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Streaming video records sea lions' lives
Oct 4 2006 9:33PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Just call this steamy video, not streaming video. On an island in the Gulf of Alaska, cameras are providing streaming video and sound of some of the most intimate moments in the lives of endangered Steller sea lions.
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Fungus causes pumpkins to develop mold
Oct 4 2006 8:36PM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Halloween lovers hoping to create the perfect jack-o-lantern might want to shop carefully this year because of a pumpkin fungus that has put a dent in some crops.
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Scientists issue global warming report
Oct 4 2006 7:52PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Global warming could strain the Northeast's power grid, farms, forests and marine fisheries by the next century unless carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by 3 percent each year, according to a report released Wednesday.
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EPA chided over 'intersex' fish concerns
Oct 4 2006 7:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal lawmakers Wednesday criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for not moving faster to determine whether "intersex" fish in the Potomac River and its tributaries signal the presence of pollutants that might be harmful to humans.
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EPA: Great Lakes cleanup plan on track
Oct 4 2006 5:20PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A comprehensive plan to tackle the Great Lakes' most pressing environmental problems _ from invasive species to sewage overflows _ is on track despite complaints about inadequate federal funding, an Environmental Protection Agency official said.
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American wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
Oct 4 2006 4:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly a half-century after his father was awarded a Nobel Prize, a Stanford University professor won his own Wednesday for groundbreaking research into how cells read their genes, fundamental work that could help lead to new therapies.
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Cleanup to start at old sites in Lebanon
Oct 4 2006 4:00PM (CT)
BYBLOS, Lebanon (AP) - Cleanup is set to begin within days at the first of three ancient World Heritage sites damaged in the summer's Hezbollah-Israel war _ a crumbling old castle rising from the Mediterranean whose foundation stones are now coated with oil sludge.
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WVU takes out ad to recruit scientists
Oct 4 2006 3:59PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center is looking for a few good scientists _ 42 of them, to be exact. And they need to be more than good; WVU wants the best.
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Group offers genetic code mapping prize
Oct 4 2006 3:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The people who spurred private spaceflight with a $10 million prize are doing the same for personalized medicine. The X Prize Foundation is offering $10 million to the first company that can process the genetic codes of 100 people in just 10 days _ an advancement that experts say is still at least five years away.
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Quake shakes up water table in Maine
Oct 4 2006 12:42PM (CT)
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) - Monday's earthquake lowered the water level by 3 1/2 feet at one location in a national park, an unusual event, but one that wasn't expected to hurt the water supply, officials said.
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Americans sweep Nobel prizes so far
Oct 4 2006 8:43AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Of the three Nobel Prizes announced this week, the five different researchers share one decidedly common trait: They're all American.
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U.N. says sewage growing coastal problem
Oct 4 2006 6:48AM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Untreated sewage pouring into the world's seas and oceans is polluting their water and coastlines and endangering the health and welfare of the people and animals that inhabit them, according to a bleak new U.N. report released Wednesday on the threats to the world's marine environments.
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Agency to re-examine stem cell patents
Oct 4 2006 4:13AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will re-examine patents covering embryonic stem cell discoveries made by University of Wisconsin researchers.
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