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Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot
Suspicious of government initiatives, protesters linked to the Tea Party are denouncing all manner of measures they equate with a 1992 United Nations resolution, Agenda 21.
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City Room: Colliding Continents Created the Rock Formation in a Children's Playground
We all know that our skyscrapers are built on bedrock, even if they have to reach down a way to find it. But not many of us know that a few bedrock outcrops are visible in mid-Manhattan.
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China Fires Officials for Not Reporting Toxic Spill
The spill, which affected 200 miles of the Longjiang River in southern China, was caused by two companies that accidentally released tons of cadmium.
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Roger Boisjoly, 73, Dies; Warned of Shuttle Danger
Mr. Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo six months before the Space Shuttle Challenger?s explosion, warning that if it was too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle?s rocket boosters could fail.
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Fessenheim Journal: Wishing Upon an Atom in a Tiny French Village
In the village of Fessenheim, an aging nuclear plant stirs both protests and support over the use of nuclear power across France.
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Scientist at Work Blog: One Moose, Two Moose
Counting Isle Royale moose can be a tedious task that requires great dedication. But each moose has its own life story.
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National Briefing | New England: Maine: Emergency Plan Would Limit Cod Fishing
Fishermen from Cape Cod, Mass., to northern Maine would have to reduce the amount of cod they catch under an emergency proposal by the New England Fishery Management Council.
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Deal to Salvage Britain?s Victory May Yield Richest Trove
The wreck of the warship Victory has been a topic of public debate in Britain because documents suggest it carried gold coins that today could be worth up to $1 billion.
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National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: Delaware: Some Sturgeon Declared to Be Endangered
Several populations of Atlantic sturgeon, the large, primordial-looking fish that were once common along East Coast watersheds, are endangered, the National Marine Fisheries Service declared Tuesday.
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National Briefing | Science: Panel Praises Removal of Details on Bird Flu
Removing information from manuscripts describing experiments that made a lethal bird flu more likely to transmit among humans ?maximized the benefits to society and minimized the risks,? the government?s biosecurity panel said.
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