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Discovery to take another try at landing
Aug 8 2005 11:33PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Low clouds kept shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven from making their much-anticipated return to Earth, and NASA vowed to bring the spacecraft down Tuesday in Florida, California or possibly even New Mexico.
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NASA eyes Calif., N.M. for landing sites
Aug 8 2005 10:11PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The first space shuttle landings rattled the Mojave Desert around Edwards Air Force Base with the thunder of sonic booms _ and might do so again Tuesday.
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Alaska sea otters to get U.S. protection
Aug 8 2005 10:10PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Southwest Alaska's sea otters, which came back from the brink of extinction in the 1800s, are facing another dramatic decline and could be named a "threatened" species as early as Tuesday.
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Research ties arsenic to tumor growth
Aug 8 2005 9:58PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A study by researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center indicates environmental arsenic in drinking water can stimulate the growth of cancerous tumors and cause them to spread faster.
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Hawaii study: Trees buffer tsunami impact
Aug 8 2005 9:24PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Planting trees and bushy plants between buildings and the ocean helped to lessen the impact of the waves when the Dec. 26 killer tsunami struck in the Maldives Islands, University of Hawaii researchers said.
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AP: Artist to re-create destroyed Buddhas
Aug 8 2005 5:00PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan destroyed two 1,600-year-old Buddha statues lining Bamiyan Valley's soaring cliffs, the world shook with shock at the demise of such huge archaeological treasures.
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Gas air tests conducted in NYC
Aug 8 2005 2:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Government scientists released colorless, harmless gas at four Manhattan locations Monday as part of an effort to find out how fast and far a toxic substance could spread if released in the city.
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Report examines high school science labs
Aug 8 2005 1:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - While sleek crime-scene TV shows have turned students on to forensic science, an investigation of today's high school laboratories shows that reality isn't so flattering.
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Researchers study changes in hurricanes
Aug 8 2005 1:21PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Researchers are using a $3 million National Science Foundation grant in an effort to learn why sudden, dramatic changes occur in the intensity of hurricanes.
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