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Decision soon on Hubble repair mission
Oct 23 2006 8:05PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The fate of what some scientists dub "the people's telescope" is again up in the air as NASA decides soon whether to squeeze in a last astronaut repair mission to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Vt. moose population high in some areas
Oct 23 2006 8:05PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - State wildlife biologists are hoping an aggressive moose hunt this season will help cut in half the number of animals in the Northeast Kingdom where the population has far exceeded the ability of the land to provide for them and moose conflicts with people are increasing, officials say.
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Researchers abandon monkey experiments
Oct 23 2006 8:05PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A research center has dropped a controversial proposal to conduct medical experiments on up to 100 endangered African monkeys that are natural carriers of a form of the AIDS virus but do not get sick from it.
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Milfoil found near Maine-N.H. border
Oct 23 2006 8:04PM (CT)
ACTON, Maine (AP) - A new infestation of invasive variable milfoil has been discovered in a lake that straddles the Maine-New Hampshire border, state officials said Monday.
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2 arrested at protest at NOAA office
Oct 23 2006 8:04PM (CT)
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Two environmentalists spent about four hours Monday perched on a ledge over an entrance to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration building to protest what they said is the agency's suppression of information on global warming.
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Thieves lead to discovery of Egypt tombs
Oct 23 2006 4:54PM (CT)
SAQQARA, Egypt (AP) - The arrest of tomb robbers led archaeologists to the graves of three royal dentists, protected by a curse and hidden in the desert sands for thousands of years in the shadow of Egypt's most ancient pyramid, officials announced Sunday.
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Russian unmanned ship is launched
Oct 23 2006 9:28AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - An unmanned Russian cargo ship carrying 2.76 U.S. tons of supplies, equipment and gifts blasted off Monday en route to the international space station, a space official said.
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Iceland breaks ban on commercial whaling
Oct 23 2006 5:57AM (CT)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Iceland broke a global moratorium on commercial whaling, killing an endangered fin whale for the first time since the 1980s, local media reported Sunday.
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