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Barbaro's doc to operate on polar bear
Aug 18 2006 9:47PM (CT)
ERIE, Pa. (AP) - The surgeon who has worked to save the life of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro will now try to help a polar bear with a broken leg, Erie Zoo officials said Friday.
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Scientists add years to ozone recovery
Aug 18 2006 9:47PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The atmosphere will take up to 15 years longer than previously expected to recover from pollution and repair its ozone hole over the southern hemisphere, the United Nations' weather organization said Friday.
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Atlantis crew has longest training ever
Aug 18 2006 9:47PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Atlantis' six astronauts were supposed to fly to the international space station more than three years ago.
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Atlantis astronauts going on fix-it trip
Aug 18 2006 9:47PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Six astronauts embark on a home improvement project this month. But there's no chance of a last-minute trip to Home Depot since they'll be 220 miles from Earth.
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Report blames Keys algae bloom on roads
Aug 18 2006 9:46PM (CT)
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) - Lain Goodwin eased his boat into Florida Bay, hoping for the water to clear. He looked for the holes in the bay floor where he would always catch some snook, but there was nothing to see. The only clear blue was the sky.
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2 firms picked for private spaceship job
Aug 18 2006 7:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the hope of private spaceflight in the future, NASA on Friday chose two companies _ both recovering from different failures _ to develop a new commercial spaceship.
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Rice found to contain engineered protein
Aug 18 2006 5:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Long-grain rice samples from the United States have tested positive for trace amounts of a genetically modified strain not approved for consumption, but it doesn't pose a threat to humans or the environment, federal officials said Friday.
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Calif. biologists find invasive oysters
Aug 18 2006 4:29PM (CT)
FREMONT, Calif. (AP) - Biologists have discovered giant invasive oysters that could threaten efforts to restore native oyster species in San Francisco Bay.
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Biologists fear fire may doom Nev. deer
Aug 18 2006 1:24PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Wildlife biologists fear last week's Verdi fire that burned 6,000 acres west of Reno could be a last straw for the area's struggling deer herd.
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NASA techs to swap out bolts on Atlantis
Aug 18 2006 11:32AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA managers decided Friday to change out two bolts they fear may not be secure enough in attaching an important communications antenna to space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay.
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