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Shuttle brings addition to space station
Sep 11 2006 10:11PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Using their ship's robotic arm, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis handed over the first big addition to the international space station in more than 3 1/2 years Monday and now will conduct three spacewalks to install the giant new section.
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Scientists say Florida earthquake rare
Sep 11 2006 5:49PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Floridians can go back to worrying about hurricanes. Scientists said Sunday's magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rattled windows from southwest Florida to Louisiana is rare _ the largest earthquake in the eastern Gulf of Mexico in 30 years. A seismic jolt powerful enough to do damage or unleash a tsunami on the U.S. Gulf Coast is unlikely.
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Study ties warming to intense hurricanes
Sep 11 2006 5:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most of the increase in ocean temperature that feeds more intense hurricanes is a result of human-induced global warming, says a study that one researcher says "closes the loop" between climate change and powerful storms like Katrina.
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Kan. students get hands-on science skills
Sep 11 2006 5:43PM (CT)
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - For students in Sue Rippe's sophomore chemistry class at Olathe Northwest High School, about 80 percent of their time is spent doing hands-on activities in the lab; when they're studying gas laws, they'll launch hot air balloons.
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Philippine scientists lower alert level
Sep 11 2006 5:39PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine scientists on Monday lowered the alert status on Mayon volcano after its monthslong eruption waned in a move to allow most of the 30,000 displaced villagers to return home.
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Europe, Asia pledge to cut emissions
Sep 11 2006 5:34PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - European and Asian leaders pledged Monday to keep cutting greenhouse gases after the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
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Russia, China plan moon exploration
Sep 11 2006 5:33PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia will cooperate closely with China on moon exploration, and the two nations could sign space cooperation agreements by the year's end, the Russian space chief said Monday.
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Astronauts prepare with weightlifting
Sep 11 2006 12:04PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Before doing their heavy lifting in space, the astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis did lots of heavy lifting back on Earth.
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