| Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY
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 AP - A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.
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| Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn
(AP) |
 AP - Pushed by an ill-timed trough of low pressure, Hurricane Earl is heading uncomfortably close to an area relatively few hurricanes tend to go: the Northeast coastline.
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| Double hand transplant patient shows new hands
(AP) |
 AP - The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands.
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| How Are Hurricanes Named?
(LiveScience.com) |
LiveScience.com - While the monikers of current hurricanes - including Earl and Fiona -
may seem simple, the system of naming hurricanes has a long and
complicated history. |
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| Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface
(AP) |
 AP - Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.
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| Focus of Gulf oil disaster shifts to finding the culprit
(AFP) |
 AFP - With a key piece of evidence raised from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico and BP's Macondo well ruled a threat no longer, the focus shifts to what went wrong and who is to blame.
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| As a Hurricane, Earl Looked Like 'Magnificent Chaos' From Space
(SPACE.com) |
SPACE.com - The former
Hurricane Earl put on a striking weather display for astronauts on the
International Space Station, impressing the crew with its strength even as it
weakened to a tropical storm. |
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| Sanofi ready to raise bid if Genzyme talks: report
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Reuters - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis would be prepared to moderately raise its $69 per share offer for Genzyme if the U.S. biotech agreed to negotiate, Dow Jones reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. |
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| UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid
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AP - The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief. |
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| After 20 years of protection, owl declining but forests remain
(McClatchy Newspapers) |
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Twenty years after northern spotted owls were protected under the Endangered Species Act, their numbers continue to decline, and scientists aren't certain whether the birds will survive even though logging was banned on much of the old-growth forest in the Pacific Northwest where they live in order to save them. |
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| Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button?
(LiveScience.com) |
LiveScience.com - Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically
changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, according
to a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans will
live in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, because
the loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems. |
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| BP hikes asset sale target after oil spill: report
(AFP) |
 AFP - Oil giant BP has increased to nearly 25 billion pounds the amount it wants to raise from an asset sale programme in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
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