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• THURSDAY 23. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 09:12 Obama to address gas prices, pitch energy policy (AP)

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  AP - President Barack Obama is confronting Americans' anxiety over rising gasoline prices by drawing attention to his energy policies and taking credit for rising oil and gas production, a greater mix of energy sources and decreased consumption.

  
   

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• 09:11 High season for tornadoes ahead, eyes on Southeast (AP)

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  AP - With the month of March looming, tornado chasers are already watching the Southeast as a nasty storm brews with the potential to spin off a batch of tornadoes.  

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• 09:04 KBR ex-CEO to be sentenced Thurs. in bribery case (AP)

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  AP - A former chief executive of construction giant KBR Inc. will learn his penalty for a federal bribery conviction related to the company's natural gas operations in Nigeria from 1995 to 2004.  

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• 04:01 Skywatcher Photos Catch Stunning Northern Lights Display (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - A surprisingly vivid display of the northern lights dominated the night sky in recent days, offering dazzling weekend light shows as far south as Nebraska for observers with clear weather, according to skywatchers.  

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• 03:44 Tiny 'Soccer Ball' Space Molecules Could Equal 10,000 Mount Everests (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - For the first time, astronomers have discovered the solid form of tiny carbon spheres in deep space inside a vast cloud of particles locked in orbit around two distant stars.  

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• 02:44 Judge: BP liable for civil penalties for oil spill (AP)

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  AP - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that BP PLC and one of its minority partners in the blown-out Macondo well are liable for civil penalties under the Clean Water Act for their roles in the nation's worst offshore oil spill.  

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• 01:17 Natural gas drillers pay $15M to settle case (AP)

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  AP - Half a dozen drilling companies have agreed to pay $15 million to the federal government over allegations that they underpaid royalties on natural gas produced from leased federal and Indian land.  

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• 00:17 From Tohoku-oki Tsunami to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (ContributorNetwork)

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  ContributorNetwork - On March 11, 2011, an undersea 9.0 megathrust earthquake was triggered and sent a duel catastrophe rocketing into the coast of Japan. The Tohoku-oki Quake and Tsunami ended up creating the worst nuclear accident in 25 years and the most costly natural disaster in our recorded history. Approximately 20,000 people died from this disaster primarily to drowning. Entire coastal communities and ports were crushed under 3-6 meter waves, producing an estimated 20 million tons of debris.  

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• WEDNESDAY 22. FEBRUARY, 2012
• 23:51 Migraines Linked to Depression in Women (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - Women who have had migraine headaches are more likely than other women to develop depression, according to a new finding based on 14 years of health data.  

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• 23:05 'Little Horny Man': Rock Carving of Giant Phallus Discovered (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - A stick figure man with a giant phallus dubbed "the little horny man" by its discoverers is the oldest rock carving found yet in the Americas, researchers say.  

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• 22:45 Tiny 'Soccer Ball' Space Molecules Could Equal 10,000 Mount Everests (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - For the first time, astronomers have discovered the solid form of tiny carbon spheres in deep space in vast cloud of particles locked in orbit around two distant stars.  

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• 21:45 Pope marks Ash Wednesday (AP)

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  AP - Pope Benedict XVI rode on a motorized cart in an Ash Wednesday procession, forsaking the traditional short walk between two Rome churches as the 84-year-old pontiff tries to conserve his energy.  

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• 21:43 Lawmakers to Obama: tamp down fuel prices with oil stocks (Reuters)

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  Reuters - Three Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday urged the White House to signal it is ready to tap the nation's oil stockpiles to combat surging fuel prices, arguing an "aggressive" strategy could tamp down speculation.  

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• 21:12 Groups challenge Shell Oil's Arctic air permit (AP)

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  AP - Environmental and Alaska Native groups will try to keep Shell Oil out of Arctic waters this summer by appealing an air permit that was granted by the Environmental Protection Agency.  

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• 21:06 Scientist admits taking, leaking think-tank papers (AP)

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  AP - Ethicists are criticizing a prominent scientist for misrepresenting himself to obtain and then leak sensitive documents from a conservative think tank that campaigns against mainstream global warming science.  

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• 21:03 NY court decision bolsters anti-fracking movement (AP)

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  AP - A New York court decision has bolstered a movement among towns determined to prevent hydraulic fracturing for natural gas within their borders.  

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• 20:35 Reports of Looming Male Extinction Exaggerated (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - Contrary to previous belief, men may not be on the way out after all. New research reveals that the Y chromosome is not rapidly degrading and is unlikely to disappear.  

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• 20:25 Pioneering molecular biologist Roy J. Britten dies (AP)

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  AP - Roy J. Britten, a pioneering molecular biologist who discovered the crucial fact that humans and animals have multiple copies of some DNA segments, has died. He was 92.  

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• 20:19 San Jose Hoarder's Trash Pile Visible from Space (ContributorNetwork)

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  ContributorNetwork - It doesn't matter how many stories about hoarders we read -- they're all disturbing (and sad), particularly another incident the Huffington Post reported on Tuesday.  

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• 20:05 Environmental Groups Threaten to Sue EPA Over Proposed Ballast Water Rule (ContributorNetwork)

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  ContributorNetwork - Several environmental groups are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's restrictions on ship ballast water discharge, saying the laws are too lax and are leading to the spread of invasive species in the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters, according to Reuters. The EPA is required to rewrite its ballast tank rule this year, with it set to go into effect in 2013. But if the new rule is too lax, the environmental groups are threatening possible legal action.  

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• 19:11 Anti-Aging Protein Extends Life Span in Mice, and Maybe Humans (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - Things are looking up for aging mice and, if this research pays off, for aging humans, too.  

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• 19:01 Venus, Jupiter & Moon Make Skywatching Triple Play This Week (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - Anyone out under the stars in the early evening lately likely cannot help but notice two brilliant objects dominating the western sky: the planets Venus and Jupiter.  

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• 17:45 'Pac-Man Sun': NASA Probe Sees Solar Eclipse in Space (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - A NASA spacecraft has captured stunning footage of Tuesday's (Feb. 21) partial solar eclipse, which left our star looking briefly like a huge celestial Pac-Man.  

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• 17:01 One Year Later: Lessons Learned from Deadly Japan Earthquake (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In 2011, Japan was one of the most prepared countries in the world for a massive earthquake. Yet when a mega-quake hit Japan last March, sparking a huge tsunami, it was shockingly devastating.  

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• 16:45 NASCAR Races to 'Green' a Notoriously Dirty Business (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - When the 43 NASCAR drivers start their engines for Sunday's Daytona 500, they will be doing so for the second year with American ethanol-blended fuel in their gas tanks.  

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