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“Humanity doesn’t need a moon-base or a manned trip to Mars. We need an expedition to planet Earth, where probably fewer than 10 per cent of species are known to science, and fewer than 1 per cent of those have been studied beyond a simple anatomical...
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A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home wins $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year.
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The Federal budget deficit is ballooning under the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
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Two things rule the financial world: Making money and figuring out ways to make more of it. That’s why some on Wall Street are sure to figure out how to profit...
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The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on the losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more...
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O.J. Simpson’s attorneys in his armed robbery case could be fighting long odds to convince an appeals court that he was a victim of racial prejudice and payback...
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Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit grew by 5 percent, led by surging sales in its China operations that offset a decline in U.S....
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The company with the nation’s largest chain of Chevrolet dealerships violated federal labor law when it fired thousands of employees last month, according to a...
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A mother who police said stabbed her daughters before shooting herself had raised the children as a single mother after her husband hanged himself three years ago.
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Prosecutors said Tuesday they are not pursuing criminal charges against seven Tulane University fraternity members accused of burning pledges with boiling water during...
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Curtis Lemons was supposed to report for jury duty in a drunk driving case. Instead, according to authorities, the 50-year-old Cape Girardeau man skipped the jury duty...
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Among all the profiles on MySpace, the social networking site’s users have uploaded almost 4 billion photos. Now through an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co.,...
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Five Massachusetts men became the first divers to reach the wreck of a 19th-century steamship that sank in one of the most destructive storms in New England history,...
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Wall Street sank further Tuesday, extending its heavy losses as enthusiasm over Federal Reserve efforts to inject confidence into credit markets gave way to concerns...
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AP, Aspen
The head of Frontier Airlines says he’s pleased with the business generated by a Denver-to-Aspen service launched in April by subsidiary Lynx Aviation.
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A man told today how he was shot three times in a London street for wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt.Dube Egwuatu was buying a mobile telephone top-up card in an...
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“I hate the g- -ks,” McCain said in response to a question from reporters aboard his campaign bus. “I will hate them as long as I live.”
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Officials say a small leak of hydrochloric acid and a refrigerant from a western Kentucky plant Tuesday kept nearby residents in their homes and closed roads for...
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For years, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s scrappy image was best summed up by an insult that founder Jerry Sanders lobbed against rivals: “Real men have...
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Regional carrier Mesa Air Group Inc. says it has a tentative contract with its pilots union after 10 months of negotiations.
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Government data show consumer borrowing fell in August for the first time in more than a decade as households, battered by rising job layoffs and the worsening economy,...
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If you are the sort who gets excited at the news of new dinosaur fossils being excavated, you may love this. Here is a tattoo design, which features two dinosaurs that...
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Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just the deaths of frogs and salamanders, University of...
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Two-thirds of the world’s polar bears will be killed off by 2050 — and the entire population gone from Alaska — because of thinning sea ice from...
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Oceans have always been a major source of food for people from ancient times. The large-scale fisheries and exploitation of sea life by fishing companies has lead to...
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Almost 50 percent of the world’s primates are in danger of extinction, according to a report from an international conservation group that cites habitat...
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According to a latest review, 48% of primate species face extinction. Illegal hunting, deforestation and habitat loss will soon wipe out primates. The picture is quite...
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Lemmings jump off a cliff and swim listlessly till they grow exhausted and die. Confused? Ever wondered how you would eventually die? Let me give you five options.
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A treasure trove of history preserved by nature for millions of years in eastern India is threatened with extinction.
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By Vincent Van Ross
Here today—gone tomorrow? Is that possible in the animal kingdom? Where have all the dinosaurs that ruled the earth for millions of years...
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If you think we haven’t screwed the Earth enough, here’s more bad news. We have, apparently, put almost one third of the world’s coral reefs at risk of extinction...
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Homosexuality in males may be caused by genes that can increase fertility in females, says a new study. This may help solve the puzzle of why, if homosexuality is...
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I am sure many of us would not even be aware of the fact that leopards exist in Afghanistan. It is very hard to imagine wildlife population in those war ravaged...
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Federal officials have confirmed what biologists have long thought: The Caribbean monk seal has gone the way of the dodo.Humans hunting the docile creatures for...
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AP, Honolulu
Federal officials have confirmed what biologists have long thought: The Caribbean monk seal has gone the way of the dodo.Humans hunting the docile creatures for...
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AP, Honolulu
The Caribbean monk seal has gone extinct.The sea mammal had long been thought to be extinct, but the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration on Friday said it was...
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More than half of the world’s wide-ranging ocean sharks are threatened with extinction, international conservation union the IUCN warned on Friday
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THE New York Times once epitomised all that was great about American newspapers; now it symbolises its industry’s deep malaise. The Grey Lady’s circulation is...
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Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated...
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Remember the terror of Sharks in the classic movie Jaws? Well, when it comes to the Mediterranean, situation gets reversed! Yes, this time its the fish facing the...
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A Hawaiian monk seal pup lazes in the sun at the beach fronting Kiahuna Plantation Resort, in this Sept. 1, 2005 file photo. The Caribbean monk seal was declared officially extinct by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service...
