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Manatee and calf released off Fla. Keys
Jul 17 2007 9:47PM (CT)
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) - An injured manatee and her calf, fitted with a satellite tracking and monitoring system, were released Tuesday in the Florida Keys more than a year after being rescued.
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Manatee and calf released off Fla. Keys
Jul 17 2007 9:47PM (CT)
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) - An injured manatee and her calf, fitted with a satellite tracking and monitoring system, were released Tuesday in the Florida Keys more than a year after being rescued.
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Manatee and calf released off Fla. Keys
Jul 17 2007 9:47PM (CT)
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) - An injured manatee and her calf, fitted with a satellite tracking and monitoring system, were released Tuesday in the Florida Keys more than a year after being rescued.
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Idaho center touts bear rehabilitation
Jul 17 2007 9:45PM (CT)
ATLANTA, Idaho (AP) - Jabbed with tranquilizers, her ear pierced with a green ID tag, Twister traded her steel transport box for freedom after a bumpy 90-mile ride into central Idaho's mountains. The yearling black bear orphan stepped from an open cage onto a dusty truck bed, dropped softly to the ground and disappeared into the woods.
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Idaho center touts bear rehabilitation
Jul 17 2007 9:45PM (CT)
ATLANTA, Idaho (AP) - Jabbed with tranquilizers, her ear pierced with a green ID tag, Twister traded her steel transport box for freedom after a bumpy 90-mile ride into central Idaho's mountains. The yearling black bear orphan stepped from an open cage onto a dusty truck bed, dropped softly to the ground and disappeared into the woods.
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Archaeologists seek to safeguard Petra
Jul 17 2007 9:45PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Archaeologists called Tuesday for urgent steps to safeguard Petra, the ancient rose-red rock city recently picked as one of the new seven wonders of the world, saying an increase in visitors could damage it unless protective measures were taken.
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Scientists find lake remnants in Sudan
Jul 17 2007 6:03PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Scientists have discovered the underground remnants of an ancient lake in Sudan's arid Darfur region, offering hope of tapping a precious resource and easing water scarcity, which experts say is the root of much of the unrest in the region.
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Brazil fishermen caught killing dolphins
Jul 17 2007 4:44PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A crew of Brazilian fishermen was captured on video killing 83 dolphins and joking about their illegal haul, Brazil's Ibama environmental protection agency said Tuesday.
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Scientists: Chinese mitten crabs mating
Jul 17 2007 4:09PM (CT)
EDGEWATER, Md. (AP) - The Chinese mitten crabs found around the Chesapeake and Delaware bays in recent months are mating, scientists confirmed, raising concerns the invasive crab could be making a home in the area.
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N.H. chestnut tree may rebirth species
Jul 17 2007 4:07PM (CT)
FARMINGTON, N.H. (AP) - A healthy American chestnut tree discovered on a New Hampshire farm may serve as the "mother tree" to bring back a species nearly wiped out by Asian blight.
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Borlaug awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Jul 17 2007 3:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush presented the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday to agriculture scientist Norman Borlaug, whose work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat is credited with starting the "Green revolution" and alleviating starvation in India and Pakistan in the 1960s.
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New orchid smells like 'sweaty feet'
Jul 17 2007 5:29AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A foul-smelling orchid that flourishes only in Yosemite National Park and was first collected in 1923 is a distinct species, scientists announced Monday after re-evaluating the flower.
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