Archive: 04/19/2009
Ashton Kutcher wins Twitter battle with CNN
(AP) -- For now, Ashton Kutcher is the king of Twitter. But there is a new challenger - Oprah.
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Salazar reviews 'midnight' endangered species rule
(AP) -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will make a decision in the coming weeks on whether to overturn a controversial Bush administration regulation that limits the reach of the Endangered Species ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Yellow submarine to try again for Atlantic glide
(AP) -- A second try is about to get under way at sending a little yellow submarine gliding across the Atlantic Ocean to collect scientific data from beneath the waves.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Sweden: hundreds protest Pirate Bay conviction
(AP) -- Wearing bandanas and waving Jolly Roger flags, hundreds of supporters of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay demonstrated on Saturday against a Swedish court's conviction of the Internet site's organizers.
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Desert clash in West over solar potential, water
(AP) -- A westward dash to power electricity-hungry cities by cashing in on the desert's most abundant resource - sunshine - is clashing with efforts to protect the tiny pupfish and desert tortoise and stinginess ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Congress considers major global warming measure
(AP) -- The last time Congress passed major environmental laws, acid rain was destroying lakes and forests, polluted rivers were on fire and smog was choking people in some cities.
Apr 19, 2009 |
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$14M effort announced to save rare Hawaiian bird
(AP) -- Federal wildlife officials say they plan to spend more than $14 million to prevent the extinction of the Hawaiian crow, one of the rarest forest birds in the world.
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Nations set new tourism limits for Antarctica
(AP) -- Countries with interests in Antarctica have endorsed U.S.-proposed mandatory limits on Antarctic tourism that aim to protect the continent's fragile environment, officials said Friday.
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Energy secretary: Islands could disappear
(AP) -- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is warning that if countries don't do something about climate change, "some island states will simply disappear."
Apr 19, 2009 |
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VA: 3 patients HIV-positive after clinic mistakes
(AP) -- Three patients exposed to contaminated medical equipment at Veterans Affairs hospitals have tested positive for HIV, the agency said Friday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 19, 2009 |
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MySpace hopes to turn free songs into needed cash
(AP) -- In 2004, when MySpace was still getting going, recording label executive Courtney Holt noticed that musicians were using the Web site to connect more intimately with their fans, through detailed blogs and behind-the-scenes ...
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Conn. pols weigh updates to reflect GPS advances
(AP) -- Addicted to that GPS navigation system? On Connecticut roads, that might make you a lawbreaker.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Peek into kangaroo's pouch shows 2 tiny pink joeys
(AP) -- A zookeeper's efforts to earn a kangaroo's trust has paid off with a video showing twin joeys, tiny and pink, growing inside their mom's pouch.
Apr 19, 2009 |
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New fund promises low-cost malaria treatment
(AP) -- A $225 million fund to provide low-price anti-malaria medicine around the world was launched in the Norwegian capital Friday to fight a disease that kills 2,000 children a day.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Wanted: Computer hackers... to help government
(AP) -- Wanted: Computer hackers. Federal authorities aren't looking to prosecute them, but to pay them to secure the nation's networks.
Apr 19, 2009 |
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