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Fuel leak blamed for rocket failure
Jul 18 2006 8:31PM (CT)
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) - The maiden launch of a private rocket bankrolled by a millionaire entrepreneur was doomed by leaking fuel that caught fire seconds after liftoff, a government review board said Tuesday.
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High pesticide exposure found in N.C.
Jul 18 2006 8:04PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - It could be a father hugging his children after a day's work in the tobacco field, or pesticide residue on his clothing washed with family laundry. Maybe it was children playing in farming fields outside their homes.
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Shuttle crew returns to Houston
Jul 18 2006 8:01PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - With a bit of poetic flair, space shuttle Discovery's astronauts thanked several hundred people Tuesday who welcomed them home to Texas.
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Study finds beaches sicken 1.5M in Calif.
Jul 18 2006 8:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As many as 1.5 million people are sickened by bacterial pollution on Southern California beaches each year, resulting in millions of dollars in public health care costs, a new study has found.
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Japan plans 30-year supercomputer forecasts
Jul 18 2006 8:00PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan is planning ultra long-range 30-year weather forecasts that will predict typhoons, storms, blizzards, droughts and other inclement weather, an official said Tuesday.
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Fire ants on the rise in coastal Va. areas
Jul 18 2006 7:13PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Fire ants are showing up in greater numbers in coastal Virginia, much to the alarm of gardeners and farmers who dare disturb their nests.
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Falcons get glimpse of new Texas habitat
Jul 18 2006 7:03PM (CT)
VAN HORN, Texas (AP) - After living in cardboard U-Haul boxes for two days, 28 endangered North American aplomado falcons got a glimpse of their new home in the rugged West Texas desert Tuesday.
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Britain's solar boat a scientific advance
Jul 18 2006 6:59PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - It is slow and travels only a short distance, but builders of the Serpentine Solar Shuttle say it's the most advanced passenger ferry on British waters. Britain's biggest solar-powered boat debuted Tuesday on a lake in London's Hyde Park, opening what its developers hope is a door to the future of solar-powered transportation.
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Space shuttle Discovery, crew land safely
Jul 18 2006 1:18AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After the wheels were down and Discovery rolled to a halt from a 5.3 million-mile journey in space, the six astronauts on the 13-day mission looked at each other and said, "We did it."
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