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Today's Science News: Giffords' astronaut hubby decision due Friday Bison slaughter challenged as habitat effort flops Obama sharpens jobs element of energy pitch Vodafone: Egypt forced us to send text messages EPA Plan to Limit Rocket Chemical Fuels Debate Honda Fit beats Toyota Prius to top Japan sales Natural gas crunch leaves thousands shivering in Southwest Neil Armstrong honors German rocket pioneer Kids' Rising Obesity Rates Due to Bad Habits, Not Genes: Study Report: Gulf oil spill was deadly time for turtles Thai oil company gets OK to operate in Aust. water The nation's weather Giffords' Astronaut Husband Weighs Decision to Lead Space Mission Human Genome Turns 10: 5 Lessons Learned Shell: No Beaufort Sea drilling in Arctic for 2011 South Dakota reopens highway closed by snow drifts Giffords' astronaut hubby decision due Friday Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:24 pm PST AP - The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will announce Friday whether he'll fly on space shuttle Endeavour's final voyage — and all signs are go. Full Story Top Bison slaughter challenged as habitat effort flops Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:29 pm PST AP - Dozens more wild bison were herded into corrals on the border of Yellowstone National Park to await possible slaughter Thursday, as a much-heralded initiative to expand where the animals can roam in Montana collapsed. Full Story Top Obama sharpens jobs element of energy pitch Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:47 pm PST AP - President Barack Obama, turning briefly to his eclipsed domestic agenda, sharpened his sales pitch for clean energy technology Thursday by promising that the payoff would be a wave of jobs — the kind good enough to support families and long-term American prosperity. Full Story Top Vodafone: Egypt forced us to send text messages Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:16 pm PST AP - Egyptian authorities forced Vodafone to broadcast pro-government text messages during the protests that have rocked the country, the U.K.-based mobile company said Thursday. Full Story Top EPA Plan to Limit Rocket Chemical Fuels Debate Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:10 pm PST LiveScience.com - For the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to limit how much of the rocket fuel chemical perchlorate is allowed in drinking water. Full Story Top Honda Fit beats Toyota Prius to top Japan sales Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:06 pm PST AP - Honda's Fit subcompact overtook Toyota's Prius gasoline-electric hybrid as Japan's top-selling car in January, its first return to that spot in nearly two years. Full Story Top Natural gas crunch leaves thousands shivering in Southwest Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:46 pm PST Reuters - Thousands of New Mexicans and others across the Southwest were left huddling against bitter cold on Thursday after supplies of natural gas were cut off to their communities. Full Story Top Neil Armstrong honors German rocket pioneer Thu, 3 Feb 2011 06:27 pm PST AP - The first person to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, made a rare public appearance at Alabama's space center Thursday to honor a NASA pioneer who helped figure out how to drive a rover on the moon. Full Story Top Kids' Rising Obesity Rates Due to Bad Habits, Not Genes: Study Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:47 pm PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor eating and activity habits, not genetics, are the underlying causes for most cases of adolescent obesity, new research suggests. Full Story Top Report: Gulf oil spill was deadly time for turtles Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:36 pm PST AP - More sea turtles were killed or injured in the Gulf of Mexico in the months following the BP oil spill than in any similar period during the past two decades, a report released Wednesday found. Full Story Top Thai oil company gets OK to operate in Aust. water Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:38 pm PST AP - A Thai-owned oil rig operator was given approval Friday to continue working in Australian waters despite its role in Australia's worst-ever oil spill. Full Story Top The nation's weather Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:46 am PST AP - The winter storm that has pounded the Midwest and East Coast will quickly move offshore into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday. Full Story Top Giffords' Astronaut Husband Weighs Decision to Lead Space Mission Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:01 pm PST SPACE.com - Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), is weighing the tough decision of whether to command his planned April space shuttle mission, or step down to remain by his wife's side. Full Story Top Human Genome Turns 10: 5 Lessons Learned Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:10 pm PST LiveScience.com - Ten years ago this month, in what was heralded as the opening to a new era in human biology and medicine, two rival teams of scientists published their first official reports of the sequencing of the human genome. Full Story Top Shell: No Beaufort Sea drilling in Arctic for 2011 Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:10 pm PST AP - Shell Alaska has dropped plans to drill in the Arctic waters of the Beaufort Sea this year and will concentrate on obtaining permits for the 2012 season, company Vice President Pete Slaiby said Thursday. Full Story Top South Dakota reopens highway closed by snow drifts Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:27 pm PST Reuters - South Dakota reopened late Thursday afternoon an interstate where up to 200 vehicles, some with small children inside, were stranded for hours by 5-foot snow drifts, officials said. Full Story Top

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