Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Seattle teams has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science fiction novels.

Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises
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(AP) - Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.

Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism
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LONDON (AP) - Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups.

World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenhagen.

Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.

New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease
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WASHINGTON (AP) - French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene.

Study: Man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898
AP - 5 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ago. But the death toll, scientists now say, wasn't as high as previously thought.

Snow cap disappearing from Mount Kilimanjaro
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The snows of Kilimanjaro may soon be gone. The African mountain's white peak — made famous by writer Ernest Hemingway — is rapidly melting, researchers report.

82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorld
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PARIS (AP) - French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with euro11 million ($7.4 million) in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities said.

Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction
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GENEVA (AP) - A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday.