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Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating
(AP)
 AP - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.
03/12/2010 - 07:04 AM
Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget
(AP)
 AP - A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests — a key defense against global warming.
03/11/2010 - 03:14 PM
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles
(AP)
 AP - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.
03/11/2010 - 12:29 AM
A Disastrous Year: 2010 Death Toll Already Abnormally High
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Just a few months into 2010, and Mother Nature has delivered a slew of costly and deadly natural disasters. From the catastrophic Haiti and Chilean earthquakes to the U.S. blizzard that descended on Washington, D.C., last month, which was mostly just inconvenient by comparison, 2010 is already above average in terms of natural-disaster casualties.
03/11/2010 - 09:17 PM
Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers
(AP)
 AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers, starving and kept in small cages, have died at a cash-strapped zoo in China, heightening concerns about conditions at wildlife facilities in the country, where activists say profiteering off the carcasses of endangered species sometimes drives over-breeding.
03/12/2010 - 06:35 AM
Italy to host Europe's biggest solar plant: company
(AFP)
 AFP - Europe's most powerful solar power plant is set to start operations in Italy later this year, the US company building the installation on an area as large as 120 football pitches said on Thursday.
03/11/2010 - 02:04 PM
US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program
(AFP)
 AFP - A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel.
03/11/2010 - 06:26 PM
Scientists Find Stem Cells in Hair That Can Become Skin
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found a
type of stem cell tucked away in hair follicles that is capable of
morphing into all three types of skin cells.
03/11/2010 - 11:49 PM
Starving sea lion pups wash up on Calif. beaches
(AP)
 AP - Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centers.
03/12/2010 - 12:40 AM
Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship
(AP)
 AP - Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling.
03/12/2010 - 05:06 AM
Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birds
(AFP)
 AFP - In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.
03/09/2010 - 07:10 PM
Ocean pollution contaminating China shellfish: report
(AFP)
 AFP - China's coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation's marine life including the shellfish supply, state press reported Friday.
03/12/2010 - 12:57 AM
The nation's weather
(AP)
AP - Wet weather was forecast to persist in the Eastern half of the nation Friday as a large low pressure system hovered over the region.
03/12/2010 - 04:58 AM
Life-Enabling Molecules Spotted in Orion Nebula
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - The chemical fingerprints of potentially life-building
molecules have been detected in the Orion nebula by Europe's Herschel Space
Observatory.
03/12/2010 - 06:47 AM
Medicine's Future Could Lie in Each Patient's Genome
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Two separate scientific
teams announced this week that they had successfully sequenced individual
genomes to pinpoint precise genetic causes of illness -- breakthroughs
that open the door to a future of individualized, genomics-based
medicine.
03/11/2010 - 11:49 PM
BP to pay Devon $7 billion for oil fields
(Reuters)
 Reuters - BP will pay $7 billion to Devon Energy for assets that will extend its reach into Brazil and bulk up its position in the Gulf of Mexico, as the world's top oil companies look to acquisitions to refill depleting reserves.
03/11/2010 - 11:39 AM
Quake, tsunami alert hit Chile as new leader sworn in
(AFP)
 AFP - Strong aftershocks and a tsunami alert rattled nerves in Chile, as rightwing billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president of the quake-hit nation.
03/12/2010 - 02:39 AM
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