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Mother Nature feels the pains of divorce
Dec 3 2007 9:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Divorce can be bad for the environment. In countries around the world divorce rates have been rising, and each time a family dissolves the result is two new households.
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Young chimp beats college students
Dec 3 2007 9:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Think you're smarter than a fifth-grader? How about a 5-year-old chimp? Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won.
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Young chimp beats college students
Dec 3 2007 9:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Think you're smarter than a fifth-grader? How about a 5-year-old chimp? Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won.
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Science contest glass ceiling shattered
Dec 3 2007 7:43PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Girls swept a prestigious high school science competition for the first time Monday, winning top prizes of $100,000 scholarships for their work on potential tuberculosis cures and bone growth in zebrafish.
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Astronauts at Cape for Thursday launch
Dec 3 2007 7:21PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Seven astronauts arrived for the start of countdown to Thursday's space shuttle launch as NASA wrapped up repairs on Atlantis' fuel tank.
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Astronauts at Cape for Thursday launch
Dec 3 2007 7:21PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Seven astronauts arrived for the start of countdown to Thursday's space shuttle launch as NASA wrapped up repairs on Atlantis' fuel tank.
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Astronauts at Cape for Thursday launch
Dec 3 2007 7:21PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Seven astronauts arrived for the start of countdown to Thursday's space shuttle launch as NASA wrapped up repairs on Atlantis' fuel tank.
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China says lunar image authentic
Dec 3 2007 6:07PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's space program has defended a photo of the moon's surface taken by its lunar probe as authentic, dismissing critics who suggested it had been copied from a similar image captured by a U.S. orbiter.
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Tsunami warning map for 3 areas finished
Dec 3 2007 6:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Elevation models of the coastal areas of three East Coast communities have been completed in the government's effort to determine the areas at risk from giant waves called tsunamis.
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Group: Chesapeake Bay health worsening
Dec 3 2007 5:57PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Chesapeake Bay's health is going from bad to worse, according to an environmental group that graded the bay's health a "D" for the ninth consecutive year.
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Mummified dinosaur may have outrun T Rex
Dec 3 2007 5:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the most complete dinosaur mummies ever found is revealing secrets locked away for millions of years, bringing researchers as close as they will ever get to touching a live dino.
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UN kicks off Bali climate conference
Dec 3 2007 6:58AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Faced with melting polar ice caps and worsening droughts, climate experts at a massive U.N. conference Monday urged quick action toward a new international pact stemming an increasingly destructive rise in world temperatures.
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UN kicks off Bali climate conference
Dec 3 2007 6:58AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Faced with melting polar ice caps and worsening droughts, climate experts at a massive U.N. conference Monday urged quick action toward a new international pact stemming an increasingly destructive rise in world temperatures.
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China, India urged to curb energy use
Dec 3 2007 3:59AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Coal-burning power plants belch pollutants into the air in China, contributing to global warming that experts say has destroyed billions of dollars in crops.
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China, India urged to curb energy use
Dec 3 2007 3:59AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Coal-burning power plants belch pollutants into the air in China, contributing to global warming that experts say has destroyed billions of dollars in crops.
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China, India urged to curb energy use
Dec 3 2007 3:59AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Coal-burning power plants belch pollutants into the air in China, contributing to global warming that experts say has destroyed billions of dollars in crops.
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China, India urged to curb energy use
Dec 3 2007 3:59AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Coal-burning power plants belch pollutants into the air in China, contributing to global warming that experts say has destroyed billions of dollars in crops.
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