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Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY (AP)
September 4, 2010
AP - A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.
Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn (AP)
September 4, 2010
AP - Pushed by an ill-timed trough of low pressure, Hurricane Earl is heading uncomfortably close to an area relatively few hurricanes tend to go: the Northeast coastline.
UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid (AP)
September 4, 2010AP - The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.
How Is Crowd Size Estimated? (LiveScience.com)
September 4, 2010LiveScience.com - Reports of the number of people who attended Glenn Beck's Aug. 28 rally have varied wildly - from 78,000 to 800,000 people. How is crowd size estimated - and who does the counting?
French science vessel to start second leg of climate voyage (AFP)
September 4, 2010
AFP - The French yacht Tara leaves Sunday on the second leg of a three-year voyage across the world's oceans to chart the effects of climate change on micro-organisms which produce half our oxygen.
BP spill costs hit 8 bln dlrs as crews unearth clues (AFP)
September 4, 2010
AFP - British oil giant BP has spent eight billion dollars to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the company has revealed as its crews retrieved key evidence from the seabed.
As a Hurricane, Earl Looked Like 'Magnificent Chaos' From Space (SPACE.com)
September 4, 2010SPACE.com - The former Hurricane Earl put on a striking weather display for astronauts on the International Space Station, impressing the crew with its strength even as it weakened to a tropical storm.
Biotech salmon safe for eating: FDA (Reuters)
September 4, 2010Reuters - A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates.
Famed Tasmanian devil euthanized after tumor found (AP)
September 4, 2010
AP - A Tasmanian devil named Cedric, once thought to be immune to a contagious facial cancer threatening the iconic creatures with extinction, has been euthanized after succumbing to the disease, researchers said Wednesday.
Sacramento eatery takes 'dancing shrimp' off menu (AP)
September 4, 2010AP - A Sacramento restaurant agreed to stop serving live shrimp after an animal-rights group said the practice was cruel to the shellfish.
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