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Analysis: High costs keep Japan focus on nuclear
TOKYO (AP) — Japan once again has become without atomic energy as its only operating nuclear reactor went offline Sunday, Sepetember 15, for refueling and maintenance, and other plants remain closed...
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Salem VA Medical Center will soon use solar power
SALEM, Va. (AP) — The largest solar energy project in Southwest Virginia is nearing completion at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem. On what used to be a landfill at the eastern edge of...
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Stranded residents plucked from Colo. floodwaters
LYONS, Colo. (AP) — By truck and helicopter, thousands of people stranded by floodwaters came down from the Colorado Rockies on Friday, September 13, two days after seemingly endless rain turned...
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Uruguay’s Montevideo Zoo giving away its big cats
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — “Hatch,” a 10-year-old male Bengal tiger, has lived in a 20-by-16-foot (6-by-5 meter) cage with cement walls and nothing green in sight since he was traded to the Villa...
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Nation’s bloated nuclear spending comes under fire
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — At Los Alamos National Laboratory, a seven-year, $213 million upgrade to the security system that protects the lab’s most sensitive nuclear bomb-making facilities doesn’t...
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ISS cargo ship demonstration from Va postponed
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) — The planned launch of a ship from Virginia to the International Space Station is being postponed by at least 24 hours. Dulles-based Orbital Sciences Corp. says that poor...
View ArticleNo more trans fat: FDA banning the artery-clogger
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heart-clogging trans fats were once a staple of the American diet, plentiful in baked goods, microwave popcorn and fried foods. Now, mindful of the health risks, the Food and Drug...
View ArticleOlympic torch blasts into space for 1st spacewalk
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian rocket soared into the cosmos Thursday carrying the Sochi Olympic torch and three astronauts to the International Space Station ahead of the first-ever spacewalk for the...
View ArticleHubble spots strange asteroid with 6 tails of dust
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — This is one strange asteroid. The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a six-tailed asteroid in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Scientists say...
View ArticleRussian fireball shows meteor risk may be bigger
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists studying the terrifying meteor that exploded without warning over a Russian city last winter say the threat of space rocks smashing into Earth is bigger than they...
View ArticleNew dinosaur that predates T. rex found in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Paleontologists on Wednesday unveiled a new dinosaur discovered four years ago in southern Utah that proves giant tyrant dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex were around 10...
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Japan dials back climate change emissions target
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Activists taking part in U.N. climate talks say Japan’s decision to drastically scale back its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions will hurt the battle against global...
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Program designed to help prepare for droughts
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal agencies will provide better and more accessible information about matters such as long-term weather prospects and soil moisture levels under a program designed...
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Condemned man’s wish raises ethical questions
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An eleventh-hour request by an Ohio death row inmate to donate his organs is raising troubling moral and medical questions among transplant experts and ethicists. Less than a...
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NASA launching robotic explorer to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest Martian explorer is on its launch pad in Florida, ready to soar. The Maven spacecraft was scheduled to blast off aboard an unmanned Atlas V rocket Monday...
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Seeking lung donors after at-home death
The pair of lungs sits inside a clear dome, gently inflating as doctors measure how well they’ll breathe if implanted into a patient who desperately needs a new set. It’s a little-known twist of...
View ArticleIsrael’s new missile defense system passes test
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel successfully tested its newest missile defense system on Wednesday,November 20, a key step toward making the third and final leg of the country’s three-part defense system...
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A look at Iran nuclear sites from mine to reactor
Nuclear talks resume Wednesday,Novemeber 20, between Iran and world powers after the last round stalled over issues that include Iran’s planned heavy water reactor and the levels of uranium...
View ArticleJury set to decide how much Samsung owes Apple
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Silicon Valley began its second day of deliberations Wednesday,November 20, in a trial to determine damages owed by Samsung Electronics for infringing on Apple’s patents....
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Evolution debate again engulfs Texas board
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The long-simmering battle over teaching evolution in Texas boiled over at a late-night meeting, as the Board of Education extended preliminary approval of new science books for...
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