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Chinese crew blasts off for space mission
Oct 11 2005 9:35PM (CT)
JIAYUGUAN, China (AP) - Two years after China became only the third nation to launch a human into orbit, a pair of astronauts blasted off Wednesday on a longer, riskier mission after receiving a farewell visit from Premier Wen Jiabao.
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Experts link N.M. tree die-offs to warming
Oct 11 2005 7:37PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Researchers believe the massive die-offs of New Mexico's state tree during 2002 and 2003 could be a harbinger of life in a warming world.
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San Diego may soon see California condors
Oct 11 2005 7:29PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - California condors are expected to return soon to the skies over San Diego County, nearly a century after they disappeared.
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Deal protects part of world's oldest reef
Oct 11 2005 7:28PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A 71-acre section of 450 million-year-old rock that is believed to be part of the world's oldest coral reef will be preserved and opened to the public, officials announced Tuesday.
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Katrina may affect New Orleans's wildlife
Oct 11 2005 3:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Chemicals in New Orleans floodwater from residential neighborhoods posed little risk to people but may raise a long-term hazard to wildlife in Lake Pontchartrain, a new study says.
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World helpless against assaults of nature
Oct 11 2005 3:15AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a more hopeful time, buoyed by the promise of science, it was thought hurricanes could be tricked into dispersing, earthquakes could be disarmed by nuclear explosions and floodwaters held at bay by great mounds of dirt.
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Russian spacecraft returns from 7-day trip
Oct 11 2005 2:02AM (CT)
ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (AP) - The seven-day space sojourn of an American millionaire scientist came to a close as he and a Russian-American crew undocked from the international space station and sped back to Earth, landing early Tuesday on the windswept steppes of Kazakhstan.
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