| Russian spaceship delivers food, water to International Space Station | |
Moscow, May 17 (Xinhua) A Russian cargo spaceship has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) to deliver food, water, fuel and equipment for the crew, the Mission Control said...
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| Ukrainian Premier Vows to Sell Major Plant Despite President |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 12:00 CDT Text of report by commercial, news-based 5 Kanal TV on 17 May The president cannot tell the prime minister what to do, especially when it comes to the...
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| Hamlet North of Edmonton Remains Evacuated |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 12:00 CDT EDMONTON - About 150 residents from a hamlet north of Edmonton remain evacuated from their homes Saturday because of a wildfire. Residents of Newbrook...
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| Answering The Call Of The Wildflowers |
Many are held at the city's public works building, 1802 Spooner Drive, and others, including some geared more for adults, at Bruton Memorial Library. A recent workshop about bats provided...
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| Two Austin students win at International Science Fair |
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- Two Austin students who advanced from the Austin Energy Regional Science Fair to the International Science & Engineering Fair in Atlanta this week finished...
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| Thousands flee Chinese village near epicentre over flood worries |
Rising water levels at a lagoon formed after river runoffs are trapped by a mountain collapse that swallowed three villages. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ng Han Guan BEICHUAN, China - Thousands of Chinese...
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| A.F. Simulating Plane Collision |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 12:00 CDT HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- The Air Force is publicizing an emergency exercise that will simulate the midair collision of two aircraft, hoping to avoid panic...
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| Make Sure Gasoline is Stored Properly |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 12:00 CDT By Hints from Heloise Dear Readers: Now that the grass is growing, flowers are blooming and trees are budding, it's time to begin mowing the lawn and...
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| Students Are Given a Fun Taste of Science |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 12:00 CDT By Steve Fidel Deseret News FARMINGTON -- The carrot-and-stick approach to studying science was at work Friday when Utah State University hosted Physics...
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| Miller Urges OSHA to Revise Process Safety Management Standard |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Anonymous PROCESS SAFETY U.S. Representative George Miller (D-CA), chair of the House Labor and Education Committee, has urged OSHA to revise the...
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| Canadian Forces plane carrying aid for Myanmar arrives in Bangkok |
TORONTO - A Canadian military plane carrying 40 tonnes worth of relief supplies for Myanmar cyclone victims has arrived in Bangkok, Thailand. The giant Canadian Forces C-17 Globemaster plane...
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| Insurgents hit NATO helicopter carrying Afghan governor, no one injured |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Insurgents fired a rocket that hit a NATO helicopter carrying the governor of a key southern Afghan province Saturday, but no one was injured. A series of clashes, air...
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| Sen. Ted Kennedy rushed to hospital |
BOSTON (AP) - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday after becoming ill at his home, his office said. There was no immediate word on his condition. A knowledgeable official said Kennedy...
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| Call to offer genetic screening for married cousins |
guardian.co.uk on Saturday May 17 2008. It was last updated at 15:51 on May 17 2008. Doctors should offer genetic screening to immigrant communities that encourage marriage between cousins, experts...
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| No Epidemics After China Earthquake |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 09:00 CDT Despite the large-scale devastation from last week's China earthquake, disease epidemics have so far been prevented, government officials said Saturday....
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| Parrots Found Dating Back 55 Million Years |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 10:15 CDT Palaeontologists have discovered fossil remains in Scandinavia of parrots that have been pushing up daisies for more than 55 million years. Reported in...
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| DNA Used to Track Down Dwindling Salmon Stocks |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 09:00 CDT By FRANK URQUHART MARINE scientists yesterday set sail from the Irish coast in the most ambitious research mission yet undertaken to try to solve the...
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| DHS List Covers Chemicals That Could Be Used By Terrorists |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Anonymous NATIONAL SECURITY Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a final list of 300 chemicals that if possessed by a facility in certain...
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| Nukes Not the Easy Answer That They Seem |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 03:00 CDT EVER since former Vice President Albert Gore won an Oscar and a Nobel Prize for his fight against expanding climate change, there have been claims that...
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| The Mysterious Disappearance Of River Herring |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Steve Grant, The Hartford Courant, Conn. May 17--This is the first in an occasional series about the fish species of Connecticut -- from the ever-...
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| Russian supply ship docks to space station |
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — A Russian supply ship docked to the international space station on Friday, delivering more than 2 tons of food, water, equipment and scientific...
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| U.S. House speaker makes surprise visit to Iraq |
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi government official says U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Baghdad for a surprise visit. The official says the California Democrat is meeting with Iraqi Prime...
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| Six Kurdish rebels killed in clash with soldiers |
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey's state-run media say six Kurdish rebels have been killed in a clash with soldiers in eastern Turkey. The Anatolia news agency says the clash erupted in Van province...
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| Computer hackers arrested, accused of disabling gov |
MADRID, Spain - Spanish police have arrested five young computer hackers who allegedly disabled Internet pages run by government agencies in the U.S., Latin America and Asia. The National Police...
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| Agencies to Change Chemical Testing |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Anonymous CHEMICAL SAFETY EPA, the National Institutes of Health Chemical Genomics Center and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences...
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| House Reps Request Evaluation of Diacetyl-Exposed Workers |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Anonymous As a result of tests funded by the Seattle Post -Intelligencer newspaper, which showed that professional cooks might be exposed to butter...
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| Balancing PPE Protection With Comfort, Fit & Style |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By McPherson, Donna The key is to balance apparel function and form within the scope of a realistic hazard assessment and risk analysis. The chief goal of...
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| Voinovich Rep Hears Local Concerns |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Bart Mills, The Lima News, Ohio May 17--ALLEN COUNTY -- County leaders came out Friday hoping to get word to Sen. George Voinovich. That word was...
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| Former archbishop of Canterbury asks Iraqi militants to release 5 Britons |
LONDON - A former Church of England leader has appealed for militants to release five British civilians kidnapped in Iraq a year ago. Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey released a...
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| Ocean Floor: N.Y. Subway Cars Dropped in Md. Waters to Form Reefs |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun May 17--ABOARD THE YNOT MABEL -- A massive front-end loader wrestled more than 40 stainless steel New York City...
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| Lake May Burst Banks "at Any Time" Near China Quake Epicentre |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["1st Ld: 46 Injured Need Help as Lake Burst Imminent at China...
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| National Research Council Aims to Improve Science Education |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Anonymous Anew publication from the National Research Council (NRC), Ready, Set, Science! is an educational tool that explains how the latest research...
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| Wildlife Refuge on the Lower Rappahannock River Grows By Another 90 Acres |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Rusty Dennen, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. May 17--The Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge still has a ways to go to reach...
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| Bill Would Allow Unions for Emergency Workers |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 03:00 CDT WASHINGTON - The Senate yesterday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would give police officers, firefighters and other first responders the right...
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| Neighborhood Watch Groups Expected to Rise |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 03:00 CDT By Dan Springer, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. May 17--The La Crosse County Sheriff's Department expects the number of suburban Neighborhood Watch groups to...
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| Fire Officials Urge Vegetation Clearance |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 03:00 CDT By Robert S. Hong -- Online Extra: Keep your home safe from brush fires PASADENA - With an unseasonable spring heat wave baking the region and the recent...
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| Teen Accused of Shooting BB Gun at Woman, Baby |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 03:00 CDT By Dan Springer, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. May 17--A La Crosse teen accused of firing a BB gun at a female and a toddler could face juvenile charges of...
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| Heron Colony Closes River Slough to Boats |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 03:00 CDT By La Crosse Tribune, Wis. May 17--WINONA, Minn. -- About 57 acres of Mertes Slough north of Winona is closed to boaters to protect nesting herons and...
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| Space research can improve life on Earth |
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Alexander Peslyak) - Countries sending their citizens into space for the first time proudly call them their Gagarins, with good reason. Yuri Gagarin became the...
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| Military and science museums for Saadiyat |
Last Updated: May 15. 2008 11:28PM UAE / May 15. 2008 7:28PM GMT ABU DHABI // Two new museums, one focused on the military and the other on science and technology, are to be added to the line-up of...
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| Cut Chemical Cocktail in Your Life for Greener Way to Beauty |
Sarah tries to practise what she preaches. She has the fresh, natural beauty of the earth mother, with her loose blonde hair and pink natural complexion. She doesn't slather herself in make-up, uses...
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| ; This Farm Bill is Outrageous; Members of Congress Just Let Politics Triumph Over Good Policy |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 00:00 CDT By Dmedit MEMBERS of the Democratic-controlled House voted yesterday to pass a five-year farm bill that will cost an estimated $300 billion, distort...
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| Cassville Plant Would Hurt Environment |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 00:00 CDT By The Associated Press MADISON (AP) - Barge traffic could triple, acres of forest could be lost and rare aquatic creatures could be threatened if Alliant...
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| Bald Eagles Dropped From Endangered List |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 00:00 CDT By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS - Bald eagles have been removed from Indiana's endangered species list, and state wildlife biologists released one of...
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| Officials Say Ore. Sea Lions Not Shot; Likely Dead of Heat Strokes |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 00:00 CDT By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND, Ore. The deaths of six sea lions found in traps on the Columbia River earlier this month were likely caused by the heat,...
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| Animals Will Dictate Amazonia Opening |
Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 00:00 CDT By JACOB BENNETT, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7434 or bennettj@courierpress.com After all the work and planning invested in the Mesker Park Zoo &...
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| Interior Ministry Exposes Forest Land Appropriation Scam |
Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 21:00 CDT MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax) - Law enforcement agencies have exposed a scam designed to illegally remove over 5,000 hectares of forest land from the forest...
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| Wife guilty in hubby |
Notorious female killers FRESNO, Calif. - A biochemist was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for killing her estranged husband by knocking him out and stuffing him...
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| Huckabee apologizes for quipping about gun aimed at Obama |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Republican Mike Huckabee responded to an offstage noise during his speech Friday to the National Rifle Association by suggesting it was Barack Obama diving to the floor because...
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| Police find three decomposing bodies inside New Jersey home |
TRENTON. N.J. - Police found three decomposing bodies with multiple stab wounds inside a northern New Jersey home Friday night. a prosecutor said. The bodies of an elderly man. an elderly woman...
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