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NASA lauds mission as shuttle heads home
Jul 15 2006 10:05PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Separated from the international space station Saturday, their heat shielding inspected one last time for damage and all their goals accomplished, the astronauts of the space shuttle Discovery were ready to come home.
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Peruvians shear vicunas in annual roundup
Jul 15 2006 9:36PM (CT)
PAMPA GALERAS, Peru (AP) - Hundreds of villagers march side by side across the wind-blasted Andean plain, closing in on their prey: herds of nervous, fast-moving vicunas _ the smaller, wilder cousins of llamas and alpacas.
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Ohio research animals die after outage
Jul 15 2006 8:01PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Hundreds of laboratory mice and rats died when a power outage at Ohio State University produced sent room temperatures soaring as high as 105 degrees, the school said.
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Everest remains deadly draw for climbers
Jul 15 2006 3:41PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Sipping black tea on a glacial beach of jagged gray rocks nearly four miles above sea level, the lanky Briton had the air of a jilted lover who didn't want to admit it was over.
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Insect's spread threatens hemlock forests
Jul 15 2006 1:17PM (CT)
CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. (AP) - Within the serene forests that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to southern Appalachia every year, a quiet massacre is under way.
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Fla. authorities begin gator-feeding sting
Jul 15 2006 9:31AM (CT)
IN THE EVERGLADES, Fla. (AP) - Crusty's days are numbered. The well-known 8-foot alligator has become so accustomed to people feeding him that his demise is certain. Because state wildlife managers worry all his snacks will make him aggressive, they will have to remove him from a canal along Florida's Alligator Alley in the Everglades and euthanize him.
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Mount St. Helens to be reopened to climbers
Jul 15 2006 2:19AM (CT)
MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. (AP) - For all the talks interpretive guide Nick Racine has given to visitors about this volcano, standing on the crater rim and watching as the mountain pumps out tons of rock in its own rebirth left him nearly speechless.
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