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GE: Limit PCB contamination during Hudson dredging (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - General Electric Co. on Monday proposed a halting further dredging of the Hudson River if PCBs churned up by the work spread too much pollution downriver during the second phase of an ongoing cleanup.
Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states.
Not more quakes, just more people in quake zones (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot.
Chilled Chameleons Still Quick to Snag a Meal (LiveScience.com)
March 9, 2010LiveScience.com - Chameleons' high-speed tongues can still shoot out lickety-split to capture prey in cold temperatures, when their other muscles don't move as fast, a new study finds.
Prius with stuck accelerator glides to safe stop (AP)
March 9, 2010AP - A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP said.
Shell, PetroChina bid for Australian gas company (AFP)
March 9, 2010
AFP - Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina joined forces for a 2.96 billion US dollar bid for Australia's Arrow Energy on Monday, hoping for a bigger slice of the country's booming liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector.
Space Station Wins Prestigious Collier Trophy (SPACE.com)
March 9, 2010SPACE.com - The International Space Station program has won a prestigious aviation award — the 2009 Collier Trophy — in recognition of its strides in advancing aeronautics.
Breast Cancer Patients Often Confused by Genomic Testing (HealthDay)
March 9, 2010HealthDay - MONDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors need to do a better job of explaining genomic test results to breast cancer patients, say U.S. researchers.
Northwest at risk of megaquake like one in Chile (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - Just 50 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast is an earthquake hotspot that threatens to unleash on Seattle, Portland and Vancouver the kind of damage that has shattered Chile.
Congo group accuses soldiers of killing animals (AP)
March 9, 2010AP - An environmental group is accusing Congolese soldiers of killing more rare wild animals in a national park in Congo's volatile east.
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