Hawaiian Islands eyed for endangered seal habitat
HONOLULU (AP) -- The federal government said Friday it will revise the critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals for the first time in 21 years, which is likely to significantly expand the protection area to include beaches and waters of the main Hawaiian Islands....
Iowa woman's photo sparks push for new cloud type
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Looking out the 11th floor window of her law office, Jane Wiggins did a double take and grabbed her camera. The dark, undulating clouds hovering outside were unlike anything she'd seen before....
Swine flu may have been spreading in August
NEW YORK (AP) -- As early as last August, the swine flu virus may have been spreading among people - long before it was first recognized in April, scientists reported Thursday....
Report: Bush admin's gas leases too close to parks
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Bush administration officials pushed aside the National Park Service and sought to lease public lands for drilling on the borders of Utah's most famous redrock parks during their final days in power, a special report to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar says....
Crew includes Twittering skipper, singer, ER doc
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The astronauts headed to the international space station include a Twittering skipper, a classically trained musician who named her son after one of Columbia's fallen astronauts, and a former Navy SEAL who went into Afghanistan two weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks....
Japan's first lunar probe ends mission
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's first lunar probe made a controlled crash landing on the moon Thursday, successfully completing a 19-month mission to study the Earth's nearest neighbor, Japan's space agency said....
Not so windy: Research suggests winds dying down
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States. And the cause, ironically, may be global warming - the very problem wind power seeks to address....
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