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Monolith perhaps largest found in Mexico
Oct 13 2006 10:06PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Archaeologists announced Friday that a monolith discovered earlier this month near Mexico City's main square is perhaps the largest ever unearthed in the city's center.
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Arianespace launches pair of satellites
Oct 13 2006 7:20PM (CT)
KOUROU, French Guiana (AP) - Arianespace successfully launched two communications satellites into orbit Friday from its South American base in French Guiana, the European space consortium said.
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Agency to test grasslands grazing rules
Oct 13 2006 7:18PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The Forest Service plans to test new rules for livestock grazing on North Dakota's national grasslands, a project that will take at least 10 years.
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U.S. sets aside acreage for beach mice
Oct 13 2006 7:18PM (CT)
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Federal wildlife officials have designated 6,200 acres in coastal Alabama and the Florida Panhandle as critical habitat for three endangered beach mouse species.
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Bush signs bill for Great Lakes habitats
Oct 13 2006 5:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has signed a bill to reauthorize up to $16 million a year for grants programs to restore habitats in the Great Lakes region.
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Dead fish wash up on Puerto Rico shore
Oct 13 2006 5:36PM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Scores of fish in northern Puerto Rico died after sand built up and blocked an estuary, reducing the amount of oxygen in a canal and making the water more acidic, the natural resources department said Friday.
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Power restored to Hubble camera detector
Oct 13 2006 4:27PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Debris stuck in a switch is believed to have caused a voltage drop that shut down the Hubble Space Telescope's main camera for the second time this year, the operators of the orbiting observatory announced Friday.
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Man disrupts research projects in Alaska
Oct 13 2006 4:13PM (CT)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A Fairbanks man bulldozed his way through four long-term forest research projects as he cut a trail to property on the Tanana River, state officials said. The damage may ruin the University of Alaska Fairbanks research projects that have been ongoing for more than 20 years.
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Group warns mountains will lose ice caps
Oct 13 2006 6:35AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Africa's two highest mountains _ Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya _ will lose their ice cover within 25 to 50 years if deforestation and industrial pollution are not stopped, environmentalists warned Thursday.
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