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Scientists identify 2 ancient reptiles
Jul 28 2006 9:52PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Scientists have identified two ancient reptiles that swam in icy waters off Australia 115 million years ago, researchers said Friday. They are among the first of their kind to be found from the period soon after the Jurassic era.
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China's growing pollution reaches U.S.
Jul 28 2006 8:38PM (CT)
MOUNT TAMALPAIS STATE PARK, Calif. (AP) - On a mountaintop overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Steven Cliff collects evidence of an industrial revolution taking place thousands of miles away.
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Professor invents 'ripeness' sticker
Jul 28 2006 5:44PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A University of Arizona professor has invented a sticker that can tell consumers if a fruit or vegetable is ripe. The stickers will be available to growers next year and should make their way to supermarkets within two to three years, said Mark Riley, a UA assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering.
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What is it? Reptile prompts speculation
Jul 28 2006 5:00PM (CT)
BREVARD, N.C. (AP) - It has a long tail, stubby legs, scaly skin and an impressive set of choppers but nobody's sure what kind of critter has made the French Broad River its new home.
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'Dead Zone' off La. coast gets larger
Jul 28 2006 4:53PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The "Dead Zone" off the Louisiana coast mapped this week is 6,662 square miles _ or about the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined, Dr. Nancy Rabalais, Chief Scientist for Northern Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Studies reported on Friday. The low oxygen waters extended from near the Mississippi River to the Louisiana/Texas border.
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Graves searched for 'black Paul Bunyan'
Jul 28 2006 4:50PM (CT)
EAST HADDAM, Conn. (AP) - Archaeologists have begun digging up the 200-year-old graves of a slave family in hopes of separating fact from fiction in the legend of "the black Paul Bunyan."
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Indonesian sleuths go after bird flu
Jul 28 2006 1:29PM (CT)
CANGKURAH, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia, the world's latest hot spot for bird flu, appears to be taking steps at last to beat back the spread of the disease in its poultry flocks.
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