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Shuttle astronauts unfurl solar 'wings'
Sep 14 2006 11:31PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - NASA unfurled the international space station's new solar wings for the first time Thursday in what looked like a giant accordion being stretched out in orbit.
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Calif. cities face fines for beach water
Sep 14 2006 11:30PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Regional water officials voted Thursday to fine cities surrounding Santa Monica Bay up to $10,000 a day if beaches do not meet clean-water standards.
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Spacewalkers add to orbiting space junk
Sep 14 2006 6:16PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - It's a junkyard out there in space and sometimes astronauts accidentally contribute to the litter. In 1965, the first American spacewalker, Ed White, lost a spare glove when he went outside for the first time. From that time on, astronauts have accidentally added some of the more unusual items to the 100,000 pieces of space trash that circle Earth.
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Stone writing earliest seen in Americas
Sep 14 2006 6:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's more than idle doodling and the meaning is unclear. But there's one thing researchers are sure of: The insect, ear of corn, inverted fish and other symbols inscribed on an ancient stone slab is the earliest known writing in the Western Hemisphere.
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3rd rare white buffalo born on Wis. farm
Sep 14 2006 6:14PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A farm in Wisconsin is quickly becoming hallowed ground for American Indians with the birth of its third white buffalo, an animal considered sacred by many tribes for its potential to bring good fortune and peace.
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Astronomers find distant, fluffy planet
Sep 14 2006 6:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The largest planet ever found orbiting another star is so puffy it would float on water, astronomers said Thursday. The newly discovered planet, dubbed HAT-P-1, is both the largest and least dense of the nearly 200 worlds astronomers have found outside our own solar system.
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Researchers unlock genetic code of tree
Sep 14 2006 6:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers have deciphered for the first time the genetic code of a tree, which could lead to new varieties better at producing wood, paper and fuel.
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Cape Town to increase shark patrols
Sep 14 2006 2:33PM (CT)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A South African shark-spotting program to warn surfers and swimmers about the approach of great whites is to be expanded, environmentalists said Thursday, though they added the sharks have more to fear than humans.
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Archaeologist backs dig at Bosnia hills
Sep 14 2006 1:07PM (CT)
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - An Egyptologist who investigated two hills in central Bosnia believed by some to be ancient pyramids on Wednesday recommended that archaeological digs be carried out there.
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