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UN Agency: Tiger on verge of extinction

AP - MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 5:05 A.M.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- A top official with the United Nations wildlife agency says the world has "failed miserably" in protecting tigers in the wild....

Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs

AP - MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 4:57 A.M.

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) -- The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration....

Experts say even Obama getting too many med tests

AP - FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010 1:30 P.M.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated. Maybe even President Barack Obama, champion of an overhaul and cost-cutting of the health care system....

Report finds online censorship more sophisticated

AP - FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010 12:30 P.M.

Starving sea lion pups wash up on Calif. beaches

AP - THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010 9:40 P.M.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centers....

Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget

AP - THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010 12:14 P.M.

PARIS (AP) -- A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests - a key defense against global warming....

48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing

AP - THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010 12:32 A.M.

HONOLULU (AP) -- Wildlife officials lauded Washington's "holistic approach" to conservation in Hawaii after the Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 square miles on Kauai as critical habitat to allow the plants and animals to flourish....

Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles

AP - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 9:30 P.M.

BOSTON (AP) -- The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades....

CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella

AP - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 7:03 P.M.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time - the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries....

Personal look at genes locates disease causes

AP - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 4:12 P.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Children inherit about 30 mutated genes from each parent, fewer than had been thought, but enough in at least one case to pass on inherited illnesses, according to a first detailed look at the blueprint for human life in a family....

World's top scientists to review climate panel

AP - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 2:32 P.M.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel....

World's top scientists to review climate panel

AP - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 11:11 A.M.

Pioneering Mass. robot lost at sea off Chile coast

AP - TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010 10:02 P.M.

FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile....

Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California

AP - TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010 6:30 P.M.

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid....

Outside science academies to review warming panel

AP - TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010 4:02 P.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports....

NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights

AP - TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010 11:31 A.M.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month....

As Chile shook, cities rolled to the west a bit

AP - TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010 9:45 A.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit....

GE: Limit PCB contamination during Hudson dredging

AP - TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010 6:58 A.M.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- General Electric Co. on Monday proposed halting further dredging of the Hudson River if PCBs churned up by the work spread too much pollution downriver during the second phase of an ongoing cleanup....

Not more quakes, just more people in quake zones

AP - MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 2:45 P.M.

First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot....

Hits to head main topic at GM's meetings

AP - MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 2:39 P.M.

BOCA RATON, Fla., March 8 (AP) -- Hits to the head that can cause concussions were the main topic as NHL general managers began their annual meetings Monday....

NASCAR drivers Edwards, Keselowski still feuding

AP - MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 7:11 A.M.

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Carl Edwards was 156 laps off the lead when he apparently decided it was time to settle a score with Brad Keselowski....

Geneva atom smasher seeks dark matter discoveries

AP - MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 6:20 A.M.

GENEVA (AP) -- The world's largest atom smasher could generate its first scientific breakthrough later this year when operators hope to make discoveries into the elusive nature of dark matter, the director of the European Organization for Nuclear Research said Monday....

Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip

AP - FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010 6:33 P.M.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states....

Energy groups relieved sage grouse won't be listed

AP - FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010 2:08 P.M.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West's wind energy and oil and gas industries....

Methane seen as growing climate risk

AP - THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010 11 A.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Methane, a potent global warming gas, is bubbling out of the frozen Arctic faster than had been expected....

Researchers reassert that impact killed dinosaurs

AP - THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010 11 A.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An all-star panel of researchers says it was the crash of a giant asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs....

Most sea lions gone from Ore. coast

AP - THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010 1:48 A.M.

FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) -- The thousands of California sea lions that showed up this winter off the central Oregon coast seem to have largely moved on....

Scientists wowed by Mars orbiter performance

AP - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 4:24 P.M.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Scientists are impressed with the flood of data beamed back by NASA's most advanced Mars orbiter....

Scientists catalog zoo of bacteria inside our guts

AP - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 10:19 A.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The human gut is a virtual zoo, full of a wide variety of bacteria, a new study found. And scientists say that's a good thing....

France's crumbling sea walls no match for ocean

AP - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 8:05 A.M.

L'AIGUILLON-SUR-MER, France (AP) -- The moon was full, the wind roared, the tide was high and people died by the dozens....

Northwest at risk of megaquake like one in Chile

AP - TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 4:19 P.M.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Just 50 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast is an earthquake hotspot that threatens to unleash on Seattle, Portland and Vancouver the kind of damage that has shattered Chile....

Chile earthquake may have shortened Earth's day

AP - TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 3:56 P.M.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Earth's days may have gotten a little bit shorter since the massive earthquake in Chile, but don't feel bad if you haven't noticed....

Fossils of snake eating dino eggs found in India

AP - TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 12:39 P.M.

BANGKOK (AP) -- The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile's dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday....

Scientists say tsunami models should be tested

AP - TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010 3:20 A.M.

HONOLULU (AP) -- In the coming months and years, scientists will pore over reams of data from what turned out to be the minuscule tsunami that reached Hawaii on Saturday....

Polar bears found to descend from brown bears

AP - MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010 12:56 P.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When it comes to bears, the polar species seems to be the new kid on the block. A rare fossil jaw found in Norway's Svalbard archipelago is helping researchers confirm that polar bears evolved from brown bears only about 150,000 years ago....

Chile quake in 'elite class' like 2004 Asian quake

AP - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2010 5:32 A.M.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The huge earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile belongs to an "elite class" of mega earthquakes, experts said, and is similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean temblor that triggered deadly tsunami waves....

Afghanistan protects newly rediscovered rare bird

AP - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2010 2:55 A.M.

KABUL (AP) -- Afghanistan's fledging conservation agency moved Sunday to protect one of the world's rarest birds after the species was rediscovered in the war-ravaged country's northeast....

Iceberg breaks in Antarctica not where expected

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010 6:15 P.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With the dramatic crash of an iceberg against a glacier that dislodged a massive new chunk of ice, the mysterious continent of Antarctica once again did the unexpected....

Air mail: Crews search wilderness for mail bags

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010 12:38 P.M.

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) -- A cargo plane door opened in flight over Montana and likely turned two bags into air mail. Crews are searching the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex for the two priority mail bags that might have fallen out of the plane last weekend....

2 huge icebergs let loose off Antarctica's coast

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010 9:17 A.M.

SYDNEY (AP) -- A massive iceberg struck Antarctica, dislodging another giant block of ice from a glacier, Australian and French scientists said Friday....

Pieces of rare biblical manuscript reunited

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010 5:23 A.M.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Two parts of an ancient biblical manuscript separated across centuries and continents were reunited for the first time in a joint display Friday, thanks to an accidental discovery that is helping illuminate a dark period in the history of the Hebrew Bible....

China, Kenya to search for ancient Chinese wrecks

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010 2:34 A.M.

BEIJING (AP) -- China and Kenya plan to search for ancient Chinese ships wrecked almost 600 years ago off Africa's east coast....

Utah company conducts final test on shuttle rocket

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010 1:53 P.M.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- With the U.S. space shuttle program fading, a Utah company that makes powerful booster rockets for space travel conducted its final ground test Thursday....

Sirius XM earns small profit in 4Q

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010 12:22 P.M.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sirius XM Radio Inc. on Thursday posted a small profit for the fourth quarter as it added subscribers and cut costs....

Study: High-fat diets raise stroke risk in women

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010 4:56 A.M.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A moment on the lips, forever on the hips? A bad figure is hardly the worst of it. Eating a lot of fat, especially the kind that's in cookies and pastries, can significantly raise the risk of stroke for women over 50, a large new study finds. We already know that diets rich in fat, particularly artery-clogging trans fat, are bad for the heart and the waistline....

Senators to NASA chief: Go somewhere specific

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010 4:02 P.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- NASA needs to go somewhere specific, not just talk about it, skeptical U.S. senators told the space agency chief Wednesday....

UN weather meeting agrees to refine climate data

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010 6:47 A.M.

GENEVA (AP) -- World weather agencies have agreed to collect more precise temperature data to improve climate change science, officials said Wednesday, as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged environment ministers to reject efforts by skeptics to derail a global climate deal....

'Shot books' mark 21st birthdays

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010 3:02 A.M.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- From a baby's first steps to high school graduation, scrapbooks provide friends and loved ones a way to preserve cherished memories. In some college towns in the Midwest, scrapbooks are also used to chronicle a far more ominous rite of passage: bar-hopping drinking binges, one alcohol shot at a time....

New species of dinosaur found in eastern Utah rock

AP - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010 6:24 P.M.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Fossils of a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur have been found in slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard that explosives had to be used to free some of the remains, scientists said Tuesday. The bones found at Dinosaur National Monument belonged to a type of sauropod - long-necked plant-eaters that were said to be the largest animal ever to roam land....

For NASA no easy answer for next space destination

AP - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010 2:19 P.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Where to next?...

Archaeologist sees proof for Bible in ancient wall

AP - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010 5:07 P.M.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli archaeologist said Monday that ancient fortifications recently excavated in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and support the biblical narrative about the era....

Without a wing, no prayer for female mosquitoes

AP - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010 1:24 P.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- First it was just swatting. Then poison. Then sterilizing males. Now it's grounding females. Is there anything people won't try in the war against mosquitoes?...

Study: Warming to bring stronger hurricanes

AP - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2010 10:39 A.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top researchers now agree that the world is likely to get stronger but fewer hurricanes in the future because of global warming, seeming to settle a scientific debate on the subject. But they say there's not enough evidence yet to tell whether that effect has already begun....

Early, aggressive therapy eyed in blocking AIDS

AP - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2010 9:32 A.M.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Aggressive, early anti-viral therapy might provide a way to derail the spread of AIDS, a battle where a successful vaccine remains elusive....

Motion picture academy honors nerds of filmmaking

AP - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2010 7:09 A.M.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Forty-five men you've probably never heard of were honored with an Academy Awards ceremony of their own that recognized scientific and technical achievements in moviemaking....

Feds outline plan to nurse Great Lakes to health

AP - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2010 5:25 A.M.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species....

Scientists report on way to derail spread of AIDS

AP - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2010 1:25 P.M.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A successful AIDS vaccine remains elusive, but researchers say aggressive, early anti-viral therapy might provide a way to derail the spread of disease....

Scientists vacuum up the data on dust

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010 11:29 A.M.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- While most people give it the brushoff, a panel of scientists gathered Friday to focus on dust. Dust in the air. Dust in the oceans. Dust in your lungs. Good dust. Bad dust. And not a can of Pledge in sight....

Australian study uses cat food in war on cane toad

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010 8:20 A.M.

SYDNEY (AP) -- Forget cricket bats, golf clubs and carbon dioxide. Australia has found a new weapon in its war on the dreaded cane toad: cat food....

Australia threatens Japan over whaling program

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010 3:22 A.M.

SYDNEY (AP) -- Australia's prime minister on Friday set a November deadline for Japan to stop its research whaling program that kills hundreds of whales a year in Antarctic waters, or else face international legal action....

Marine census grows near completion

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 4:57 P.M.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- From pole to pole, surface to frigid depths, researchers have discovered thousands of new ocean creatures in a decade-long effort now nearing completion, and there may still be several times more strange creatures to be found, leaders of the Census of Marine Life reported Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science....

AP IMPACT: Testing curbs some genetic diseases

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 12:48 P.M.

Some of mankind's most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children....

UN climate chief quits, leaves talks hanging

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 12:03 P.M.

AMSTERDAM (AP) -- The sharp-tongued U.N. official who shepherded troubled climate talks for nearly four years announced his resignation Thursday, leaving an uncertain path to a new treaty on global warming....

NASA releases first images from WISE spacecraft

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 4:45 P.M.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- A glowing comet. A star-forming cloud. A new view of the Andromeda galaxy. A dense galaxy cluster....

Archbishop Tutu's DNA helps show African diversity

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 3:31 P.M.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists who decoded the DNA of some southern Africans have found striking new evidence of the genetic diversity on that continent, and uncovered a surprise about the ancestry of Archbishop Desmond Tutu....

Wildlife officials search for carp in Chicago area

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 12:45 P.M.

CICERO, Ill. (AP) -- Armed with sprawling fishing nets and boats equipped with electric prods, state and federal fisheries biologists began a "search-and-destroy" mission in Chicago-area waterways Wednesday aimed at rooting out the dreaded Asian carp....

Afghan army raises flag on embattled Taliban town

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 8:51 A.M.

MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- Military commanders raised the Afghan flag in the bullet-ridden main market of the Taliban's southern stronghold of Marjah on Wednesday as firefights continued to break out elsewhere in the town between holed-up militants and U.S. and Afghan troops....

Tut's ills won't kill fascination, historians say

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 5:48 A.M.

CHICAGO (AP) -- It turns out Egypt's beloved boy-king wasn't so golden after all - or much of a wild and crazy guy, for that matter....

A frail King Tut died from malaria, broken leg

AP - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010 1:54 P.M.

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot. He died of complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria and his parents were most likely brother and sister....

Microsoft replays Zune design for phone comeback

AP - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2010 9:51 A.M.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Apple Inc. rocked the wireless business by combining the functions of a phone and an iPod. Now, more than two years later, Microsoft Corp. has its comeback: phone software that works a lot like its own Zune media player....

Israel discovers large Byzantine-era wine press

AP - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2010 7:52 A.M.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli archaeologists said Monday that they've discovered an unusually shaped 1,400-year-old wine press that was exceptionally large and advanced for its time....

CA surf contest reminds bystanders of sea's power

AP - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010 7:03 A.M.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) -- The Mavericks Surf Contest was no day at the beach for participants or spectators....

49 states dusted with snow; Hawaii's the holdout

AP - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2010 6:50 A.M.

Forget red and blue (AP) -- color America white. There was snow on the ground in 49 states Friday. Hawaii was the holdout....

NASA launches observatory to study sun

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 9:01 A.M.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The most advanced solar observatory ever built rocketed into space Thursday on a five-year quest to shed light on Earth's star....

BP expands program that rolls back gas prices

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010 2:02 P.M.

BP said Thursday that it is expanding a program to attract drivers by giving them a break when they fill up....

Army Corps critic sues La. university over firing

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010 5:21 A.M.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Ivor van Heerden, a Louisiana State University scientist and a widely cited expert on levee failures after Hurricane Katrina, sued his college on Wednesday, alleging he was fired for his criticism of the Army Corps of Engineers....

Scientists find first genes linked to stuttering

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010 8:58 P.M.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Why people stutter has long been a medical mystery, with the condition blamed over the years on emotional problems, overbearing parents and browbeating teachers. Now, for the first time, scientists have found genes that could explain some cases of stuttering....

Bobb: Detroit Schools still 'under water'

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010 2:46 P.M.

DETROIT (AP) -- Detroit's cash-strapped public school district "still is under water," despite nearly a year of cost-cutting measures, the man brought in to manage its finances said Wednesday....

DNA suggests even ancient man had baldness issues

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010 2:22 P.M.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists have pieced together most of the DNA of a man who lived in Greenland about 4,000 years ago, a pioneering feat that revealed hints about his appearance and even an increased risk of baldness. It's the first genome from an ancient human, showing the potential for what one expert called a time machine for learning about the biology of ancient people....

Scientists seek better way to do climate report

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010 11:42 A.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A steady drip of unsettling errors is exposing what scientists are calling "the weaker link" in the Nobel Peace Prize-winning series of international reports on global warming....

Doctor says vendor may have been in rubble 27 days

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010 5:40 A.M.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The tale seems dubious: that a rice vendor survived 27 days trapped under the rubble of a flea market following Haiti's devastating earthquake....

Tuesday's College Basketball

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010 12:15 A.M.

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New federal climate change agency forming

AP - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010 9:41 A.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate....

Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water

AP - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 12:24 P.M.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests....

India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile

AP - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 4:39 A.M.

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India again successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile Sunday that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, a defense ministry press release said....

Johnson takes 1-shot lead at rain-soaked Riviera

AP - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2010 11:21 A.M.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dustin Johnson took a one-shot lead in the Northern Trust Open by chipping in for birdie from behind the 18th green Saturday morning for a 4-under 67 going into a weekend that figured to be just as soggy....

Feds: Status of pika will still need watching

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010 8:42 P.M.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The American pika isn't heading for the endangered species list, but federal scientists said there's no question it bears watching as the West warms in the coming decades....

US-born pandas reach new home in China

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010 9:09 A.M.

CHENGDU, China (AP) -- Two American-born pandas arrived in their new China home Friday, bringing a welcome dose of cuddly to the countries' currently strained relations....

Greek farmers scale back protest

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010 7:57 A.M.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Prime Minister George Papandreou got a measure of relief Friday in his fight to curb Greece's runaway deficit, as protesting farmers scaled back highway blockades in opposition to the government's austerity measures....

Russian cargo ship arrives at space station

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010 3:03 A.M.

MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian cargo ship has sucessfully docked at the International Space Station, delivering supplies for its crew of five....

Police: Bomb aimed at Shiites in Pakistan kills 11

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010 2:53 A.M.

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Officials say a motorcycle bomb struck a bus carrying Shiite Muslim worshippers in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 11 people....

Explorers' century-old whisky found in Antarctic

AP - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010 1:49 A.M.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- This Scotch has been on the rocks for a century....

Michigan renews push to close Chicago ship locks

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010 4:07 P.M.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to close Chicago-area shipping locks in hopes of keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes....

Superstar farewell for US-born, China-bound pandas

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010 2:22 P.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- They were treated like pop idols - except for being stuck in travel crates....

Ancient dinosaur had stripes, researchers say

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010 2:02 P.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some dinosaurs had russet-colored feathers, and one jazzy specimen had a Mohawk crest and stripes, researchers say in the first reports to confidently assign colors to dinosaurs....

Hubble sees Pluto changing color, ice sheet cover

AP - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010 1:18 P.M.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Spurned Pluto is changing its looks, donning more rouge in its complexion and altering its iceball surface here and there....

Iran sends rocket with animal menagerie into space

AP - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 12:43 P.M.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran announced Wednesday it launched a menagerie of animals - including a mouse, two turtles and worms - into space on a research rocket, a feat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said showed Iran could defeat the West in the battle of technology....