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Ecotourism matures on Md. Eastern Shore
Sep 2 2006 10:36PM (CT)
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. (AP) - It's a gravelly, trash-strewn path along the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in Cecil County, but plans are in the works to spend $18 million turning this waterside road into a biking and hiking path to draw tourists looking to enjoy nature.
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Wind power a vexing question for Vermont
Sep 2 2006 10:06PM (CT)
SHEFFIELD, Vt. (AP) - When farmer Greg Bryant first heard about plans for windmills along a swath of mountain ridges in this northeastern Vermont hamlet, he was all for it. The idea of tapping a plentiful natural resource for power was appealing.
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Europe keeps 1st lunar mission on course
Sep 2 2006 9:26PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Europe's first mission to the moon got a scare Saturday, but ground controllers were able make a last-minute course correction that kept the European Space Agency craft from prematurely hitting a lunar crater's rim.
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Pluto astronomer's friends protest
Sep 2 2006 9:23PM (CT)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Size doesn't matter. That was the message as friends and colleagues of the late Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto, gathered on the New Mexico State University campus to protest the International Astronomical Union's recent decision to strip Pluto of its status as a planet.
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D.C. zoo shows off 3 Sumatran tiger cubs
Sep 2 2006 8:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Zoo introduced three Sumatran tiger cubs to the public Saturday, more than three months after they were born.
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Shuttle crew hopes for Wednesday launch
Sep 2 2006 8:45PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Four days after evacuating the Kennedy Space Center with Tropical Storm Ernesto approaching, the space shuttle Atlantis' six crew members flew back to Florida on Saturday to prepare for a launch on Wednesday.
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