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Arianespace rocket launches 2 satellites
Dec 8 2006 11:05PM (CT)
KOUROU, French Guiana (AP) - A rocket lifted off Friday from this French department in South America carrying satellites to provide broadband Internet services to rural parts of the U.S. and television programming to people across the hemisphere.
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Study says bees can find explosives
Dec 8 2006 11:01PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Here's the latest buzz on detecting explosives: bomb-sniffing bees. A study at Los Alamos National Laboratory has found that honeybees can be trained to detect explosives, even in tiny quantities. "These bees really perform," said bee biologist Timothy Haarmann, the study's leader.
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Study says bees can find explosives
Dec 8 2006 11:01PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Here's the latest buzz on detecting explosives: bomb-sniffing bees. A study at Los Alamos National Laboratory has found that honeybees can be trained to detect explosives, even in tiny quantities. "These bees really perform," said bee biologist Timothy Haarmann, the study's leader.
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Endangered turtle found in Vietnam
Dec 8 2006 8:15PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Researchers in Vietnam announced Friday they have caught one of the world's most endangered turtles in the wild, a development which could bolster efforts to protect the species from hunters and collectors.
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Planetary triple play on deck Sunday
Dec 8 2006 8:14PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies. About 45 minutes before dawn on Sunday those three planets will be so close that the average person's thumb can obscure all three from view.
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Winds threaten Saturday shuttle launch
Dec 8 2006 8:14PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA will decide whether to try a Saturday night launch of space shuttle Discovery at a crucial morning meeting before fueling the spacecraft.
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Polish archeologists prepare WWII items
Dec 8 2006 8:13PM (CT)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - An open pocket knife, two Smith and Wesson revolvers, now rusty, and an airman's gilded badge _ all flew with the Canadian and British crew of a World War II bomber on its final mission carrying aid for Poland's desperate revolt against the Nazis.
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Researcher pleads guilty to taking fees
Dec 8 2006 5:09PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A government researcher pleaded guilty Friday to violating federal conflict-of-interest laws by accepting $285,000 in consulting fees from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. for work that overlapped his official duties.
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Spaceport to launch first satellites
Dec 8 2006 2:03PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A rocket carrying satellites for the Air Force and NASA is set to blast off Monday from the Virginia shore in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport.
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