's about the only good thing naturalists have to say about the "kudzu of the coast" _ beach vitex.
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Feds propose habitat for Puget Sound orcas
Jun 9 2006 7:44PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Federal officials have proposed designating nearly all of northwest Washington's inland waters _ about 2,500 square miles _ as critical habitat for killer whales, the first major development since the creatures were listed as endangered last year.
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CloudSat system offers views of storms
Jun 9 2006 7:37PM (CT)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - The first images from a $217 million satellite project to measure the moisture content of clouds provided breathtaking views of storms on Earth, scientists said.
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Bird flu scientists in northernmost U.S.
Jun 9 2006 7:36PM (CT)
BARROW, Alaska (AP) - Nearly 350 miles above the Arctic Circle, a traditional Eskimo feast to celebrate a successful whale hunt is in the making. On the table, chopped-up chunks of wild fowl are ready for the pot _ all except for a lovely king eider duck.
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Panda center launches live Web cam
Jun 9 2006 7:35PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - There's a new reality show in town _ "Panda Cam." The Wolong Giant Panda Research Center in China's southwestern Sichuan province has set up a camera to capture the everyday life of pandas to be watched live on the Internet, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
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Archaeologists try to save ancient sites
Jun 9 2006 8:08AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Government-funded archaeologists are making a push to survey ancient sites across a remote stretch of southern Utah before looters can scoop up the last artifacts.
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Conservation efforts fuel school rivalries
Jun 9 2006 8:05AM (CT)
NORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) - In the shadow of Carleton College's majestic wind turbine, Daniel Pulver has cooked up an idea for creating even more renewable energy: turning used cafeteria oil into fuel for cars.
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Vets save elephant in labor for 4 days
Jun 9 2006 5:55AM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Veterinarians removed a dead 330-pound calf from the womb of an Asian elephant stalled in labor for four days in a rare surgery at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo.
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Brook trout making comeback in Smokies
Jun 9 2006 1:48AM (CT)
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - The cold, clear water of LeConte Creek cascades over moss-covered boulders, lingers momentarily in small pools skirted by dense rhododendron, then rushes on through the hemlock, poplar, birch and maple forest. It's here and in a handful of other streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that the brook trout _ the only trout native to the eastern United States and more specifically to the southern Appalachians _ is making a comeback.
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