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NASA clears shuttle for space station visit
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - NASA managers on Wednesday cleared the space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts for ...

U.S. top court rules for Navy in whales-sonar case
By James Vicini WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy can conduct sonar training exercises off the southern California coast without restric...

Risks seen in opposite-sex heart transplants
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON - Men and women who get heart transplants are more likely to die when the donor was of the opposite sex...

Lebanon finds 2,900 year old Phoenician remains
BEIRUT - Lebanese and Spanish archaeologists have discovered 2,900-year-old earthenware pottery that ancient Phoenicians used to store t...

Stem-cell firms surge as Obama fuels funding hopes
By Esha Dey BANGALORE - Shares of companies developing therapies based on stem cells surged on Monday, after confirmation over th...

Education blunts effects of Alzheimer's: study
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON - Brain scans of people with an abnormality that is a hallmark of Alzheimer 's disease are strengthenin...

Indonesia launches new early warning tsunami system
JAKARTA - Indonesia launched a new hi-tech system Tuesday aimed at detecting a potential tsunami and providing faster alerts in a region...

Egypt says has found pyramid built for ancient queen
By Will Rasmussen SAQQARA, Egypt - Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a pyramid buried in the desert and thought to belong t...

Astronaut set to become Japan's first mom in space
TOKYO - A Japanese astronaut and mother of one has been picked as a crew member of the space shuttle Atlantis, Japan 's space agency sai...

Chinese menus, medicine threatening wildlife
By Emma Graham-Harrison BEIJING - Wild animals are climbing back onto Chinese plates after the deadly SARS virus made some diners...