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    NASA Eyes Nuclear Power for Moon Base (SPACE.com)
    SPACE.com - Nuclear power could make a comeback beyond Earth if NASA goes forward with a proposed a fission reactor in its future moon base. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:02:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Ike leaves Midwest in the dark after rain, winds (AP)
    AP - Tens of thousands across the Midwest snapped up batteries, generators and coolers as they waited Wednesday for crews to restore power amid the soggy mess left behind by Hurricane Ike. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:31:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Parachutist Survives Fall, Gets 'Pacemaker for Pain' (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - Adam Hammond, a former U.S. Army parachutist, had logged more than 1,000 jumps. But his most recent jump, and perhaps his last, was just for fun. Unfortunately the chute malfunctioned, and Hammond slammed into the ground at 45 mph. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:36:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Key provisions of House energy bill (AP)

    Shell's oil and gas terminal on Bonny Island in the Niger Delta. A Nigerian rebel group said Tuesday it had blown up and destroyed a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline in the latest attack in its AP - Key provisions of House energy bill:


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:12:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Ike leaves Midwest in the dark after rain, winds (AP)
    AP - Facing a third straight day without power, residents across the Midwest snapped up batteries, generators and coolers as they waited for crews to restore electricity knocked out by the remnants of Hurricane Ike. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:50:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Biggest Melt Comes From Smallest Glaciers (LiveScience.com)

    A general view shows the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Greenland. Two of Greenland's largest glaciers lost more ice to global warming over the last month, US researchers said Thursday.(AFP/File/Slim Allagui)LiveScience.com - The big glaciers of Greenland get most of the attention in terms of global warming's impact on melting and rising sea levels, but it's actually the little glaciers that count the most, a new study finds.


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    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:36:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Agency wants to boost Calif. frog's protected land (AP)

    A red-legged frog is shown in this undated file photo originally supplied by the University of California Santa Barbara. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, proposed expanding protections for the endangered frog, providing four times as much habitat than was set aside for it two years ago. (AP Photo/University of California, Santa Barbara)AP - Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday proposed more protection for the threatened California red-legged frog, providing up to four times as much habitat than was set aside two years ago.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:22:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Feds keeping Northern Rockies wolf listed for now (AP)
    AP - The government won't immediately try to take gray wolves in the Northern Rockies off the endangered species list, a federal wildlife official said Tuesday. -- read full article
    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:00:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Arctic sea ice melt comes close, but misses record (AP)

    This graphic image provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, shows the daily Arctic sea ice extent for September 12, 2008, which was 4.52 million square kilometers (1.74 million square miles). The orange line shows the 1979 to 2000 average extent for that day. The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole. Crucial Arctic sea ice this summer shrank to its second lowest level on record, continuing an alarming trend, scientists said Tuesday. (AP Photo/National Snow and Ice Data Center)AP - Crucial Arctic sea ice this summer shrank to its second lowest level on record, continuing an alarming trend, scientists said Tuesday.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:26:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Federal study says grizzlies thriving in Montana (AP)

    This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. geological Survey shows a grizzly bear rubbing on a tree in Glacier National Park in Montana. Federal scientists have documented the largest population of grizzly bears in Montana, a sign that the threatened species could be at long last on the rebound.  (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)AP - The majestic grizzly bear, once king of the Western wilderness but threatened with extinction for a third of a century, has roared back in Montana.


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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:00:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Nigerian militants say Shell pipeline destroyed (AFP)

    A map of the Niger Delta showing oil fields and main operators. A Nigerian rebel group said Tuesday it had blown up and destroyed a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline in the latest attack in its AFP - A Nigerian rebel group said Tuesday it had blown up and destroyed a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline in the latest attack in its "oil war" on the government and Western firms.


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    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:54:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Hopes that Australian dinosaur find is new species (AFP)

    Australian scientists were hopeful Tuesday that two tonnes of bones found in the country's northeast are the remains of a new species of dinosaur. Amateur paleontologist David Elliott, from the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Institute which organised the dig, said the new bones were considered as too small to belong to 20-metre (66-foot) long Matilda.(AAD)AFP - Australian scientists were hopeful Tuesday that two tonnes of bones found in the country's northeast are the remains of a new species of dinosaur.


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    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:22:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Federal study says grizzlies thriving in Montana (AP)
    AP - The majestic grizzly bear, once king of the Western wilderness but threatened with extinction for a third of a century, has roared back in Montana. -- read full article
    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:18:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Ike resurrects river flooding fears across Midwest (AP)

    Flood waters cover roads Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, in Rosemont, Ill.. Illinois. Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared seven counties state disaster areas after weekend storms dropped record levels of rain on the Chicago area. The governor's office says the state disaster declaration means more state assets and personnel will be available to flooded communities. So far, the state has already provided 130,000 sandbags, along with several water pumps and boats to help with evacuations. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Just a few months after near-record flooding across the Midwest, roads were under water again Tuesday in Missouri and elsewhere and utility crews were struggling to restore electrical service to thousands of customers in the wake of the remnants of Hurricane Ike.


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    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:17:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Social Isolation Makes People Cold, Literally (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - The cold shoulder is more than just a metaphor. A new study found that social isolation can actually make people feel cold. -- read full article
    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:41:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
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