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Space shuttle on course for midnight rendezvous

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Endeavour zoomed toward a midnight rendezvous with the International Space Station late Tuesday, and NASA grew ever more optimistic that the shuttle is free of any launch damage....

New federal climate change agency forming
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate....

India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India again successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile Sunday that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, a defense ministry press release said....





Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests....

Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions and a sunken vessel continue....

Feds: Status of pika will still need watching
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The American pika isn't heading for the endangered species list, but federal scientists said there's no question it bears watching as the West warms in the coming decades....

Russian cargo ship arrives at space station
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian cargo ship has sucessfully docked at the International Space Station, delivering supplies for its crew of five....

US-born pandas reach new home in China
CHENGDU, China (AP) -- Two American-born pandas arrived in their new China home Friday, bringing a welcome dose of cuddly to the countries' currently strained relations....

Explorers' century-old whisky found in Antarctic
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- This Scotch has been on the rocks for a century....

Ancient dinosaur had stripes, researchers say
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some dinosaurs had russet-colored feathers, and one jazzy specimen had a Mohawk crest and stripes, researchers say in the first reports to confidently assign colors to dinosaurs....