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Scientists remove Hunley's rear hatch
Sep 12 2006 10:50PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Scientists on Tuesday removed the rear hatch on the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, although the work won't immediately remove the questions surrounding the sinking of the sub in 1864.
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2 astronauts start work on space station
Sep 12 2006 10:49PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts Tuesday began installing the first big addition to the international space station in more than 3 1/2 years, and NASA pronounced the outing a success, even though a small bolt floated off and got lost.
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NASA craft settles into Mars orbit
Sep 12 2006 8:48PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The most powerful spacecraft ever sent to Mars has settled into a nearly circular orbit, a move that allows scientists to begin studying the planet in unprecedented detail, NASA said Tuesday.
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Scientists: Meteor caused sonic boom
Sep 12 2006 6:13PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A sonic boom rattled southern New Zealand on Tuesday, and hundreds of callers swamped emergency services about the noise, which scientists said was probably caused by a small meteor plunging toward earth.
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Proposal cuts murrelet habitat area
Sep 12 2006 6:06PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A federal proposal would slash the critical habitat in Oregon, Washington and California set aside under the Endangered Species Act for the marbled murrelet, a threatened sea bird, by about 95 percent, to 221,692 acres.
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Two Andean condors set free in Chile
Sep 12 2006 6:04PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Two Andean condors, considered the world's largest flying bird, were set free on Tuesday in the Andes foothills just east of Santiago by veterinarians of the Santiago Metropolitan Zoo.
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New multicolored bird found in India
Sep 12 2006 5:58PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A new bird species has been found in India, the first time such a discovery has been made here in more than 50 years, an astronomer and keen bird watcher said Tuesday.
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NASA names new Kennedy Space Center boss
Sep 12 2006 11:38AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has named William Parsons, a veteran manager who led the space shuttle program's return to flight after the 2003 Columbia accident, to run the Kennedy Space Center launch site.
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