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Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions (AP)
AP - Scientists working on the world's largest atom smasher say they are now circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs.
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Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag (AP)
AP - The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission is finally under way.
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Sewers at Capacity, Waste Poisons Waterways
Many sewer systems are frequently overwhelmed, spilling human excrement, medical waste and dangerous industrial chemicals into waterways.
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Green Inc. Column: New Voices on Climate Change
Most television weather presenters have studiously avoided using their slots to discuss global warming. But that may be changing.
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Radiation leak investigated at Three Mile Island (Reuters)
Reuters - Federal officials are investigating a radiation leak at Three Mile Island, scene of the worst U.S. nuclear power accident, but said on Sunday there was no threat to public health or safety.
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Astronaut suit problem delays spacewalk No. 3 (AP)
AP - The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission is being held up by a suit problem.
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Woman found 25 hours after Indonesia ferry sank (AP)
AP - Rescuers plucked a woman from choppy waters Monday, some 25 hours after she jumped from a crowded ferry that sank in a storm off Indonesia's Sumatra island. At least 29 people drowned and 20 others were missing.
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Thousands of Strange Sea Creatures Discovered
The deep sea is teeming with thousands of species that have never known sunlight, explorers now say.
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Astronauts get set for spacewalk No. 3 (AP)
AP - It's another spacewalking day for the crew of space shuttle Atlantis.
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Winning hearts and minds with raisins and prayer rugs (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - More than 200 Afghanis waited in line for several hours, enduring a harsh, cool wind and blowing sand.
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Katrina case raises costly question
A court ruling on damage from Hurricane Katrina could lead to billions of dollars in other legal action from storm victims, but ...
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Melting icecaps to damage major port cities: WWF (AFP)
AFP - Flooding in the world's major port cities caused by melting icecaps could cause up to 28 trillion dollars (18 trillion euros) in damage in 2050, environmental group WWF said in a report Monday.
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Search on for Indonesian ferry accident survivors (AP)
AP - Rescuers returned to choppy waters off Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday to search for 21 passengers still missing after a ferry sank in a storm. Officials say 254 survivors were pulled from the sea and at least 29 other people drowned.
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Miners' families want answers in China mine blast (AP)
AP - Grieving miners' families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.
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India challenges Western data linking climate change, Himalayan melt
NEW DELHI -- As countries around the world prepare to flex their negotiating muscles at next month's climate-change summit in Copenhagen, India has begun to question the Western model of computing global warming statistics.
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Hopes dim as China mine toll rises to 104 (AFP)
AFP - Hopes of finding more survivors from a huge coal mine blast in China took a blow Monday with the recovery of 12 bodies, raising the death toll to 104 in the nation's worst mining disaster in two years.
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Survivors recount China mine disaster; 104 dead (AP)
AP - When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran for their lives. Minutes later, there was a huge bang, a torrent of hot air and the earth shuddered.
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NRC: Three Mile Island radiation not significant (AP)
AP - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.
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Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean (AP)
AP - The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.
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Nathalie Blanchard Loses Health Benefits Over Facebook Photo
BROMONT, Quebec — A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun. Nathalie Blanchard has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the last year.
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