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Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
(AP)
 AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.
Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth
(AP)
 AP - Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word on the birth of one crewman's daughter Friday, as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.
Biologists save fish after landslide
(AP)
AP - A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish.
How to Take a Gorilla's Blood Pressure: Very Carefully
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Humans can be difficult enough patients, but try a 300-pound gorilla.
Colo. to review taxpayer-paid lobbyists practice
(AP)
AP - At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees.
Pennsylvania residents sue over gas drilling
(Reuters)
Reuters - Residents of a small rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp on Friday, claiming the company's natural-gas drilling has contaminated their water wells with toxic chemicals, caused sickness and reduced their property values.
Key Parts Returned from Hubble Telescope Now on Display at Smithsonian
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - The camera that captured many of the Hubble Space
Telescope's most famous images and the "contact lenses" that
focused the observatory's flawed mirror debuted Wednesday at the
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. along with
the first phase of a new interactive gallery devoted to humans living and
working in space.
U. of Neb. board votes down stem-cell rule changes
(AP)
 AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows.
3 new ancient crocodile species fossils found
(AP)
 AP - A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs — like wild boar tusks — roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday. While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, flat snout like a pancake was fishing for food.
Australia 'disappointed' at Japan whaling mission
(AFP)
 AFP - Australia said it was "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of Japanese whaling ships set out to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt.
New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
(Reuters)
 Reuters - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world
Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year
(AP)
AP - The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.
The nation's weather
(AP)
AP - New England was expected to see another dreary day, while the Pacific Northwest remains under wintry conditions on Friday.
Stuck Mars Rover Finally Budges, a Little
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA's stuck Mars rover Spirit took a tiny step Thursday,
its first progress in months, during the latest attempt to extricate the robot
from deep Martian sand.
Asthma Combo Seems Less Influenced by Genes
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- People's genetic makeup has
been shown to affect how they respond to asthma medications, but a new
study finds that many people respond well to a particular combination
treatment regardless of their genes.
Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study
(AFP)
 AFP - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.
Evacuations underway as floods hit towns
(AFP)
 AFP - Rescuers were working on Friday to evacuate about 200 people by helicopter from a town after storms triggered flooding across parts of the country, police said.
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