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• Ancient city by the sea rises amid Egypt's resorts (AP)
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:31:33 GMT)

AP - Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on the wheat and olive trade. ... Read

• Japanese stem cell researcher wins Balzan prize (AP)
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:39:30 GMT)

AP - A Japanese researcher who found a way to give adults cells certain characteristics of embryonic stem cells, a process scientists say could eventually lead to cures for spinal cord injuries and other ailments, has been awarded the Balzan Prize for biology. ... Read

• Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY (AP)
(Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:12:28 GMT)

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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• Men More Susceptible to Memory Decline (LiveScience.com)
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:20:58 GMT)

LiveScience.com - Men are more susceptible than women to memory problems in old age, according to a new study. ... Read

• Erratic global weather threatens food security (AFP)
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:30:52 GMT)

AFP - The drought in Russia and floods in Pakistan are part of a global trend of unpredictable weather patterns and rainfall that threaten food security, experts gathered in Stockholm said.


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• The glittering Gulf states' dark labor secret (The Christian Science Monitor)
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:25:00 GMT)

The Christian Science Monitor - The rise of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf is a now-familiar tale. Tiny societies of pearl divers, coastal merchants, and nomadic Bedouin were transformed in the last half of the 20th century by oil and natural-gas wealth. Sparkling office towers and hotels sprang into the muggy air, the monarchs that rule these tiny emirates became bywords for financial excess, and newspapers described the region's economic "miracle." ... Read

• As a Hurricane, Earl Looked Like 'Magnificent Chaos' From Space (SPACE.com)
(Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:34:00 GMT)

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. ... Read

• EU summons BASF over 'illegal' potatoes in Swedish field (AFP)
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:09:55 GMT)

AFP - Europe slapped a summons on German chemical giant BASF on Monday after a "blunder" allowed seed from a new genetically modified potato to remain in a field in Sweden.


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• Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn (AP)
(Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:48:04 GMT)

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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• Greenpeace urges Japan to probe whaling graft (AFP)
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:14:43 GMT)

AFP - Greenpeace urged Japan on Tuesday to probe graft claims in its state-funded whaling programme, a day after two of its activists received suspended jail terms for committing theft during an investigation.


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• Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button? (LiveScience.com)
(Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:25 GMT)

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. ... Read

• US won't say if blowout preventer on way to shore (AP)
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:24:33 GMT)

AP - The Justice Department won't say if the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from gushing from BP's undersea well into the Gulf of Mexico is on its way to shore.


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• The nation's weather (AP)
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:43:20 GMT)

AP - Tropical Storm Hermine was forecast to continue losing strength as it moved over southern Texas and northeastern Mexico on Tuesday.


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• Galactic 'Supervolcano' Seen Erupting With X-Rays (SPACE.com)
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:15:08 GMT)

SPACE.com - A galactic "supervolcano" in the massive galaxy M87 is erupting, blasting gas outwards. The cosmic volcano — driven by a giant black hole in M87's center — is preventing hundreds of millions of new stars from forming. ... Read

• NGOs call for Romanian minister to be sacked for GM links (AFP)
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:01:26 GMT)

AFP - Over 70 environmental NGOs including the WWF called Monday for the sacking of Romania's new agriculture minister for his links to the genetically modified crop industry.


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• Focus of Gulf oil disaster shifts to finding the culprit (AFP)
(Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:41:19 GMT)

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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• Democrats Face GOP Election Day Tsunami in House, Senate (Time.com)
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:45:00 GMT)

Time.com - There are still 60 days to go before Election Day but the smart money -- lots of it -- is on the GOP winning very, very big ... Read