Nepal wildlife 'still suffering'

   Nepal's political transition marks sharp increases in poaching and trafficking of endangered species.
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Astronaut on murder plot charge

   A US astronaut accused of attacking a woman she saw as a love rival is charged with attempted murder.
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Stern assumptions 'implausible'

   The Stern report is based on "implausible" economic and scientific assumptions, Lord Lawson tells MPs.
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DNA clue to presidential puzzle

   DNA tests on British men shed light on a mystery surrounding the ancestry of Thomas Jefferson, America's third president.
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Power Googling Demo

   Come attend a demo on 'Power Googling' and learn 15 Google scholar tips in 15 minutes. The demos are scheduled once every 15 minutes between 2-4pm on Febraury 7, and will take place behind the S&E Reference Desk....
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Nova episode tonight on chemist Percy Julian

   Watch NOVA tonight (Tuesday February 6th) at 8 pm for Forgotten Genius, the story of chemist Percy Julian. KPBS airs the 2-hour-long episode, covering the life of this 20th century scientist, who was only the second African-American elected to the...
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Komodo dragon, gift to Bush Sr., dies (AP)

   

AP - A 24-year-old Komodo dragon given to U.S. President George H.W. Bush as a gift from the Indonesian government has died of an abdominal infection at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Naga, who sired 32 offspring, died Sunday, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported in Tuesday editions.

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Astronaut charged with kidnap attempt (AP)

   

AP - A NASA astronaut charged with attempting to kidnap a romantic rival in a love triangle with another astronaut was allowed to go free on bail Tuesday on the condition that she not contact the alleged victim.

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Sea bird tied to logging fight dwindles (AP)

   

AP - The marbled murrelet, a threatened sea bird whose rare trait of nesting in old-growth forests made it a factor in logging battles in the U.S. Northwest, is also declining dramatically in Alaska and Canada, where most of the birds live, according to a U.S. government review.

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UK 'must do more' on carbon

   Tony Blair says the UK has "done better than most countries" but not "well enough" on climate change.
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Climate change 'affecting' China

   Chinese officials put the country's unseasonably warm weather down to global warming.
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Astronaut in 'love kidnap plot'

   A US woman astronaut is charged with trying to kidnap a rival for the affection of a space shuttle pilot.
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Astronaut in 'love kidnap plot'

   A US woman astronaut is charged with trying to kidnap a rival for the affection of a space shuttle pilot.
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UK 'must do more' on carbon gases

   Tony Blair says the UK has "done better than most countries" but not "well enough" on climate change.
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FEMA wants over $300M in Katrina aid back (AP)

   

AP - In the neighborhood President Bush visited right after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government gave $84.5 million to more than 10,000 households. But Census figures show fewer than 8,000 homes existed there at the time.

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Iowa considers new deer contraceptive (AP)

   AP - Iowa wildlife experts are looking into a new deer contraceptive that could curb the state's multimillion-dollar-a-year overpopulation problem.
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