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Today's Science News: 2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight US rubber company disputes Liberia pollution study Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars Oldest Known Spider Webs Discovered Mixed messages as Europe reaches out on climate BP hit with record US fine for safety violations Mars Rover Spirit Has Amnesia Again Amgen, Amerisource sued over drug kickback scheme UN signals delay in climate change treaty Scientists 'back bluefin tuna trade ban' New Dinosaur Built Like a Sherman Tank Missing Amazon plane makes river landing, 9 alive The nation's weather First Japanese Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station Genes may explain why churchgoers are teetotalers Shell says in talks to sell refineries Typhoon smashes storm-weary Philippines 2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21 am PDT AP - Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said Friday. Full Story Top US rubber company disputes Liberia pollution study Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:31 am PDT AP - An American-owned rubber company is disputing claims by the Liberian government that the company's waste products are polluting creeks. Full Story Top Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:21 am PDT AP - Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday. Full Story Top Oldest Known Spider Webs Discovered Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:15 pm PDT LiveScience.com - Silken spider webs dating back some 140 million years have been discovered preserved in amber, scientists announce today. Full Story Top Mixed messages as Europe reaches out on climate Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:57 pm PDT AFP - Europe's leaders wanted to send a clear message to Asian giants from this week's summit -- one about coughing up their share in the fight against climate change. Full Story Top BP hit with record US fine for safety violations Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:41 pm PDT AFP - British oil giant BP has been hit with a record US fine of 87.4 million dollars for safety violations at a Texas refinery where 15 people were killed in a 2005 explosion, officials said Friday. Full Story Top Mars Rover Spirit Has Amnesia Again Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:42 pm PDT SPACE.com - NASA's Mars rover Spirit is suffering a new bout of amnesia, one that comes after months of being stuck in deep Martian sand. Full Story Top Amgen, Amerisource sued over drug kickback scheme Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:19 pm PDT Reuters - Biotechnology giant Amgen Inc and drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Corp were sued on Friday by 14 U.S. states and the District of Columbia over an alleged kickback scheme designed to boost sales of Amgen's popular anemia drug, Aranesp. Full Story Top UN signals delay in climate change treaty Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:45 am PDT AP - Just weeks before an international conference on climate change, the United Nations signaled it was scaling back expectations of reaching agreement on a new treaty to slow global warming. Full Story Top Scientists 'back bluefin tuna trade ban' Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:43 am PDT AFP - Scientists who advise fisheries regulators support a ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, a sushi staple, to protect the species from over-fishing, environmental groups WWF and Greenpeace said Thursday. Full Story Top New Dinosaur Built Like a Sherman Tank Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:35 am PDT LiveScience.com - A husband and wife team of paleontologists has discovered a newfound species of armored dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago in what is now Montana. Full Story Top Missing Amazon plane makes river landing, 9 alive Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:22 pm PDT AP - A plane that went missing over the Amazon made an emergency river landing in a remote part of the rain forest and nine of the 11 people aboard survived, the Brazilian air force said Friday. Full Story Top The nation's weather Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:57 am PDT AP - Rain and flooding were forecast to continue over the Mississippi River on Friday as a strong front lingered over the region. Full Story Top First Japanese Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:17 pm PDT SPACE.com - Japan's first unmanned space cargo ship cast off from the International Space Station Friday as it nears the end of a successful maiden voyage. Full Story Top Genes may explain why churchgoers are teetotalers Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:02 pm PDT Reuters - Churchgoers have been found to have lower rates of drinking and smoking than those who spend their Sundays elsewhere. Now a new study suggests that for adults, it may not be church attendance itself that explains much of the phenomenon. It might be genes. Full Story Top Shell says in talks to sell refineries Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:03 am PDT AFP - Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is in "exclusive" talks to sell three European refineries to Indian conglomerate Essar, a company spokesman told AFP. Full Story Top Typhoon smashes storm-weary Philippines Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:35 pm PDT AFP - Typhoon Mirinae smashed through the Philippines overnight, killing at least one person and worsening floods in areas that were struggling to recover from recent deadly storms, officials said Saturday. Full Story Top

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