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Today's Science News: US grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides Indonesian volcano erupts after 400 years of quiet Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims Velociraptor Had a Kickboxing Cousin Rajendra Pachauri: IPCC chief in the spotlight Bad weather delays BP bid to recover blowout preventer 'Plymouth Rock' Deep Space Asteroid Mission Idea Gains Ground Is genetically altered fish OK? U.S. to decide Report: Climate science panel needs change at top China, Russia boost efforts to save tigers Remains of deadly European dinosaur discovered Indonesia demands payout over oil spill The nation's weather Air Force Devises Backup Plan to Salvage Ailing Satellite Genzyme rejects Sanofi offer as long battle looms Bad weather delays retrieval BP blowout preventer: US gov't Hurricane Earl churns across Caribbean, heads to US US grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:40 pm PDT AP - A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators. Full Story Top Indonesian volcano erupts after 400 years of quiet Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:35 pm PDT AP - Tens of thousands of people packed emergency shelters after a long-dormant volcano in western Indonesia spewed clouds of hot ash and smoke more than a mile (several kilometers) into the air — an eruption that caught scientists off-guard. Full Story Top Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:14 pm PDT AP - The jaunt didn't make for much of a war story, and there is no record it ever happened. But the man successfully argued that he may have been exposed to Agent Orange during his stopover and that it might have caused his diabetes — even though decades of research into the defoliant have failed to find more than a possibility that it causes the disease. Full Story Top Velociraptor Had a Kickboxing Cousin Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:10 pm PDT LiveScience.com - A deadly, heavier relative of Velociraptor, which had twice as many giant sickle-like claws on its feet and was more of a kickboxer than its famous sprinter-like cousin, has been discovered in Romania. Full Story Top Rajendra Pachauri: IPCC chief in the spotlight Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:24 pm PDT AFP - Rajendra Pachauri, under harsh scrutiny as head of the UN's top advisory body on climate change, is a 69-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner with a sideline in writing steamy novels. Full Story Top Bad weather delays BP bid to recover blowout preventer Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:29 am PDT AFP - A bid to recover a key valve that failed to prevent the blowout of the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico has been delayed because of bad weather, the pointman for the US response to the oil spill said Monday. Full Story Top 'Plymouth Rock' Deep Space Asteroid Mission Idea Gains Ground Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:15 pm PDT SPACE.com - Plans for sending humans to visit an asteroid are heating up, with at least one company already scoping out the technological essentials for a deep space expedition within a decade, given the go-ahead. Full Story Top Is genetically altered fish OK? U.S. to decide Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:22 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to eat in a decision that could deliver the first altered animal food to consumers' dinner plates. Full Story Top Report: Climate science panel needs change at top Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:37 pm PDT AP - Scientists reviewing the acclaimed but beleaguered international climate change panel called Monday for a major overhaul in the way it's run, but stopped short of calling for the ouster of the current leader. Full Story Top China, Russia boost efforts to save tigers Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:23 pm PDT AFP - China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers, as they try to boost efforts to save the endangered species, state media reported Monday. Full Story Top Remains of deadly European dinosaur discovered Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:00 pm PDT AP - Around 70 million years ago a stocky dragon stalked what is now Romania. Full Story Top Indonesia demands payout over oil spill Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:38 pm PDT AFP - Indonesia has demanded 2.4 billion dollars in compensation from a Thai oil company for damages related to a spill off the northwestern coast of Australia last year, a minister said Tuesday. Full Story Top The nation's weather Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:30 am PDT AP - Little change in weather activity was expected throughout the East on Monday. Full Story Top Air Force Devises Backup Plan to Salvage Ailing Satellite Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:15 pm PDT SPACE.com - WASHINGTON — A propulsion system glitch aboard the U.S. Air Force's first Advanced Extremely High Frequency secure communications satellite has forced the service to devise a new orbit-raising plan utilizing smaller thrusters that will delay the craft's arrival at its operating orbit by six months to seven months, according to a service official. Full Story Top Genzyme rejects Sanofi offer as long battle looms Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:06 pm PDT Reuters - Biotech company Genzyme Inc rejected an $18.5 billion buyout offer from French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA on Monday, setting the stage for a protracted and potentially hostile takeover battle. Full Story Top Bad weather delays retrieval BP blowout preventer: US gov't Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:10 am PDT Reuters - BP Plc delayed retrieval of the failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well this week because of bad weather, the top U.S. official overseeing the oil spill said on Monday. Full Story Top Hurricane Earl churns across Caribbean, heads to US Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:17 pm PDT AFP - Hurricane Earl was upgraded to a category four storm Monday as it brushed past Puerto Rico and headed for the eastern US coast, amid warnings it may cause catastrophic damage. Full Story Top

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