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Group wants to transplant African animals
Aug 17 2005 10:26PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Lions stalking deer in the stubble of a Nebraska corn field. Elephants trumpeting across Colorado's high plains. Cheetah slouching through the West Texas scrub.
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Experts: Ga. pocket gopher near extinction
Aug 17 2005 8:04PM (CT)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Can the pocket gopher be saved? The rodent, a secretive animal that usually goes unnoticed underground, is near extinction in south Georgia, biologists say. They're starting a new push to save the creature ecologists say does important work providing habitat for other animals and aerating the soil.
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Archaeologists find ancient treasure
Aug 17 2005 7:56PM (CT)
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed about 15,000 tiny golden pieces that date back to the end of the third millennium B.C. _ a find they said Wednesday matches the famous treasure of Troy.
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Minority report: NASA standards disappoint
Aug 17 2005 7:54PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Some of the same "disturbing" traits that contributed to the Columbia tragedy were still present in the months leading up to the shuttle Discovery's liftoff, seven members of a larger oversight panel said Wednesday in a scathing critique.
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Discovery may leave California Friday
Aug 17 2005 6:59PM (CT)
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - Space shuttle Discovery is tentatively scheduled to leave California on Friday, more than a week after it was diverted to the Mojave Desert in the first shuttle flight since the Columbia accident.
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Groups seek better electronics recycling
Aug 17 2005 4:01PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Toxic waste from computers, TVs and other electronic devices discarded in the United States and dismantled in China and India is an even more severe problem than previously feared, according to environmental groups that seek better recycling programs.
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Study details bar at center of Milky Way
Aug 17 2005 7:31AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - After creating the most detailed analysis yet of what the Milky Way looks like, astronomers say a long bar of stars cuts on an angle through the center of the galaxy that includes the sun and planet Earth.
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