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Mars to swing close to Earth this weekend
Oct 27 2005 8:02PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mars is ready for another close-up. For the second time in nearly 60,000 years, the Red Planet will swing unusually close to Earth this weekend, appearing as a yellow twinkle in the night sky.
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Trees protected some in India from tsunami
Oct 27 2005 8:00PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Coastal villages set behind mangrove forests in southeast India suffered much less damage in the Asian tsunami than places without the protection of trees, a new study reports.
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Mo. team mounts tiny cameras atop deer
Oct 27 2005 7:56PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Between hunters and cars, the fall is a hard time for deer. Now, a University of Missouri researcher is gaining insight into the world of the graceful animal through tiny cameras mounted on their heads.
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Illness threatens turtles in Puerto Rico
Oct 27 2005 7:52PM (CT)
PONCE, Puerto Rico (AP) - A population of endangered green sea turtles is in danger of being wiped out on the Puerto Rican island of Culebra because of a tumor-causing illness, environmental officials said Thursday.
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Robots may allow surgery in space
Oct 27 2005 7:45PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Small robots designed by University of Nebraska researchers may allow doctors on Earth to help perform surgery on patients in space.
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Doctors, lawyers create credibility test
Oct 27 2005 6:22AM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Doctors and lawyers _ often natural-born enemies in the courtroom _ are joining forces in Chattanooga in an experimental effort to keep junk science and dubious malpractice cases out of court.
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Hurricane database could aid forecasters
Oct 27 2005 3:34AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - In the days before satellite imaging, wind speed gauges and The Weather Channel, hurricane tracking was the province of plantation owners and ship captains.
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