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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 Blood Tests Point to First Traces of Several Cancers BP fines should fund Gulf restoration, says report U.S. official says BP spill fines should go to Gulf Senate's NASA Authorization Bill Headed for House Floor Court OKs US-funded stem cell research for now Florida panthers bound back thanks to Texas mates New plan to save Mediterranean biodiversity Longest dinosaur thigh bone in Europe found in Spain Obama endorses using fines for Gulf rehabilitation The nation's weather NASA's New Space Capsule Could Be Ready for Test Flights in 2013 US appeals court allows stem cell funding to continue Why many environmentalists will fight Germany's green energy plan Cuba, Bahamas, Florida under tropical storm alert 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 Blood Tests Point to First Traces of Several Cancers Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:45 pm PDT LiveScience.com - The hodgepodge of molecules floating in our bloodstreams seems to broadcast the growth of tiny cancers hiding in the body's organs, and if certain chemical blends appear in blood tests, researchers will have the chance to try to treat these cancers at earlier stages, according to several new studies. Full Story Top BP fines should fund Gulf restoration, says report Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:17 pm PDT AFP - President Barack Obama's pointman onrestoring the oil spill-hit Gulf coast recommended the area's recovery by funded in part by fines levied against BP, which could run to the billions of dollars. Full Story Top U.S. official says BP spill fines should go to Gulf Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:52 pm PDT Reuters - A large portion of fines that BP Plc may pay for its role in the worst oil spill in U.S. history should go toward fixing the damage caused to Gulf Coast states, a federal official said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Senate's NASA Authorization Bill Headed for House Floor Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:00 am PDT SPACE.com - WASHINGTON — House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) said Sept. 27 he anticipates the NASA authorization bill passed by the Senate last month will come to the House floor Sept. 29. Full Story Top Court OKs US-funded stem cell research for now Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:24 pm PDT AP - An appeals court ruled Tuesday that government funding of embryonic stem cell research can continue for now. 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 New plan to save Mediterranean biodiversity Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:42 pm PDT AFP - An alliance of conservationists and international donors on Wednesday unveiled a map of six areas on the Mediterranean rim aimed at guiding policy for preserving precious habitats and threatened species. 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 Obama endorses using fines for Gulf rehabilitation Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:35 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama endorsed a plan Tuesday to rehabilitate the Gulf of Mexico with some of the billions of dollars in water pollution fines expected from the companies responsible for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Full Story Top The nation's weather Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:10 am PDT AP - Cool, wet and stormy weather was forecast to continue in the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday due to a dominant, lingering low pressure trough. Full Story Top NASA's New Space Capsule Could Be Ready for Test Flights in 2013 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:45 pm PDT SPACE.com - NASA's new Orion space capsule is steadily coming together in preparation for a 2013 test flight, even though neither its funding nor its mission is set in stone. Full Story Top US appeals court allows stem cell funding to continue Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:06 pm PDT AFP - A US appeals court ruled Tuesday that federal funding of stem cell research can continue, dissolving a lower court's ban while the government and activists fight over whether the funding is legal. Full Story Top Why many environmentalists will fight Germany's green energy plan Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:55 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Angela Merkel’s German cabinet Tuesday ratified an ambitious blueprint for moving the country toward a low-emission energy future that calls for ending centuries of reliance on fossil fuels. Full Story Top Cuba, Bahamas, Florida under tropical storm alert Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:24 pm PDT AFP - Parts of Cuba, the Bahamas and Florida were under a tropical storm alert Tuesday, as a tropical depression gathered strength and was likely to become Tropical Storm Nicole, forecasters said. Full Story Top

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