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NASA still stumped by fuel gauge problem
Jul 18 2005 10:08PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Nearly a week after a faulty fuel-gauge reading halted the first shuttle countdown since the Columbia tragedy, NASA had yet to uncover any clues to the problem Monday and put off the flight of Discovery until at least next week.
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Ancient woolly mammoth tusk found
Jul 18 2005 8:09PM (CT)
PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) - The fossilized tusk of an ancient woolly mammoth has been discovered near a dairy farm in Tulare County. The 10-foot-long curved tusk is estimated to be 100,000 years old, according to Roger LaJeunesse, an anthropology professor at California State University in Fresno.
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Archaeologists unveil Pompeii treasure
Jul 18 2005 8:07PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Decorated cups and fine silver platters were once again polished and on display Monday as archaeologists unveiled an ancient Roman dining set that lay hidden for two millennia in the volcanic ash of Pompeii.
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Rare white alligator in legal limbo
Jul 18 2005 8:06PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A rare white alligator is being housed at Riverbanks Zoo, but the reptile is seen only by its keepers because it's evidence in a legal case against the brothers who captured it.
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Tiny tsunami reveals big gaps in readiness
Jul 18 2005 3:35AM (CT)
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - The tiny wave generated by a major undersea earthquake off the far Northern California coast last month revealed large gaps in how ready communities hugging the Pacific shoreline are for a true tsunami threat.
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