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		<title>Fearing roadblock to drilling, Alaska fights to take polar bears off threatened species list</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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Alaska fights to reverse polar bear listing

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn&#8217;t intend to let the federal government&#8217;s expanded protection for bears get in the way of the state&#8217;s continued prosperity.
Like his predecessor, Sarah Palin, the governor is suing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jellyfish spread in world&#8217;s oceans, devastating fisheries, stinging millions; warming blamed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Casey</dc:creator>
		
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Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world

KOKONOGI, Japan — A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass. The fishermen leaned into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off New England, warming ocean drives fish away from shore _ and market bins</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clarke Canfield</dc:creator>
		
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Warming drives off Cape Cod&#8217;s namesake, other fish

PORTLAND, Maine — Fishermen have known for years that they&#8217;ve had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.
A new federal study documenting the warming waters of the North Atlantic confirms that they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA finds fish in about half of nation&#8217;s lakes and reservoirs harbor hazardous chemicals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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EPA: Toxic chemicals in freshwater fish widespread

WASHINGTON — Nearly half of lakes and reservoirs nationwide contain fish with potentially harmful levels of the toxic metal mercury, according to a federal study released Tuesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency found mercury — a pollutant primarily released from coal-fired power plants — and polychlorinated biphenyls in all fish samples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E.T phone Rome: Vatican hosts conference on possible alien life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ariel David</dc:creator>
		
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Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life

VATICAN CITY — E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Precious fungi specimens smuggled out of China as World War II began are returned</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Wivell</dc:creator>
		
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Prized mushroom collection returns to China

BEIJING — A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.
At a ceremony at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cornell University President David Skorton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Airborne nitrogen pollution producing junk food for fish in Rocky Mountain Park lakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Kohler</dc:creator>
		
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Study: Nitrogen pollution worsens in Rockies lakes

DENVER — Airborne nitrogen pollution from vehicle exhaust and farm fertilizer is turning algae in the alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park into junk food for fish, a study says.
A similar phenomenon is occurring in Sweden and Norway, according to the study of about 90 high-elevation lakes set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming Game and Fish agency sets wildlife protection guidelines for wind energy developers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Joyce</dc:creator>
		
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Wyo. sets wildlife guidelines for wind developers

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has released recommendations for protecting wildlife during wind energy development, including restrictions in sage grouse habitat and in big game winter range and migration corridors.
The department characterized this week&#8217;s draft document as &#8220;advanced disclosure&#8221; of potential wildlife concerns. The department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain uses genetic tests for asylum-seekers, drawing heat from scientists, rights groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism

LONDON — Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups.
The United Kingdom Border Agency launched the pilot project in September amid suspicions there might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond bison and bears: Scientists seeking Yellowstone&#8217;s hidden species find more than 1,200</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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Scientists look for Yellowstone&#8217;s hidden species

HELENA, Mont. — Scientists searching for Yellowstone National Park&#8217;s lesser-known life forms — beyond its famed bison, bears and wolves — found more than 1,200 species, including several never known before to exist in the park.
A one-day study of the park in late August found microscopic worms, mushrooms, a bluish-green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex for survival: Study shows male fiddler crabs will protect female neighbors _ at a price</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Gelineau</dc:creator>
		
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Study: Fiddler crabs exchange sex for survival

SYDNEY — In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection for females is, apparently, having sex with the neighbors, according to an Australian study published Wednesday.
Researchers from The Australian National University in Canberra found male fiddler crabs will happily defend a nearby female against intruders — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists finally able to estimate how many people eaten in 1898 lion rampage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph E. Schmid</dc:creator>
		
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Study: Man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898

WASHINGTON — The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa&#8217;s most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ago. But the death toll, scientists now say, wasn&#8217;t as high as previously thought.
Over nine months the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turns out famous man-eating Tsavo lions could push away from table from time to time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Study: Tsavo lions may have just snacked on humans

CHICAGO — They may have been the world&#8217;s most famous man-eating lions, but it turns out they made other dinner arrangements from time to time.
Scientists have determined that the Tsavo lions probably ate about 35 Kenyans in the 19th century and not the 135 they&#8217;ve long been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Yosemite bears prefer breaking into minivans over other cars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Study: Yosemite bears favorite car: Minivans

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — What&#8217;s bigger than a picnic basket and even better than one in the eyes of black bears that call Yosemite National Park home?
Minivans driven by families with children who leave behind a trail of spilled juice boxes, Cheerios and coolers carrying other snacks, according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family of long-lost poet Everett Ruess returning misidentified remains to Navajo reservation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Foy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — A few months ago, the family of Everett Ruess, an idealistic young artist who vanished on a wilderness journey in 1934, was ready to accept his grim fate — that he had been killed by Indians.

They prepared to cremate remains that were found in wild Utah redrock country, which would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fishing industry, environmentalists in battle over California marine reserve plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antczak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONG BEACH, Calif. — There&#8217;s nothing pacific about the ocean off Southern California these days.

A battle over how to establish marine reserves along the coast has roiled the waters with the competing interests of environmentalists, fishermen and seaside businesses.
The difficulty of the task was evident Thursday, when the panel had to put off until next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shell donates $450,000 to protect Louisiana&#8217;s marine life in coastal waters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana&#8217;s efforts to protect marine life in coastal waters and the Gulf of Mexico have received a boost with a $450,000 donation from Shell.

Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham says the money will help create &#8220;amazing fishing opportunities for charter boat captains, recreational and commercial fishermen,&#8221; through the state&#8217;s artificial reef [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US oceans ambassador says more study is needed as countries deal with changing Arctic Ocean</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The United States must move forward with science research to make good decisions about how to manage human activities in the Arctic Ocean, the ambassador for oceans and fisheries said Wednesday.

&#8220;The Arctic is certainly the least well understood ocean on the planet, and in particular the area of the western Arctic nearest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seasonal swarms of Asian lady beetles bugging insect experts, throughout N. America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS — Seasonal swarms of ladybugs are pestering residents across parts of North America. Even insect experts are bugged by them.

Pest control specialist Gene Scholes said this week that thousands of Asian lady beetles have congregated outside his Hannibal, Mo., home. Dozens more have weaseled their way inside.
The beetle swarms tend to be heaviest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico struggles to save monarch reserve from bark-beetle infestation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Authorities who have struggled to stop illegal logging in Mexico&#8217;s famed monarch butterfly reserve now are cutting down thousands of trees themselves to fight an unprecedented infestation of deadly bark beetles.

Biologists and park workers are racing to fell as many as 9,000 infected fir trees and bury or extract infested wood before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan catches 59 whales, 1 short of maximum allowed under international rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — Japan said Monday it has caught 59 whales — one short of the maximum allowed by international guidelines — under a research program that critics say is a cover for commercial whaling.

The annual expedition off the port city of Kushiro ended over the weekend after harvesting 59 minke whales, the Fisheries Agency said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US proposes stricter limits on international trade for polar bears, marine species</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With global warming shrinking Arctic sea ice that polar bears depend upon for survival, the United States is seeking to remove another major threat: international trade in the bears&#8217; fur and other parts.

In a proposal filed this week, the Interior Department asked other countries to support a ban on the commercial trade of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU officials warn cod is closer to disappearing from key European fishing grounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raf Casert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — The European Union&#8217;s executive body is calling for sharp cuts in the amount of cod fishermen can catch next year, pointing to estimates that the fish is close to extinction in some major fishing areas around Europe.

Officials warned Friday that only steep catch cuts will prevent the disappearance of a species prized for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal agency denies endangered listing for spotted seals near Alaska</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Spotted seals off Alaska&#8217;s coast do not merit endangered species protection despite losses of Arctic sea ice from global warming, a federal agency announced Thursday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, however, will list as threatened a small population of spotted seals that live off the coasts of Russia and China.
Doug Mecum, acting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 months after swine flu virus identified: No doomsday, but this story isn&#8217;t over yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — It was six months ago that scientists discovered an ominous new flu virus, touching off fears of a catastrophic global outbreak that could cause people to drop dead in the streets. Doomsday, of course, never came to pass.

Now that the initial scare over the swine flu has subsided, health officials warn we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study calls for new international convention against trafficking in kidneys, other organs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edith M. Lederer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — A new international convention is needed to prevent trafficking in kidneys and other organs and potentially life-saving tissues and cells, according to a joint study by the United Nations and the Council of Europe released Tuesday.

The study calls for international experts to agree on a definition that is recognized worldwide of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds designate southwest Alaska shoreline as protected habitat for threatened sea otters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Pemberton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Four years after being placed on the Endangered Species List, the dwindling sea otters of southwest Alaska on Wednesday were given an important recovery tool.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated nearly 5,900 square miles as critical habitat for sea otters in the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea and Alaska Peninsula. The designated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excerpts from the citation for the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath &#8220;for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.&#8221;

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 awards studies of one of life&#8217;s core processes: the ribosome&#8217;s translation of DNA information into life. Ribosomes produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli woman, Americans potential Nobel chemistry winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Moore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM — If Nobel judges are looking to improve the balance of women winning the chemistry prize, Israeli scientist Ada Yonath could be a strong candidate when the award is announced Wednesday.

Yonath&#8217;s pioneering work in understanding how cells build proteins could make her a contender, possibly along with American George Feher. In 2006 the two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A list of recent Nobel Prize in chemistry winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:

— 2009: Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz and Israel&#8217;s Ada E. Yonath for their studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.
— 2008: Osamu Shimomura, Japan, and Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien, United States, for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Endangered AK beluga whale group declining, raising concerns over survival</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Pemberton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A government study found that a group of endangered beluga whales in Alaska is declining, raising concern that bolstered protection for the animals is not coming quickly enough.

The downward trend comes after two years where numbers for the Cook Inlet belugas appeared to have stabilized. But now numbers have slipped again to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bats, spiders and bodies, oh my: 3 ways to get naturally spooked _ no special effects required</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haunted house attractions and ghost tours can be a lot of fun. But some things are naturally spooky, with no fake blood or recorded howls required.

If you relish the notion of getting your thrills and chills without Hollywood special effects, check out the world&#8217;s largest urban bat colony in Austin, Texas; immerse yourself in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sugar beet debate leaves farmers waiting as Colo.&#8217;s Boulder County reconsiders biotech crops</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Tsai</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOULDER, Colo. — Famuer Rasmussen Jr. and five other farmers filed what they thought was a routine request to grow genetically modified sugar beets on public land in Colorado&#8217;s Boulder County. The county already had allowed genetically altered corn.

But the farmers got an earful.
Complaints from residents and organic food activists concerned about the crops&#8217; safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration calls lawmakers and others to conference on California drought</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Freking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday urged California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call state lawmakers into a special session to deal with the state&#8217;s water crisis.

Meanwhile, the administration will ask the National Academies of Sciences to look at alternatives to protecting endangered species in California that could allow for more water delivery from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists: Skull piece that Russian officials say came from Hitler&#8217;s body actually from woman</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/scientists-skull-piece-that-russian-officials-say-came-from-hitlers-body-actually-from-woman-180929/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Eaton-robb</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — A piece of skull with a bullet hole through it that Russian officials claimed belonged to Adolf Hitler actually came from a woman, scientists at the University of Connecticut concluded.

The cranium fragment is part of a collection of Hitler artifacts preserved by Soviet intelligence in the months after Hitler and Eva Braun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moose declining in Minnesota&#8217;s northwoods, among their few strongholds in lower 48 states</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/moose-declining-in-minnesotas-northwoods-among-their-few-strongholds-in-lower-48-states-180916/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Karnowski</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA, Minn. — Researchers say climate change is threatening moose in Minnesota&#8217;s northwoods.

Minnesota is one of the few strongholds for moose in the lower 48 states. Among other states with moose, only Alaska and parts of New England and the Rocky Mountains have large, stable populations.
Minnesota has an estimated 7,600 moose, nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal government reviewing endangered species status for humpback whales</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Audrey Mcavoy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU — The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in recent decades.

Known for their acrobatic leaps from the sea and complex singing patterns, humpback whales were nearly hunted to extinction for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French prosecutor studying toxic algae complaints after horse&#8217;s death on beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ingrid Rousseau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — The prosecutor&#8217;s office is studying up to 300 complaints linked to noxious green algae after the death of a horse this summer on a beach in Brittany, a judicial official said Friday.

Suspicions that tons of decaying green algae may be behind illnesses, comas or deaths reported over more than a decade gained credence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notable dates in the AIDS epidemic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Key dates in the AIDS epidemic:
—June 5, 1981: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports five gay men in Los Angeles are suffering from a rare pneumonia found in patients with failing immune systems.

—May 1983: The virus that causes AIDS is identified.
—May 26, 1988: The U.S. government mails &#8220;Understanding AIDS,&#8221; an educational pamphlet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A world first: AIDS vaccine cuts the risk of HIV infection by 31 percent in large Thai study</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-world-first-aids-vaccine-cuts-the-risk-of-hiv-infection-by-31-percent-in-large-thai-study-177666/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Casey</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-world-first-aids-vaccine-cuts-the-risk-of-hiv-infection-by-31-percent-in-large-thai-study-177666/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.

The World Health Organization and the U.N. agency UNAIDS said the results &#8220;instilled new hope&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciers, alters marine ecosystems</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Ritter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SERMILIK FJORD, Greenland — With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker.

An orange tube fixed to a metal frame breaks the surface as the motorized winch stops groaning. Inside: data on the water temperature deep down in this glacial fjord off southeast Greenland.
&#8220;If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>16 Arizona corrections workers disciplined after inmate died in triple-digit heat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Lee Myers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX — Sixteen Arizona corrections employees have been fired, suspended or otherwise disciplined for their roles in the death of an inmate left in an outdoor holding cell for four hours in triple-digit heat and for a &#8220;wait-them-out&#8221; practice at the prison where she died.

Three of those disciplined were fired, two stepped down in place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With an eye to the future, Saudi Arabia launches &#8216;world class&#8217; research university</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarek El-tablawy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Saudi Arabia has dug into its oil-fueled coffers to set up a new research university, a multibillion dollar coed venture built on the promise of scientific freedom in a region where a conservative interpretation of Islam has often been blamed for stifling innovation.

The King Abdullah Science and Technology University — complete with state-of-the-art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Heart patients who get the flu are more likely to have a heart attack</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/study-heart-patients-who-get-the-flu-are-more-likely-to-have-a-heart-attack-174726/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Heart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows.

Amid the global outbreak of swine flu, experts say it&#8217;s crucial that heart patients get vaccinated against both regular flu and swine flu to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTHBEAT: In Duke dorms, researchers try to detect flu, other viruses before symptoms appear</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Coughed on by somebody with the flu? Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine — with a mere drop of blood — who will get sick before the sniffling and fever set in. And they&#8217;re turning to hundreds of dorm-dwelling freshmen this fall to see if it works.

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		<title>Citing climate change, federal judge says grizzlies still threatened</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BILLINGS, Mont. — Facing the combined pressures of climate change, hunters and lax protections, 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park are going back on the threatened species list under a federal court order issued Monday.

The ruling highlighted climate change&#8217;s devastation to whitebark pine forests, which produce nuts that some grizzlies rely upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainy summer causes problems for pumpkin growers in New England, parts of the Midwest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Sharp</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Maine — New England pumpkin growers, who spent the early summer mostly losing a battle with rain that destroyed many pumpkins, face the frightening prospect that the rest won&#8217;t be ready before Halloween.

The relentless rain in June and July caused some seedlings to turn to mush in the soil and delayed the harvest up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: Review shows gov&#8217;t rarely intervenes as Calif. mercury mines pollute water, fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Dearen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW IDRIA, Calif. — Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California&#8217;s rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state&#8217;s major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people.

But an Associated Press investigation found that the federal government has tried to clean up fewer than a dozen of the hundreds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government study: Many urban streams salty enough to hurt aquatic life, road salt blamed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Karnowski</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — Many urban streams have become salty enough to harm aquatic life, largely because of salt used for deicing roads in the winter, according to a new government study released Wednesday.

The U.S. Geological Survey studied urban streams and groundwater for levels of chloride, a component of salt, in 20 states spanning from Alaska to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New federal program provides subsidy to suppliers of Upper Peninsula biomass electric plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Flesher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Suppliers of wood fuel for a biomass electric plant in Michigan&#8217;s Upper Peninsula will get a federal subsidy under an agreement signed Wednesday.

The deal between the L&#8217;Anse Warden Electric Co. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture&#8217;s Farm Service Agency is the first of its kind in Michigan. It&#8217;s part of the [...]]]></description>
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