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Today's Science News: Soyuz capsule lands in Kazakh steppe with 3 aboard NZealand rescuers save 14 whales from stranded pod Florida panthers bound back thanks to Texas mates Bedbug Anxieties Force Exterminators to Play Psychologist BP fund czar promises bigger, faster claims Activists end protest on Chevron oil ship in North Sea Air Force Launches Satellite to Track Space Junk Around Earth DNA barcode library to launch in Toronto Study shows latest government spill estimate right Breton wrestlers win live ram legal tussle Longest dinosaur thigh bone in Europe found in Spain Climate activists close down world's largest coal port The nation's weather Gemini-Titan Rocket Rises Again at Kennedy Space Center Stem cell treatment for heart attack promising: study BP works on own estimate for amount of oil spilled Swamped Midwestern towns prepare for more flooding Soyuz capsule lands in Kazakh steppe with 3 aboard Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:07 am PDT AP - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts who lived six months on the International Space Station touched down safely, but one day late, Saturday morning in the cloudy, central steppes of Kazakhstan. Full Story Top NZealand rescuers save 14 whales from stranded pod Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:51 pm PDT AP - Rescuers who battled exhaustion and darkness succeeded in saving 14 pilot whales from a pod of 74 that stranded on a remote New Zealand beach. Full Story Top Florida panthers bound back thanks to Texas mates Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:34 pm PDT AP - In the quest to save the endangered Florida panther, their Texas cousins were the cat's meow. Wildlife biologists moved eight female panthers from Texas — close relatives yet genetically distinct — into south Florida 15 years ago in hopes of boosting reproduction, and the immigration paid off. Full Story Top Bedbug Anxieties Force Exterminators to Play Psychologist Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:31 pm PDT LiveScience.com - When exterminators arrive at bedbug-infested homes, they need to prepare themselves to vanquish more than just the pests. Waiting at the door are often hysterical homeowners, strung out from sleep deprivation, who need their anxieties eliminated along with the creepy critters. Full Story Top BP fund czar promises bigger, faster claims Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:08 pm PDT AP - Victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill should start getting bigger payments faster, the administrator of the fund set up to help them said Saturday. Full Story Top Activists end protest on Chevron oil ship in North Sea Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:02 pm PDT AFP - Greenpeace campaigners who attached themselves to an oil drilling ship in the North Sea ended their protest Saturday after the ship's operator, Chevron, won a court injunction ordering them to leave. Full Story Top Air Force Launches Satellite to Track Space Junk Around Earth Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:15 pm PDT SPACE.com - The U.S. Air Force lit up the night sky above California Saturday (Sept. 25) with the launch a new satellite sentinel to keep tabs on other spacecraft and the growing problem of space junk around Earth.  Full Story Top DNA barcode library to launch in Toronto Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:36 pm PDT AFP - An international consortium of geneticists on Saturday will activate a DNA barcode library in Toronto representing almost 80,000 species, the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL) announced. Full Story Top Study shows latest government spill estimate right Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:01 am PDT AP - After several missteps, the federal government finally got it right, accurately estimating how much oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, an independent scientific study found. Full Story Top Breton wrestlers win live ram legal tussle Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:28 am PDT AFP - Traditional Breton "gouren" wrestlers celebrated Friday a victory over an attempt by Parisian animal rights activists' to ban their centuries-old custom of awarding a live ram to victors. Full Story Top Longest dinosaur thigh bone in Europe found in Spain Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:59 am PDT AFP - Palaeontologists in Spain have found the fossiled thigh bone of a dinosaur that is almost two metres in length, the longest such femur ever discovered in Europe, they said Friday. Full Story Top Climate activists close down world's largest coal port Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:39 pm PDT Reuters - Australian climate change activists Sunday closed down operations at the world's largest coal port after entering its three terminals and attaching themselves to loaders, the terminal operator and the protesters said. Full Story Top The nation's weather Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:42 am PDT AP - A cold front was expected to keep kicking up showers as it swept toward the East Coast. A low pressure system over the Great Lakes was forecast to continue moving eastward, and was expected to pull a cold front with it. The front was forecast to stretch from the Northeast over New England and into the Southeast. Full Story Top Gemini-Titan Rocket Rises Again at Kennedy Space Center Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:00 pm PDT SPACE.com - A "new" old rocket sprouted on Wednesday inside the Rocket Garden at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Full Story Top Stem cell treatment for heart attack promising: study Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:12 pm PDT Reuters - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals and partner Athersys Inc said on Thursday their early-stage clinical trial of a stem cell therapy for heart attack patients showed improved heart function and was well-tolerated at all dosages. Full Story Top BP works on own estimate for amount of oil spilled Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:01 pm PDT AP - BP PLC is working behind the scenes to formulate its own estimate for how much crude spewed from its well in the Gulf of Mexico, as it prepares for a potential legal fight with the U.S. government over fines. Full Story Top Swamped Midwestern towns prepare for more flooding Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:29 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Towns across southwest Wisconsin, southern Minnesota and southeast South Dakota are starting to assess the damage wrought by a powerful storm system that delivered nearly a foot of rain less than two days earlier. Storm waters forced the banks of the Mississippi River and other local river systems and lakes to overflow, flooding homes and forcing evacuations that continued though Friday. Full Story Top

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