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GMOs Causing Food Fight in California
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Environmental protesters demonstrate against the FDA's position on genetically-engineered foods.
Big agri-business is fighting against a provision requiring labels for genetically engineered foods
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Researchers Discover Why Water Exists on the Moon
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:24PM October 16, 2012 Comment
The full moon sets behind the sculpture at the World War II memorial in downtown Moscow.
Water on moon likely produced by solar wind
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Global Warming Linked to More Severe, Frequent Hurricanes
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:37AM October 16, 2012 Comment
If current trends continue, there may be close to 10 land-falling hurricanes per year by 2100.
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Poll: Half of Republicans Believe in Global Warming
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:39PM October 15, 2012 Comment
Nearly half of all Republicans believe that there is 'solid evidence' for global warming.
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World matched record for hottest September _ again
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:19PM October 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Something about September keeps bringing out the record heat in the world.
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Sumatran orangutan rescued in western Indonesia
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:42AM October 15, 2012 CommentJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A critically endangered Sumatran orangutan was rescued from an isolated forest area in western Indonesia where palm oil companies have been illegally destroying the environment, a conservation group said Monday.
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Jump from 24-miles high provides collective moment
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:15AM October 15, 2012 CommentROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Felix Baumgartner stood poised in the open hatch of a capsule suspended above Earth, wondering if he would make it back alive. Twenty four miles below him, millions of people were right there with him, watching on the Internet and marveling at the wonder of the moment.
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25 Primate Species on Brink of Extinction
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A baby lemur named Tilavo tries to eat a piece of broccoli Friday March 2, 2007 at the Vincennes zoo, east of Paris, France. Tilavo is one of the two baby lemurs that were born in the zoo in the beginning of January. The zoo owns 10 lemurs out of the 20 living in captivity around the world.
Lemurs are now one of the world's most endangered groups of mammals.
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Endeavour finally reaches permanent LA museum home
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:15AM October 15, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour was finally lodged at its retirement home Monday following a slow weekend parade through city streets that turned out to be a logistical headache.
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Chinese scientist says prehistoric man ate pandas
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:02PM October 14, 2012 CommentBEIJING (AP) — China's beloved national symbol — the panda — may have been seen quite differently by ancient humans: as food.
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AP PHOTOS: Skydiver's Supersonic, 24-mile Jump
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:01PM October 14, 2012 CommentAustrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver to break the speed of sound in a 24-mile-high jump from a balloon on Sunday, reaching 833.9 mph in a free fall that lasted some 9 minutes.
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Skydiver Breaks Sound Barrier in Record Jump
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:47PM October 14, 2012 CommentROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, a daredevil skydiver shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever — a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert.
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24-Mile Skydive a Boon for YouTube, Social Media
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Felix Baumgartner starts 24-mile fall to Earth.
Millions shared in the wonder of the moment from their computers, tablets and phones.
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2 Skydivers, 52 Years Apart, Same Lofty Goal
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:15PM October 14, 2012 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The advice from master to student over the past three years has been simple: Be prepared. Know what to do and how to do it.
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Official: Skydiver Breaks Speed of Sound
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:09PM October 14, 2012 CommentROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Officials say that Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound.
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Meteorologist: supersonic skydive 'a go' on Sunday
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:35PM October 13, 2012 CommentROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — The weekend weather in New Mexico appears to be cooperating this time for a daredevil trying to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.
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AP PHOTOS: Endeavour makes terrestrial journey
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36AM October 13, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — It's a surreal sight residents won't soon forget: A hulking space shuttle strutting down city streets, pausing every so often to get its bearings as it creeps toward retirement.
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Plan to streamline solar development in West OK'd
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:06PM October 12, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal officials on Friday approved a plan that sets aside 285,000 acres of public land for the development of large-scale solar power plants, cementing a new government approach to renewable energy development in the West after years of delays and false starts.
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From space to the LA streets: Shuttle's last trip
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:36AM October 12, 2012 CommentThink launching a space shuttle is hard? Try moving it through a metropolis.
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Mars rover's peek at rock turns up a curiosity
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:18PM October 11, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The first rock nuzzled by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is turning out to be a bit more unusual than scientists thought it would be.
