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Spider invasion creeping out Austrians
Aug 3 2006 10:25PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - An eight-legged invasion is giving some Austrians the creeps. The venomous yellow sack spider, whose painful bite can cause headache and nausea, has become the talk of the town since several people were bitten earlier this summer.
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Co. wants ultrasound to ID juicy pork
Aug 3 2006 9:03PM (CT)
AMES, Iowa (AP) - A company created by a group of Iowa State University researchers wants hog producers to use ultrasound technology to identify animals that can produce tastier and juicier meat.
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Hurricane forecast better after revision
Aug 3 2006 7:45PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Hurricane researchers said Thursday that this year's hurricane season won't be as bad as predicted and said a monster storm like Katrina is unlikely.
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Experts: DNA technique may save whales
Aug 3 2006 7:32PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Australian researchers said Thursday that analyzing the skin flakes of some whales could help determine their age, a development that could invalidate one argument for killing them.
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Sea urchins dying off California coast
Aug 3 2006 7:21PM (CT)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Hundreds of dead or dying purple sea urchins have washed up into tide pools at a Southern California marine refuge center in recent days, but no one is certain what is killing them.
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NASA plan for moon rocket includes foam
Aug 3 2006 7:17PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Engineers designing the new U.S. moon rocket said Thursday they plan to cover part of it with the same type of foam that doomed Columbia and has been a problem throughout the space shuttle program.
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Spacewalking astronauts get extra work
Aug 3 2006 6:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts Thursday found the reward for working so well and so fast is ... extra work. American astronaut Jeff Williams and German astronaut Thomas Reiter were so efficient at important repairs to a key new cooling system for the international space station that they finished that primary job 90 minutes early in their 5-hour, 54-minute spacewalk.
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