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NASA welcomes home astronauts from mission
Aug 10 2005 10:31PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Discovery's astronauts arrived to a rousing celebration Wednesday as nearly 700 people crowded an airplane hangar, waving flags and holding signs that read: "Welcome Home, Astronauts!"
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Scientists crack DNA code of rice
Aug 10 2005 12:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An international team of scientists has deciphered the genetic code of rice, an advance that should speed improvements in a crop that feeds more than half the world's population.
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Discovery's astronauts braved unknown
Aug 10 2005 11:47AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - At times, the Discovery mission conjured up memories of Apollo 13 for the ingenuity required of the astronauts and flight controllers. In an ever-changing, ever-challenging flight, NASA chief Michael Griffin called this group of seven astronauts true test pilots _ and brave.
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Caterpillars damage Vermont trees
Aug 10 2005 8:47AM (CT)
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Forest tent caterpillars have munched through thousands of acres of trees this year, but state officials don't expect the state's sugar maples to suffer any long term damage.
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Herbicide-resistant weed plagues Calif.
Aug 10 2005 8:46AM (CT)
PARLIER, Calif. (AP) - Horseweed was once merely a nuisance to farmers _ hard to pull out, quick to sprout back after cutting, and capable of towering over tractors.
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