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Bush establishes 3 marine monuments in Pacific
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 AP - In the largest marine conservation effort in history, President George W. Bush on Tuesday designated what he called "three beautiful and biologically diverse areas of the Pacific Ocean" as national marine monuments.
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Grand Canyon, Loch Ness compete as nature wonders
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 AP - The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said Wednesday. The 261 nominees from 222 countries include some of the most famous mountain peaks, lakes, and other attractions, such as the Great Barrier Reef and Niagara Falls.
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Venezuela shuts cheap oil pipeline for 200,000 US homes
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 AFP - Some 200,000 US households will no longer get cheap heating oil from Venezuela after the state-owned CITGO subsidiary announced it was dropping the program due to falling oil prices, the organization in charge of distributing the oil said Tuesday.
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Space Shuttle Extension Options Carry High Costs
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SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - NASA could extend space
shuttle operations to 2012 by adding three flights - at a cost of roughly $5 billion - without dramatically affecting
the agency's plan to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020, according to a
draft internal report on delaying the planned 2010 retirement of the orbiter
fleet.
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