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Cleveland to push airport train line
01.12.2008 08:23
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Cleveland Hopkins airport and the area's transit agency are at work on a joint marketing program to encourage more people to ...
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Tourism
Rick Warren takes on World AIDS Day -- again
01.12.2008 08:23
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Pastor Rick Warren is conducting his annual World AIDS Day event in Washington DC to give a medal to President Bush. The 20th Anniversary of World AIDS Day is being marked in the USA and worldwide with calls for education, research, treatment and care for victims.
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Religion
Refill of vanished Wis. lake about to begin
01.12.2008 06:28
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The road is back. The shoreline is reinforced. The dam is stronger. And maybe the dollar signs won't be far behind.
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Weather Forecast
Endangered sea turtles killed by cold snap
01.12.2008 06:28
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An unusually early, long cold snap and lashing winds have caused more Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtles in the world, to wash ashore dead, says Tony LaCasse, spokesman for the New England Aquarium in Boston.
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Astronomy
Space shuttle lands in Calif.
01.12.2008 06:28
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Dangerously high wind and a stormy sky prevented space shuttle Endeavour from returning to its home base in Florida on Sunday, and NASA ordered the astronauts to take a detour and land in sunny California.
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Astronomy
Food crunch opens doors to genetically engineered crops
01.12.2008 06:28
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With food demand forecast to increase by half by 2030, the incentive to use genetic engineering to boost harvests and protect precious crops from insects and other damage has never been greater.
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Astronomy
Shuttle's astronauts await permission to land
01.12.2008 06:28
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Their work in orbit accomplished, space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts got the green light Saturday to return to Earth, but were warned "pretty iffy" weather at the main landing site could send them across the country or keep them up an extra day.
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Astronomy
Astronauts share freeze-dried Thanksgiving feast
01.12.2008 06:28
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With hugs and handshakes, shuttle Endeavour's seven astronauts bid farewell to the international space station crew after they ate a Thanksgiving holiday meal together of turkey, cornbread dressing and candied yams.
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Astronomy
Plumes spewing from Saturn moon may contain water
01.12.2008 06:28
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Astronomers looking at the spectacular supersonic plumes of gas and dust shooting off one of Saturn's moons say there are strong hints of liquid water, a key building block of life.
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Astronomy
Thanksgiving sky: Jupiter, Venus, moon together
01.12.2008 06:28
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It's not just families that are getting together this Thanksgiving week. The three brightest objects in the night sky Venus, Jupiter and a crescent moon will crowd around each other for an unusual group shot.
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Astronomy
Marine archaeologists find remains of slave ship
01.12.2008 06:28
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Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, an accident that set free the ancestors of many current residents of those islands. Some 192 Africans survived the sinking of the Spanish ship Trouvadore off the British-ruled islands, where the slave trade was banned.
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Astronomy
American Weir second to Japan's Oda at NHK Trophy
01.12.2008 06:27
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Nobunari Oda of Japan capped a successful return to competitive skating on Sunday with a victory at the NHK Trophy.
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Olympic Games
Sundby gets first World Cup win; Americans 16th and 23rd
01.12.2008 06:27
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Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway won his first cross-country World Cup race, capturing the 15-kilometer classic style event on Sunday.
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Olympic Games
Skiing: Americans miss podium as Zahrobska gets first win
01.12.2008 06:27
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Sarka Zahrobska got her first World Cup victory Sunday, taking the slalom in a combined time of 1 minute, 39.32 seconds to beat Nicole Hosp of Austria.
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Olympic Games
Asada seals sweep for Japan with NHK Trophy triumph
01.12.2008 06:27
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World champion Mao Asada won the NHK Trophy on Saturday, qualifying for the International Skating Union's Grand Prix finals and completing a Japanese sweep of the podium. Asada, first after Friday's short program, skated a near-flawless free program to finish comfortably ahead of compatriot Akiko Suzuki.
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