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    Can School Make Kids Sick? (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - Most kids plead against going to school at some point, and many parents have received that call from school later in the day about their child's coincidental stomachache. Some parents end up wondering: does school actually make kids sick? -- read full article
    Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:03:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    19-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada (AP)
    AP - A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday. -- read full article
    Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:27:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Clones' offspring may be in food supply: FDA (Reuters)

    Gloria, the first calf born to a cloned cow, Vitoria (L), is seen on a government farm outside Brasilia in this October 4, 2004 file photo. (Jamil Bittar/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Food and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may have entered the U.S. food supply, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, but it would be impossible to know because there is no difference between cloned and conventional products.


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    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:33:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Fish or fuel? Debate divides Norway's far north (AFP)

    The harbor of the port of Henningsvaer on one of the northern Norwegian Lofoten islands. The sea around the string of islands is rich in fish, especially cod, and could well hold large petrol reserves while the land attracts many tourists. The islands are now at the center of a dispute between fishermen, environmentalists and petroleum groups.(AFP/File/Pierre-Henry Deshayes)AFP - The pristine Lofoten Islands off Norway's far north paint an idyllic image of tranquility, but beneath the surface is a roiling debate over the islands' resources, dividing fishermen, environmentalists and oil companies.


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    Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:42:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    UK army to consider alternatives to bearskin hats (AP)

    A Grenadier Guard at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, one of the Queen's official residences, on this Thursday Oct. 6, 2005 photo.The British military says it will meet with animal rights activists over the royal guards' use of bearskin hats. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) opposes the use of bearskins to make the hats, aying that killing Canadian black bears to make the headgear is cruel. It has urged the British military to come up with an artificial alternative and the Ministry of Defense says it is open to using synthetic materials but has yet to find a high-quality, weather-resistant replacement for the fur. Five army regiments wear the 18-inch (45 centimeter) black hats during ceremonial duties at royal sites. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - After meeting with animal rights activists, the British military said Tuesday that it will study alternative materials to replace the bearskin hats worn by the soldiers who guard Buckingham Palace.


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    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:50:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Bush in low-key role at McCain convention (Reuters)

    US President George Bush addresses the Republican National Convention via a live video feed from the White House on September 2.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)Reuters - President George W. Bush tried on Tuesday to rally support for John McCain as the Republican presidential nominee, even as their party's convention relegated the unpopular Bush to an eight-minute satellite message.


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    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:17:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Bush moving quickly to inspect hurricane damage (AP)

    A wind bent highway sign shakes as a swamped SUV floats in the waters adjacent to Weems Island, La.,on Tuesday, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2008, as residents begin cleanup from Hurricane Gustav. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - President Bush is keeping a hands-on profile in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, in contrast with his administration's poor response to Hurricane Katrina three years ago.


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    Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:02:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Study: Zen Meditation Really Does Clear the Mind (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - The seemingly nonsensical Zen practice of "thinking about not thinking" could help free the mind of distractions, new brain scans reveal. -- read full article
    Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:31:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Tropical quartet: 4 storms with more to come (AP)

    The Murphy Oil refinery burns in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 2. Oil prices fell in Asian trade as the US government announced the release of oil from its strategic reserve to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Gustav.(AFP/Matthew Hinton)AP - The tropics seem to be going crazy what with the remnants of Gustav, the new threat from Hanna, a strengthening Ike and newcomer Josephine. Get used to it.


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    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:57:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Marriage problems? Husband's genes may be to blame (Reuters)

    A couple stands at the embankment of the Volga River in Samara, about 1000 km (620 miles) southeast of Moscow May 18, 2007. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)Reuters - The same gene that affects a rodent's ability to mate for life may affect human marriages, Swedish and U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.


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    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:21:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Oil drops more than $6 as Gustav fades (Reuters)

    Oil facilities are seen on Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela's western state of Zulia March 1, 2008. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/FilesReuters - Oil prices dropped more than $6.50 per barrel on Tuesday, the biggest drop in dollar terms since 1991, as dealers bet the U.S. oil industry would recovery quickly from Hurricane Gustav.


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    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:02:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Sudden death after arrest may be new syndrome (Reuters)
    Reuters - Young men who die suddenly after being arrested by the police may be victims of a new syndrome similar to one that kills some wild animals when they are captured, Spanish researchers said on Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:05:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    European freighter set to leave space station on Friday (AFP)

    A robot freighter that docked with the International Space Station (ISS), seen here, in April will detach this week prior to being destroyed in a controlled operation over the Pacific, the European Space Agency (ESA) has said.(AFP/File)AFP - A robot freighter that docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in April will detach this week prior to be being destroyed in a controlled operation over the Pacific, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday.


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    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:02:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    As Gustav fades, oil companies work to restore operations (AFP)

    Floodwater from Hurricane Gustav overtops the Industrial Canal levee into the Upper Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 1. Largely spared by Hurricane Gustav, oil companies on Tuesday tallied the damage to their Gulf of Mexico installations, from offshore rigs and drilling to coastal refineries.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - Largely spared by Hurricane Gustav, oil companies on Tuesday tallied the damage to their Gulf of Mexico installations, from offshore rigs and drilling to coastal refineries.


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    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:17:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Dead For Years, Ferrets Finally Become Fathers (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - Black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have birthed two kits sired by males who died in 1999 and 2000. -- read full article
    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:51:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
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