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Today's Science News: Russian spacecraft docks at orbiting station Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane Officials fear ship breaking apart on Barrier Reef Why a Little Anxiety May Be Good For You Oil spill pollutes tributary of China's Yellow River Second LNG train comes online in Yemen: media Astronauts dock at International Space Station Parkinson's Linked to Genetic Mutation NASA clears Discovery for Monday morning launch Ex-LA fire official gets 90 days for dog beating Farmer Discovers Fossil of Ant-Eating Dinosaur Conservation calls as Canada bear hunt season opens The nation's weather New Crew Arrives at Space Station on Russian Spacecraft Inactivating Gene May Cut Breast Cancer Risk Putin bolsters oil, defense ties with Venezuela Napolitano tours RI flooding, considers more aid Russian spacecraft docks at orbiting station Sat, 3 Apr 2010 10:59 pm PDT AP - A Russian space official says a Soyuz craft carrying an American and two Russian astronauts has docked successfully at the International Space Station. Full Story Top Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:27 pm PDT AP - After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology tests in orbit and then glide home to a California runway. Full Story Top Officials fear ship breaking apart on Barrier Reef Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:40 pm PDT AP - A coal-carrying ship that ran aground and was leaking oil on Australia's Great Barrier Reef was in danger of breaking apart, officials said Sunday. Full Story Top Why a Little Anxiety May Be Good For You Sat, 3 Apr 2010 01:15 pm PDT LiveScience.com - Among depressed people, anxiety associated with worrying may help relieve depression, a new study suggests. Full Story Top Oil spill pollutes tributary of China's Yellow River Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:58 am PDT AFP - A tributary of China's Yellow River has been polluted by an oil spill, state-run media reported Saturday, in the latest environmental accident to threaten the nation's drinking water. Full Story Top Second LNG train comes online in Yemen: media Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:08 am PDT AFP - The second train of Yemen's liquefied natural gas plant has come online, boosting the impoverished country's production capacity to 6.7 million tonnes of LNG per year, state media reported Saturday. Full Story Top Astronauts dock at International Space Station Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:34 pm PDT AFP - A Russian rocket carrying three astronauts from Russia and the United States docked at the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday, the Russian flight control centre said. Full Story Top Parkinson's Linked to Genetic Mutation Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- New details about how a mutation in a gene called LRRK2 may cause Parkinson's disease have been uncovered by U.S. researchers. Full Story Top NASA clears Discovery for Monday morning launch Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:22 am PDT AP - NASA has cleared Discovery for a Monday morning launch to the International Space Station, the last scheduled liftoff in darkness for the soon-to-retire shuttle program. Full Story Top Ex-LA fire official gets 90 days for dog beating Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:42 pm PDT AP - Animal rights activists yelled "puppy killer" and obscenities at a retired Los Angeles County assistant fire chief Friday after he was sentenced to 90 days in jail for beating a dog so severely with a rock it had to be euthanized. Full Story Top Farmer Discovers Fossil of Ant-Eating Dinosaur Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:35 am PDT LiveScience.com - A newfound ant-eating dinosaur was one of the smallest known and also one of the best adapted for running, scientists revealed. Full Story Top Conservation calls as Canada bear hunt season opens Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:06 am PDT AFP - Canadian environmentalists are calling for strict conservation measures as the controversial grizzly bear hunt begins over the Easter weekend in Canada's westernmost province. Full Story Top The nation's weather Sat, 3 Apr 2010 02:29 am PDT AP - Heavy rain and strong thunderstorms were forecast in the Mississippi Valley on Saturday, while rain was expected to diminish in the eastern third of the country. Winter weather advisories were issued for many spots in the northwestern portion of the country. Full Story Top New Crew Arrives at Space Station on Russian Spacecraft Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:00 pm PDT SPACE.com - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Easter Sunday, boosting the orbiting lab's population up to six people just one day ahead of NASA's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery toward the outpost. Full Story Top Inactivating Gene May Cut Breast Cancer Risk Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic mutation in the gene known as BRCA1 greatly boosts the risk that a woman will develop breast cancer. But now, researchers report that they've been able to lower the risk of cancer in mice with that gene by deactivating another gene. Full Story Top Putin bolsters oil, defense ties with Venezuela Fri, 2 Apr 2010 06:36 pm PDT Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the United States' main Latin American foe, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a needed boost with a brief visit on Friday to discuss oil, defense and nuclear energy cooperation. Full Story Top Napolitano tours RI flooding, considers more aid Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:17 pm PDT AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano flew over flooded swaths of Rhode Island on Friday, calling the damage significant and saying she's considering a plea by officials for additional federal money for the economically battered state. Full Story Top

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