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Space sewing kit may be used for repair
Jun 12 2007 11:29PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Atlantis astronauts may use a sewing kit normally reserved for spacesuits to repair a peeled-back thermal blanket near the spacecraft's tail, NASA managers said Tuesday. The shuttle astronauts' 11-day mission was extended Monday by two days to allow time to fix the thermal blanket, which peeled during launch last week.
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19th-century weapon found in whale
Jun 12 2007 8:47PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt _ more than a century ago. Embedded deep under its blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has given researchers insight into the whale's age, estimated between 115 and 130 years old.
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19th-century weapon found in whale
Jun 12 2007 8:47PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt _ more than a century ago. Embedded deep under its blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has given researchers insight into the whale's age, estimated between 115 and 130 years old.
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U.S. weighs reducing spotted owl habitat
Jun 12 2007 7:34PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The Bush administration Tuesday proposed cutting 1.5 million acres from Northwest forests considered critical to the survival of the northern spotted owl, reopening the 1990s battle between timber production and wildlife habitat on public lands.
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Lab to study tsunami preparation efforts
Jun 12 2007 3:34PM (CT)
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - It's a version of Seaside _ carefully created at a fraction of its actual size _ just waiting to be slammed by a tsunami.
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Maine scientists to study right whales
Jun 12 2007 3:28PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Scientists are studying endangered right whales this summer to learn more about their behavior and assess the risks posed by lobster gear.
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Nations differ on easing ivory trade ban
Jun 12 2007 3:12PM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Bickering African countries remained deadlocked Tuesday on whether to ease an 18-year international ban on ivory sales, with opponents warning it will increase the poaching threat in places where elephants have almost disappeared.
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China's premier orders lake algae probe
Jun 12 2007 12:14AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday ordered a formal probe into the massive algae growth that smothered one of China's biggest lakes, drawing high-level attention to growing threats facing the country's water bodies.
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