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Who will trade old discs for new?
Earlier this year Warner Bros. did something smart and let consumers trade in their old HD DVD discs for Blu-ray versions of the same movie. For $4. ...
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Man Made Disaster in New Orleans (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- Hurricane Katrina is often called a natural disaster, as if it was all nature's fault, not man's.
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Vt. nuke critics renew campaign against relicense (AP)
AP - Hoping to sway lawmakers, two of the state's most famous residents and one of its former governors joined groups opposed to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in announcing a push for Town Meeting Day votes on whether the plant should keep operating past 2012.
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Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race (AP)
AP - Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and will likely fall behind in the space race, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday.
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Shun beef to stop climate change, says India (AFP)
AFP - India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming.
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Md. regulators approve Garret County wind farm (AP)
AP - The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved an application to build a 50-megawatt wind energy farm atop Backbone Mountain near Oakland in Garrett County.
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Melting sea ice dilutes water, endangers sea life (Reuters)
Reuters - Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals in the water to form their shells and skeletons, scientists have found.
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Astronauts get extra moving time at space station (AP)
AP - The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex are getting some extra moving time.
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Astronaut Stuck in Space for Daughter's Birth (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - It may be the mother lode of all bad timing: Atlantis shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik is stuck at the International Space Station, hundreds of miles from his pregnant wife Rebecca, who is expected to give birth to a baby girl as early as today.
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Bangladesh arsenic poisoning mystery solved
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may have solved one of the great environmental disaster riddles of the last 30 years -- where did the arsenic that has poisoned between two and 25 million people in Bangladesh come...
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Stem-cell debate unlikely to fade after Neb. vote (AP)
AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board was expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would limit stem-cell research at the university system's facilities to rules approved under former President George W. Bush.
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Floods devastate UK Lake District; Many rescued (AP)
AP - Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods swamped homes and roads Friday in northern England's picturesque Lake District. One police officer was missing after a bridge was swept away.
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Susan Boyle aims to turn celebrity into album sales (Reuters)
Reuters - Scottish singer Susan Boyle, one of the biggest stars of the Internet age, seeks to turn global celebrity into record sales next week with the release of her debut album "I Dreamed a Dream."
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China raises nonresidential electricity rates (AP)
China raised electricity rates for businesses and industries Friday, part of a long-term effort to adjust prices to reflect costs and promote energy saving as the country struggles to meet soaring demand.
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Teams Compete to Build a Better Astronaut Glove (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA offered a total of $400,000 to inventors who can make stronger and more dexterous spacesuit gloves Thursday in the second Astronaut Glove Challenge.
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US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit (AP)
AP - Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues.
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Five strange ancient crocs found in Sahara desert (AFP)
AFP - The fossils of five hitherto unknown bizarre-looking crocodiles which roamed the world 100 million years ago have been unearthed in the Sahara desert, US scientists revealed Thursday.
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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles (Reuters)
Reuters - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers reported Thursday.
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Cheapskates against talking while driving
I'm thinking about starting a movement to decriminalize drunk driving, reinstate smoking in all public places, and repeal laws that require parents to use child safety seats for their toddlers in the car. After all, if it's still legal in most states to operate a motor vehicle while talking on a c …
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Google Chrome operating system to arrive for the 2010 holidays
Google Thursday gave a sneak peek of its new PC operating system, unveiling the specs for developers and announcing that it would be available for the 2010 holidays. Chrome is designed as a quicker, Windows alternative for folks who do...
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