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Today's Science News: In midst of river cleanup, supporters are divided Despite oil, baby turtles being released to Gulf Ancient woman suggests diverse migration Avoidable Disasters: Major (and Deadly) Human Screw-ups BP 'still to decide' on Hayward in wake of oil spill BP's Hayward to step aside as Gulf work resumes Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Suffers Malfunction Gene Therapy Shows Promise With 'Bubble Boy' Disease Seabird safety nixes Hawaii Friday night football Jordan police prevent 'lettuce lady' protest Clawed Dinosaur Caught in the Act of Digging for Prey Senate Democrats to introduce energy bill The nation's weather Huge Space Rock (Meeting) Descends on New York Benefit confirmed in "bubble boy" treatment BP's Hayward to step aside; Gulf work resumes Storms continue amid flood cleanup In midst of river cleanup, supporters are divided Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:39 pm PDT AP - Once a dumping ground for chemicals, a stretch of the Housatonic River that winds near this Berkshires hamlet is being scoured in a lengthy, expensive cleanup. Now, dredging other parts of the riverbed is under consideration, but the fishers, bird watchers and swimmers who would benefit are wondering how much effort is too much. Full Story Top Despite oil, baby turtles being released to Gulf Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:36 am PDT AP - Federal biologists are releasing thousands of endangered baby sea turtles into the western Gulf of Mexico, betting that by the time the silver dollar-sized swimmers make it to the oil-fouled waters of the eastern Gulf, BP will have cleaned up its goopy mess. Full Story Top Ancient woman suggests diverse migration Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:18 pm PDT AP - A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once thought, researchers say. Full Story Top Avoidable Disasters: Major (and Deadly) Human Screw-ups Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:25 pm PDT LiveScience.com - While BP seems to have gotten the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico under control for now, investigations suggest corners were cut for the sake of profit and expediency, leading to the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and fire that killed 11 workers and started the oil leak. Full Story Top BP 'still to decide' on Hayward in wake of oil spill Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:39 pm PDT AFP - BP said Monday no final decision has been reached on a change of management, after reports claimed chief executive Tony Hayward would resign in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. Full Story Top BP's Hayward to step aside as Gulf work resumes Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:13 pm PDT Reuters - BP Plc was expected to announce changes at the top on Monday with the anticipated departure of CEO Tony Hayward, who came under fire for his handling of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story Top Spacecraft Orbiting Mars Suffers Malfunction Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:15 am PDT SPACE.com - NASA engineers are working to revive the space agency's oldest spacecraft in orbit around Mars from an unexpected malfunction that stalled its observations of the red planet. Full Story Top Gene Therapy Shows Promise With 'Bubble Boy' Disease Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- Eight of nine male infants born with so-called "Bubble Boy" disease were still alive and well nine years after they underwent gene therapy, French researchers report. Full Story Top Seabird safety nixes Hawaii Friday night football Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:58 pm PDT AP - High school football games on Hawaii's Kauai island will be held on Saturday afternoons instead of Friday nights this year to protect threatened seabirds. Full Story Top Jordan police prevent 'lettuce lady' protest Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:56 pm PDT AFP - An animal rights activist in salad dressing -- she wore an all-lettuce gown -- never got to promote her pro-vegetarian message on Sunday after Jordanian police said the one-woman demo was unauthorised. Full Story Top Clawed Dinosaur Caught in the Act of Digging for Prey Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:50 am PDT LiveScience.com - A clawed, predatory dinosaur may have been caught in the act of digging for mammalian prey, scientists now reveal. Full Story Top Senate Democrats to introduce energy bill Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:02 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will unveil as early as Monday a slimmed-down energy bill seeking to make offshore drilling safer and convert trucks to run on domestic natural gas. Full Story Top The nation's weather Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:52 am PDT AP - Tropical Storm Bonnie was forecast to keep pushing toward the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, while most of the Eastern U.S. remained extremely hot and muggy. Full Story Top Huge Space Rock (Meeting) Descends on New York Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:15 pm PDT SPACE.com - NEW YORK - Space rock aficionados from around the world are converging on New York City for the biggest ever meeting of the Meteoritical Society this week. Full Story Top Benefit confirmed in "bubble boy" treatment Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:03 pm PDT Reuters - A 10-year study of nine boys born without the ability to ward off germs has found that gene therapy is an effective long-term treatment, but it carries a price: four of them developed leukemia. Full Story Top BP's Hayward to step aside; Gulf work resumes Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:46 pm PDT Reuters - BP Plc was expected to announce changes at the top on Monday with the anticipated departure of CEO Tony Hayward, who came under fire for his handling of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story Top Storms continue amid flood cleanup Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:36 pm PDT Reuters - Large swathes of the United States suffered another day of extreme weather on Sunday, with hot temperatures in the nation's capital and Southeast coastal areas giving way to thunderstorms later in the day. Full Story Top

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