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Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station....
New federal climate change agency forming
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate....
5 men, 1 woman aboard shuttle Endeavour
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour includes an accomplished musician whose latest exploits are with the cello and steel guitar, an engineer who helped launch shuttles and a second-generation space program worker....
Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests....
Feds: Status of pika will still need watching
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The American pika isn't heading for the endangered species list, but federal scientists said there's no question it bears watching as the West warms in the coming decades....
