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Hubble telescope to view comet collision
Jun 10 2005 10:28PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - The Hubble Space Telescope will be watching when the University of Maryland's Deep Impact space probe crashes into a comet July 4, setting off a cosmic firework that may be visible on Earth.
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Western Mexico's Volcano of fire erupts
Jun 10 2005 10:13PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Western Mexico's Volcano of Fire spewed glowing, volcanic rock and a cloud of ash Friday, before sending gray smoke a half-mile into the air, officials said.
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Arizona's Pronghorns making comeback
Jun 10 2005 10:00PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - About 2 1/2 years ago, the survival chances for Arizona's endangered Sonoran pronghorns were grim. Victimized by prolonged drought, only an estimated 21 of the sleek desert-dwelling animals were left in this country; their extinction appeared inevitable.
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Albino muskie fish found in Wisconsin
Jun 10 2005 8:40PM (CT)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - This is indeed a fish story _ not about the one that got away, but about a rare one. A white muskellunge is swimming in the waters of Lake Tomahawk, a northern Wisconsin lake in Oneida County.
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Outbreak kills 100 rabbits in Indiana
Jun 10 2005 8:27PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - State officials are investigating an outbreak of a rare, rapidly spreading disease that killed about 100 rabbits on a southwest Indiana farm.
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Calif. forest cameras snoop on wildlife
Jun 10 2005 8:27PM (CT)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A 30-acre patch of forest near Idyllwild has been outfitted with robotic cameras and other high-tech gadgets that spy on wildlife, trees and even roots as part of a pioneering effort by scientists to take nature's pulse.
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Yellowstone grizzly population increasing
Jun 10 2005 8:19PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Federal wildlife officials say they plan to propose ending Endangered Species Act protection for grizzly bears around Yellowstone National Park.
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Entangled humpback found off Alaska coast
Jun 10 2005 8:19PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A humpback whale calf was spotted in Southeast Alaska with commercial fishing gear entangled in its mouth, a federal fisheries biologist said.
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Group sounds alarm over trapped dolphins
Jun 10 2005 8:26AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - From Southeast Asia to the Black Sea, fishing nets have become deathtraps for thousands of whales, dolphins and porpoises _ species whose survival will be threatened unless fishing methods change, the World Wildlife Fund said Thursday.
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Stem cell advocates meet, plan strategy
Jun 10 2005 6:43AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Scientists gather routinely at the Texas Medical Center to share research. But they are meeting this weekend in enemy territory for a war-room session on political strategy.
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