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Today's Science News: Surveillance satellite in orbit after Calif launch Soyuz capsule lands in Kazakh steppe with 3 aboard NZealand rescuers save 14 whales from stranded pod Surprising Hike in Suicide Rates Found Among Baby Boomers Obama urged to use spill fines to restore Gulf Russia Calls for Cooperation on Arctic Oil Ownership Hawaii telescope discovers asteroid US appeals court hears debate on stemcell research Florida panthers bound back thanks to Texas mates Breton wrestlers win live ram legal tussle Longest dinosaur thigh bone in Europe found in Spain Spill panel: Federal confusion lost public trust The nation's weather 'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid Will Miss Earth by 4 Million Miles Obama administration fights for stem cell funding 'Fifty percent of spilled oil remains in Gulf' Heavy rains spark big floods over Central America Surveillance satellite in orbit after Calif launch Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:28 pm PDT AP - A new Space Based Surveillance satellite is orbiting Earth after a successful launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast. Full Story Top Soyuz capsule lands in Kazakh steppe with 3 aboard Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:26 pm 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 Surprising Hike in Suicide Rates Found Among Baby Boomers Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:20 pm PDT LiveScience.com - Suicide rates among middle-age people are going up, according to a new study. The trend seems to be driven by the entrance of the Baby Boom generation into middle age, when chronic diseases rear their ugly heads. Full Story Top Obama urged to use spill fines to restore Gulf Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:10 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama's point person on the Gulf coast's restoration will recommend paying for it with some of the billions of dollars in civil penalties that could be collected from companies responsible for the oil spill. Full Story Top Russia Calls for Cooperation on Arctic Oil Ownership Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:40 pm PDT Time.com - After years of saying it was willing to fight for ownership of the Arctic -- and the untapped oil reserves below it -- Russia is now calling for cooperation. But will it keep its word? Full Story Top Hawaii telescope discovers asteroid Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:42 pm PDT AP - An asteroid that will come within 4 million miles of Earth in mid-October has been discovered by a University of Hawaii telescope. Full Story Top US appeals court hears debate on stemcell research Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:41 pm PDT AFP - A US appeals court heard debate Monday over whether to suspend embryonic stem cell research funded by the government, as the Obama administration argued that a ban would waste millions of dollars already invested in scientific study. 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 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 Spill panel: Federal confusion lost public trust Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:39 pm PDT AP - The Obama administration's repeated low estimates of the huge BP oil spill undermined public confidence in the government's entire cleanup effort, leaders of a White House-appointed commission declared at an investigatory hearing Monday. One likened the mistakes to Custer's disastrous decisions at Little Big Horn. Full Story Top The nation's weather Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:40 am PDT AP - Little change in weather activity was expected throughout the nation Monday. Full Story Top 'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid Will Miss Earth by 4 Million Miles Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:45 pm PDT SPACE.com - A new asteroid-hunting telescope has made its first discovery of a potentially threatening space rock: an asteroid that will fly near our planet — but not hit it — within a few weeks. Full Story Top Obama administration fights for stem cell funding Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:36 am PDT Reuters - The Obama administration on Monday pleaded with a U.S. appeals court to allow federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research to continue, arguing a ban would ruin numerous projects and cost millions of dollars. Full Story Top 'Fifty percent of spilled oil remains in Gulf' Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:10 pm PDT AFP - Over half the oil released from a busted BP well remains in the Gulf of Mexico, a presidential panel has been told, contrary to government claims, as the US pointman lamented a "dysfunctional" response to the disaster. Full Story Top Heavy rains spark big floods over Central America Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:41 pm PDT AFP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Matthew have dumped torrential rains on southern Mexico and much of Central America, killing at least four people as it let loose floods and mudslides across the water-logged region. Full Story Top

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