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NY court decision bolsters anti-fracking movement
(AP)
AP - A New York court decision has bolstered a movement among towns determined to prevent the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas within their borders.
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Migraines Linked to Depression in Women
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Women who have had migraine headaches are more likely than other women to develop depression, according to a new finding based on 14 years of health data.
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Scientist admits taking, leaking think-tank papers
(AP)
AP - In the field of climate science, when someone — especially skeptics — did something ethically questionable or misrepresented facts, scientist Peter Gleick was usually among the first and loudest to cry foul. He chaired a prominent scientific society's ethics committee. He created an award for what he considered lies about global warming.
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Tiny 'Soccer Ball' Space Molecules Could Equal 10,000 Mount Everests
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - For the first time, astronomers have discovered the solid form of tiny carbon spheres in deep space in vast cloud of particles locked in orbit around two distant stars.
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Pope marks Ash Wednesday
(AP)
AP - Pope Benedict XVI rode on a motorized cart in an Ash Wednesday procession, forsaking the traditional short walk between two Rome churches as the 84-year-old pontiff tries to conserve his energy.
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Groups challenge Shell Oil's Arctic air permit
(AP)
AP - Environmental and Alaska Native groups will try to keep Shell Oil out of Arctic waters this summer by appealing an air permit that was granted by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Environmental Groups Threaten to Sue EPA Over Proposed Ballast Water Rule
(ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Several environmental groups are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's restrictions on ship ballast water discharge, saying the laws are too lax and are leading to the spread of invasive species in the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters, according to Reuters. The EPA is required to rewrite its ballast tank rule this year, with it set to go into effect in 2013. But if the new rule is too lax, the environmental groups are threatening possible legal action.
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Venus, Jupiter & Moon Make Skywatching Triple Play This Week
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Anyone out under the stars in the early evening lately likely cannot help but notice two brilliant objects dominating the western sky: the planets Venus and Jupiter.
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One Year Later: Lessons Learned from Deadly Japan Earthquake
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In 2011, Japan was one of the most prepared countries in the world for a massive earthquake. Yet when a mega-quake hit Japan last March, sparking a huge tsunami, it was shockingly devastating.
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The nations weather
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AP - Weather Underground Forecast for Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
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New family of legless amphibians found in India
(AP)
 AP - Since before the age of dinosaurs it has burrowed unbothered beneath the monsoon-soaked soils of remote northeast India — unknown to science and mistaken by villagers as a deadly, miniature snake.
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Radiation detected 400 miles off Japanese coast
(AP)
 AP - Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant disaster has been detected as far as almost 400 miles off Japan in the Pacific Ocean, with water showing readings of up to 1,000 times more than prior levels, scientists reported Tuesday.
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Glenn marks 50 years since historic orbit of Earth
(AP)
 AP - John Glenn made his historic spaceflight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow headline-making astronauts and NASA's administrator to family, friends and students at Ohio State University, where the public affairs school bears his name.
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Gene Might Boost Risk for Obesity
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new animal study suggests that a
genetic mutation could put certain people at higher risk for becoming
obese if they eat high-fat diets.
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Study finds one percent of human genes switched off
(Reuters)
Reuters - Scientists studying the human genome have found that each of us is carrying around 20 genes that have been completely inactivated, suggesting that not all switched-off genes are harmful to health.
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2012 Westminster dog show: some viewers barking over 'Best in Show' choice
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Malachy the Pekingese won "Best in Show" from the Westminster Kennel Club, but alas, he didn't win everyone's heart in a dog show televised on Valentine's night.
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