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Ireland worker finds ancient psalms in bog
Jul 25 2006 9:56PM (CT)
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Irish archaeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms by a construction worker who spotted something while driving the shovel of his backhoe into a bog.
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Cache of artifacts found in Jamestown well
Jul 25 2006 8:47PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Sometime around 1610, archaeologists figure, a thirsty colonist in Jamestown set his brass pistol on the side of a well as he pulled up some water and accidentally knocked the weapon in.
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Researchers discover new type of cricket
Jul 25 2006 5:51PM (CT)
HURRICANE, Utah (AP) - Researchers say they have discovered a new type of cricket in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, located in a remote strip of land on the Utah-Arizona border.
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Disgraced scientist denies embezzlement
Jul 25 2006 5:35PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk denied embezzling research funds and testified Tuesday that part of the money went toward failed attempts to clone mammoths, extinct relatives of today's elephants.
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Historic lighthouse lense has maintenance
Jul 25 2006 5:26PM (CT)
SEGUIN ISLAND, Maine (AP) - A historic lighthouse that was commissioned by order of George Washington is having maintenance work performed on a rare lens containing hundreds of prisms that reflect light for miles out to sea.
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Ship strike may have killed right whale
Jul 25 2006 5:14PM (CT)
CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Brunswick (AP) - It appears that a ship strike could be the cause of death of an endangered right whale after it was discovered in waters off southwest New Brunswick.
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