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Torrential rains kill 18 in Guatemala (Reuters)
September 5, 2010
Reuters - At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala on Saturday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern Mexico.
EDF may face criminal trial over Greenpeace affair (AFP)
September 5, 2010
AFP - Prosecutors have called for French state energy giant EDF, accused of spying on environmental campaigners Greenpeace, to face criminal trial, EDF lawyer Alexis Gublin said Saturday.
On Months-Long Missions, How Durable Is An Astronaut's Mind? (SPACE.com)
September 5, 2010SPACE.com - As an international team of volunteers in Russia approaches the three-month mark in its ambitious simulation of a 520-day flight to Mars, researchers are keeping a close watch on how the six men are physically and psychologically coping.
BP Gulf well "secured," awaiting final kill: U.S. (Reuters)
September 5, 2010Reuters - BP Plc's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well is secure with no threat of spewing crude again, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said
Sacramento eatery takes 'dancing shrimp' off menu (AP)
September 5, 2010AP - A Sacramento restaurant agreed to stop serving live shrimp after an animal-rights group said the practice was cruel to the shellfish.
As a Hurricane, Earl Looked Like 'Magnificent Chaos' From Space (SPACE.com)
September 5, 2010SPACE.com - The former Hurricane Earl put on a striking weather display for astronauts on the International Space Station, impressing the crew with its strength even as it weakened to a tropical storm.
Biotech salmon safe for eating: FDA (Reuters)
September 5, 2010Reuters - A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates.
Busted BP well no longer 'threat' to Gulf (AFP)
September 5, 2010
AFP - The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat," a senior US official said.
Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface (AP)
September 5, 2010
AP - Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece evidence is secure aboard a ship.
Engineer Predicted Deepwater Horizon's Oil Slick Spread (LiveScience.com)
September 5, 2010LiveScience.com - As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill unfolded earlier this summer, a mechanical engineer helped cleanup crews keep up with the moving target by developing a steady stream of forecasts that predicted where the oil slick would spread several days in advance.
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