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Japan tries to cut down on plastic bags
Jun 10 2006 8:31PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Buy lunch and a magazine at any Japanese convenience store, and you're likely to get your drink in one plastic bag, hot lunch box in another, and your magazine in yet a third.
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Gypsy moth invasion ruining N.J. forests
Jun 10 2006 8:31PM (CT)
TABERNACLE, N.J. (AP) - An invasion of gypsy moths has been destroying thousands of acres of New Jersey forests in the span of a month, setting the state up for its worst outbreak since the caterpillars defoliated 140,000 acres in 2001.
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Florida State researcher defends fire ants
Jun 10 2006 8:31PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The first sentence of the first chapter of Walter Tschinkel's new book says it all: "I love fire ants." The Florida State University myrmecologist _ a biologist who specializes in ants _ has spent 35 years studying red imported fire ants, aggressive stinging insects that most Southerners consider a pest of the first order if not an outright scourge.
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Wyoming antelope heading to Mexico
Jun 10 2006 6:05PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Some Wyoming antelope are bound for sunny Mexico. Wildlife biologists have captured dozens of pronghorns at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne for transport to Mexico, where some herds are near extinction.
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Panda center launches live Web cam
Jun 10 2006 6:04PM (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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Invasive beach vitex threatens Carolinas
Jun 10 2006 6:04PM (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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CloudSat system offers views of storms
Jun 10 2006 6:04PM (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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British expert nixes Bosnia pyramid claim
Jun 10 2006 6:03PM (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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Manatees off Fla. endangered species list
Jun 10 2006 6:03PM (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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Feds propose habitat for Puget Sound orcas
Jun 10 2006 6:03PM (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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