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03/11/2010 03:14 PM
Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget (AP)
     

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during the opening session of the international conference on major forest areas, in Paris, Thursday March 11, 2010. Sarkozy opened daylong conference of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)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 12:29 AM
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles (AP)
     

FILE - In this May 15, 2007 file photo, a loggerhead sea turtle swims at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. The turtle was first discovered as a hatchling straggler left behind by his nest mates, and was later released back into the Atlantic Ocean. The federal government recommended Wednesday, March 10, 2010, that the loggerhead turtle be listed as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe)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.
03/10/2010 07:12 PM
Personal look at genes locates disease causes (AP)
     AP - Children inherit about 30 mutated genes from each parent, fewer than had been thought, but enough in at least one case to pass on inherited illnesses, according to a first detailed look at the blueprint for human life in a family.
03/11/2010 01:50 PM
Calming Ragged Nerves from Inside the Tsunami Warning Center (LiveScience.com)
     LiveScience.com - Gerard Fryer got paged about 20 times early Thursday morning Hawaii time, signaling a large earthquake had occurred in Chile and there was a potential for a tsunami.
03/11/2010 07:31 PM
Toyota 'mystified' by runaway Prius case in Calif. (AP)
     

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man's Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freeway.
03/11/2010 02:04 PM
Italy to host Europe's biggest solar plant: company (AFP)
     

Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace hold banners reading, 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 06:26 PM
US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program (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.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)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 07:03 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 03:32 AM
48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing (AP)
     

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an akikiki or Kauai creeper is seen in Kauai, Hawaii. The federal government added the akikiki and 47 other plants and animals to the endangered species list Wendesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dr. Eric VanderWerf.)AP - Wildlife officials lauded Washington's "holistic approach" to conservation in Hawaii after the Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 square miles on Kauai as critical habitat to allow the plants and animals to flourish.
03/11/2010 06:03 PM
Anti-whaling activist faces arrest on arrival in Japan (AFP)
     

This undated handout obtained from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society shows New Zealand's Pete Bethune. The anti-whaling activist held on a Japanese harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month was expected to arrive in Tokyo harbour on Friday and likely face arrest.(AFP/HO/File/Barbara Veiga)AFP - A New Zealand anti-whaling activist held on a Japanese harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month was expected to arrive in Tokyo harbour on Friday and likely face arrest.
03/09/2010 07:10 PM
Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birds (AFP)
     

A man holds an egg from an extinct elephant bird. 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.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)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.
03/11/2010 07:11 PM
EPA to allow states address rising ocean acidity (AP)
     AP - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life.
03/11/2010 04:54 AM
The nation's weather (AP)
     AP - Unsettling weather activity was forecast to continue to develop throughout the Mid- and Eastern U.S. on Thursday.
03/11/2010 05:00 PM
International Space Station Could Fly Through 2028, NASA Partners Say (SPACE.com)
     SPACE.com - MUNICH, Germany - The International Space Station (ISS) partners have begun reviewing their on-board hardware with the goal of certifying it for use until 2028 even as they seek ways to reduce the annual operating costs of the orbital complex, the partners said in a joint statement Thursday.
03/11/2010 07:03 PM
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 11:39 AM
BP to pay Devon $7 billion for oil fields (Reuters)
     

A British Petroleum (BP) sign is seen at a petrol station in south London July 29, 2008. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - 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 04:18 PM
Ex-New Orleans officer pleads in shooting cover-up (AP)
     

U.S. Attorney James Letten, left, speaks to the media outside the Federal Court building in New Orleans,Thursday, March 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)AP - A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to covering up the deadly shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina, with a judge calling the plot a "despicable" scheme that immeasurably compounded the storm's damage.