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Researcher says Gulf dead zone bigger than ever
(AP)
AP - A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas-Louisiana coast this year is likely to be the biggest ever and last longer than ever before, with marine life affected for hundreds of miles, a scientist warned.
Scholars plan to reunite ancient Bible — online
(AP)
AP - The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again — online.
Ancient Egyptian boat to be excavated, reassembled
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AP - Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists announced Saturday.
Online Banking: Widespread Security Flaws Revealed
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Online bankers, beware. More than 75 percent of bank Web sites surveyed by a research team had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves.
Hurricane Dolly weakens, hits Texas coast: NHC
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hurricane Dolly hit the coast of Texas
at South Padre Island Wednesday afternoon and has weakened into
a Category 1 hurricane, the U.S. National Weather Service said.
Second commissioner votes 'no' on XM-Sirius deal
(AP)
AP - A Federal Communications Commission member who sought further concessions in a pending satellite radio buyout withdrew his offer Wednesday after it failed to draw support.
EU proposes crackdown on seal hunt
(AP)
AP - The European Union proposed an import ban Wednesday on products derived from seals that are killed in a cruel way, a move that could hurt the annual seal hunt in Canada — the largest in the world.
Fossil Suggests Antarctica Much Warmer in Past
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LiveScience.com - A college student's new discovery of fossils collected in the East Antarctic suggests that the frozen polar cap was once a much balmier place.
The well-preserved fossils of ostracods, a type of small crustaceans, came from the Dry Valleys region of Antarctica's Transantarctic Mountains and date from about 14 million years ago. The fossils were a rare find, showing all of the ostracods' soft anatomy in 3-D.
The fossils were discovered by Richard Thommasson during screening of the sediment in research team member Allan Ashworth's lab at North Dakota State University. ...
Today on the presidential campaign trail
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AP - Obama defends plans for direct talks with Iran; McCain campaign says Obama is backtracking ... McCain credits Bush lifting of drilling ban on offshore oil for drop in oil and gas prices ... Economy top issue, but energy concerns grow most as Iraq worries dip in AP-Ipsos poll ... People Magazine: Obama girls offer irreverence, boundless energy
EU agency to express doubts on cloning
(Reuters)
Reuters - Meat and milk from cloned animals may
not be safe to be sold in the European Union after all, the
bloc's top food safety agency will say on Thursday after a
rethink on the issue, EU sources said.
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