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| 09/08/2010 "Lost" Fox Subspecies Found via Saliva Analysis
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Thought extinct in central California, a rare fox subspecies has been found thereâupping the species' chances for long-term survival.
 
California - Species - Biology - Recreation - Business
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| 09/08/2010 Photos: Saddam AK-47, Ancient Artifacts Return to Iraq
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An AK-47 with Saddam Hussein's portrait and ancient artifacts are among the hundreds of returned Iraqi artifacts displayed this week in Baghdad.
 
Iraq - Saddam Hussein - Baghdad - Middle East - Politics
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| 09/08/2010 Oil Inside Gulf Crabs May Be Shed
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Found to have oil droplets inside them, blue crab larvae from near the BP spill may lose the oil as they grow, scientists say. Video.
 
BP - Blue crab - Larva - Oil spill - Gulf of Mexico
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| 09/08/2010 Mining the Truth on Coal Supplies
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A new study challenges the belief that the globe holds vast stores of coal, the world's leading and most carbon-intensive electricity fuel.
 
Coal - Mining - Energy - Technology - Electricity
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| 09/08/2010 Second Asteroid to Buzz Earth Later Today
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The second asteroid to pass near Earth in a single day will make its closest approach later today, scientists say.
 
Near-Earth object - Earth - NASA - Solar System - Space
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| 09/08/2010 Hunchback Dinosaur Found: Carnivorous "Camel"
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The otherwise fearsome new one-ton predator sported an odd hunchback and scrawny feather precursors, puzzling scientists.
 
Dinosaur - Art - Hunchback of Notre Dame - Paleontology - Earth Sciences
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| 09/08/2010 Pictures: What Drives Death Valley's Roving Rocks?
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What causes stones to sail in the hottest place in North America? New evidence suggests the mysterious rocks "float" on winter ice.
 
Death Valley - United States - California - Travel and Tourism - Parks
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| 09/08/2010 Before & After: Wine-Cult Cave Art Restored in Petra?
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Offering a window on a likely ancient wine cult, "magical" cave paintings at Petra have been rescued from millennia of soot, experts say.
 
Petra - Jordan - Cave painting - Wine - Middle East
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| 09/08/2010 Photos: Few Remaining River Dolphins Indicators of River, Human Health
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The decline and near extinction of several species of river dolphins is a reflection of the deterioration of water quality and quantity around the globe, according to a new report.
 
Water quality - River dolphin - Species - Health - Environment
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| 09/07/2010 How to Stem a Global Food Crisis? Store More Water
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The key to averting a global food crisis in the face of climate-change related droughts and floods may simply be a matter of storing more water, according to a new report released yesterday at World Water Week in Stockholm.
 
Climate change - Environment - Water - World Water Week in Stockholm - 2007â2008 world food price crisis
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| 09/03/2010 New Zealand Earthquake Pictures: Walls, Roads Crumble
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See wrecked cars and collapsed buildings following a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday.
 
New Zealand - Earthquake - Oceania - Christchurch - South Island
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| 09/03/2010 Pictures: Crab Swarms Overtake IslandâMystery Solved
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A surge in hormones allows millions of migrating Christmas Island red crabs to make their epic annual trek to the ocean, a new study says.
 
Crab - Christmas Island - Christmas Island red crab - Oceania - Travel and Tourism
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| 09/03/2010 Fire-Tornado Pictures: Why They Form, How to Fight Them
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Recent "firenadoes" in Brazil and Hawaii aren't rare, just rarely reported, an expert says: Large-scale versions occur once a year in the U.S.
 
Hawaii - United States - Brazil - South America - Tornadoes
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| 09/03/2010 Why Hurricane Earl Weakened on Path to Cape Cod
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Changes in the wall of clouds around Hurricane Earl's eye helped it diminish to a Category 1 storm as it moved toward Cape Cod, experts say.
 
Cape Cod - Hurricane Earl - United States - Massachusetts - Counties
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| 09/02/2010 Oil Rig Explosion Photos: Mariner Energy Platform Burns
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Just months after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which leaked millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, another Gulf oil rig exploded into flames Thursday.
 
Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon - BP - Oil platform - Energy
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