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Study: Distractions impede learning
Jul 24 2006 11:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Your parents were right, don't study with the TV on. Multitasking may be a necessity in today's fast-paced world, but new research shows distractions affect the way people learn, making the knowledge they gain harder to use later on.
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Texas tops in wind energy production
Jul 24 2006 11:42PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Long known as a top oil- and natural gas-producing state, Texas has gained new energy acclaim by becoming the nation's top producer of wind energy.
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Feds deny Wyo. petition to delist wolves
Jul 24 2006 10:12PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The U.S. government on Monday denied a request from Wyoming to remove gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains from the federal list of threatened and endangered species.
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Evidence of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan
Jul 24 2006 9:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scientists said Monday they have found the first widespread evidence of giant hydrocarbon lakes on the surface of Saturn's planet-size moon Titan.
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Hundreds of Wis. bass found dead after meet
Jul 24 2006 2:49PM (CT)
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - Hundreds of dead bass have been collected from La Crosse-area river waters, days after a major fishing tournament was held in the region, a state official said.
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Scientists study Ariz. Hohokam era site
Jul 24 2006 2:35PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - An archaeological site containing the remains of a Hohokam settlement dates back to a rarely explored Hohokam era, according to recent dating.
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Egypt to move famous Ramses statue in Cairo
Jul 24 2006 2:13PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A giant statue of Pharaoh Ramses II will be moved next month from a congested square in downtown Cairo to a more serene home near the Great Pyramids in a bid to save it from corrosive pollution, Egypt's antiquities chief said Monday.
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Last bald eagle released in Vt. program
Jul 24 2006 1:53PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The last bald eagle that was part of a program to bring the national symbol back to Vermont was set free Monday when the doors of the box where it had lived for the last two months were opened by biologists.
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