Archive: 05/15/2009
Obama wants to pump $475M into Great Lakes cleanup
(AP) -- A budget proposal from the Obama administration would spend $475 million on beach cleanups, wetlands restoration and removal of toxic sediments from river bottoms around the Great Lakes.
May 15, 2009 |
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Report: Obama selects Frieden as CDC director
(AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday will name Dr. Thomas Frieden as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, administration officials told The New York Times.
May 15, 2009 |
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Bizarre bird gets private beach in Indonesia
(AP) -- A species of birds able to fly immediately after hatching from eggs buried beneath the tropical sand has just been given its own private beach in eastern Indonesia, a conservation group said Friday.
May 15, 2009 |
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Astronauts to install new gyroscopes in Hubble
(AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts are about to tackle NASA's No. 1 priority in fixing the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 15, 2009 |
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April video game sales decline 17 percent
(AP) -- Lacking the big hits that made the year-ago period a standout, U.S. video game sales dropped sharply in April for the second month in a row as customers continued to watch their wallets.
May 15, 2009 |
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