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Trash is turning into key power source for NJ
(AP)
AP - Standing atop the 400-acre 1-E landfill, you get a panoramic view of the Meadowlands sports complex to the north and the New York City skyline to the east. You're also standing on a critical part of New Jersey's, and the nation's, energy...
Ancient Sea Predators Shed Skin Secrets
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Predatory reptiles called ichthyosaurs cruised the oceans between
230 million and 90 million years ago. In a classic case of convergent
evolution, their body and fin shapes resembled those of today's
dolphins, tunas, and great white sharks-the fastest swimmers in the
sea.
British mountain race runners all accounted for
(AP)
AP - Hundreds of mountain runners spent in the night in tents and hastily organized shelters after a long-distance race in England's Lake District was called off due to heavy rain and flooding, British authorities said Sunday.
You've Got Mail! You've Got Herpes!
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Email has enhanced our lives by making communication faster and cheaper, and more available to a wide network of others.
Email can also get us into a lot of trouble. ...
Indonesia's Sulawesi hit by 6.4 quake, no tsunami
(Reuters)
Reuters - An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's north Sulawesi island on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, the meteorology agency said.
AP INVESTIGATION: Palin pipeline terms curbed bids
(AP)
AP - Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation...
SATURDAY 25. OCTOBER 2008
Death toll mounts in Yemen tropical storm
(AP)
AP - Mohammed bin Gohar saw an old woman drowning in flood waters from a deadly tropical storm in southern Yemen, but couldn't save her. He was carrying his two kids and running with his wife to escape the...
No guarantee gas pipeline will be built
(AP)
AP - Contrary to Gov. Sarah Palin's campaign promises to "build a pipeline quickly," the massive project to send natural gas south is still no sure thing.
Hawaiian Cave Reveals Ancient Secrets
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - From the moment we saw it, we knew the place held many great
secrets. We had been looking for new fossil sites on the south side of
the Hawaiian island of Kauai in 1992 with our colleagues, Helen F.
James and Storrs L. Olson of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
D.C., along with their children, Travis and Sydney, and our own, Mara
and Alec.
The Biological Clock's Incredible Influence Revealed
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.
The Nation's Weather
(AP)
AP - Saturday's weather was to be characterized by a strong trough of low pressure in the East and a ridge of high pressure in the...
Fierce storms in Yemen kill 47
(AFP)
AFP - Rescue operations swung into higher gear in Yemen on Saturday after floods killed at least 41 people and six more died after being struck by lightning in two days of fierce storms, officials...
OPEC set to meet regularly as world recession looms: analysts
(AFP)
AFP - OPEC could meet regularly over the coming months to announce further cuts in oil output as a worldwide recession weighs on energy demand and crude prices, analysts...
Depressed astronauts might get computerized solace
(AP)
AP - Your work is dangerous and your co-workers rely on you to stay alive. But you can never get far from those colleagues. You can't see your family for months, even years. The food isn't great. And forget stepping out for some fresh...
Researchers: 7 orcas missing from Puget Sound
(AP)
AP - Seven Puget Sound killer whales are missing and presumed dead in what could be the biggest decline among the sound's orcas in nearly a decade, say scientists who carefully track the endangered...
OPEC to cut oil production by 5 percent
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Friday announced a slash in oil production of about 5 percent, or 1.5 million barrels a day, in order to shore up rapidly plummeting prices in a grim global economic...
At least 47 dead in Yemen storms
(AFP)
AFP - At least 41 people were killed in floods and six more died after being struck by lightning in Yemen, officials said on...
Appeals court to take up GOP effort in Indiana
(AP)
AP - A divided Indiana Supreme Court on Friday rejected a effort by Republicans to shutter satellite early voting sites in three largely Democratic cities near Chicago, but an appeals court later agreed to expedite the case and set oral arguments for five days before the general...
Scientists ID 3 New Candidate Genes for Schizophrenia
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- American and Dutch
researchers believe they may have identified three genes tied to the
development of schizophrenia.
Italian satellite launched from California
(AP)
AP - A rocket carrying an Italian Earth-observation satellite blasted off Friday evening from the California coast.
NASA unveils new lunar rover built for endurance
(Reuters)
Reuters - NASA unveiled a new lunar rover on Friday which aims to transform space exploration by allowing astronauts to roam large distances without cumbersome spacesuits when they return to the moon by 2020.
Russians, plus American tourist, return from space
(AP)
AP - Soon after he touched down Friday, American space tourist Richard Garriott got a pat on the head and an admiring question from his astronaut father. "How come you look so fresh and ready to go?" 77-year-old Owen Garriott asked his son, who was sitting in an armchair on the steppes of Kazakhstan after being pulled from the gumdrop-shaped Soyuz...
2 greenhouse gases on the rise worry scientists
(AP)
AP - Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas that worries climate scientists. Airborne levels of two other potent gases one from ancient plants, the other from flat-panel screen technology are on the rise, too. And that's got scientists concerned about accelerated global...
Scientists ID 3 New Candidate Genes for Schizophrenia
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- American and Dutch
researchers believe they may have identified three genes tied to the
development of schizophrenia.
FRIDAY 24. OCTOBER 2008
2 greenhouse gases on the rise worry scientists
(AP)
AP - Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas that worries climate scientists. Airborne levels of two other potent gases one from ancient plants, the other from flat-panel screen technology are on the rise, too. And that's got scientists concerned about accelerated global...