Top StoriesWorkers uncovering mummified dinosaur | 18 March 2008 21:9 GMT  AP - Using tiny brushes and chisels, workers picking at a big greenish-black rock in the basement of North Dakota's state museum are meticulously uncovering something amazing: a nearly complete dinosaur, skin and all.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Workers uncovering mummified dinosaur Gene may help explain stress disorder | 18 March 2008 21:6 GMT AP - Groundbreaking research suggests genes help explain why some people can recover from a traumatic event while others suffer post-traumatic stress disorder. Though preliminary, the study provides insight into a condition expected to strike increasing numbers of military veterans returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, one health expert said. Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Gene may help explain stress disorder Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90 | 18 March 2008 20:50 GMT  AP - Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 90.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90 Danny Boy the bird reunites with owners | 18 March 2008 19:23 GMT AP - A pet macaw named Danny Boy flew the coop in Carpinteria and was found 15 months later some 80 miles away in Pasadena. Greg and Susan Vasilakos, who have moved from Carpinteria to Colorado, learned days ago that Danny Boy has been found. The bird flew away on Dec. 6, 2006, leaving the couple heartbroken. Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Danny Boy the bird reunites with owners 105 rioters in Lhasa unrest surrender: China media | 18 March 2008 19:16 GMT  AFP - The Chinese authorities said 105 "rioters" involved in protests in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa had surrendered, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: 105 rioters in Lhasa unrest surrender: China media Sci-fi guru Arthur C Clarke dies | 18 March 2008 19:11 GMT  Reuters - Pioneering science fiction writer and
visionary Arthur C. Clarke, best known for his work on the
movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," has died in his adopted home of
Sri Lanka at the age of 90.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Sci-fi guru Arthur C Clarke dies Swan swan-shaped boat to part ways | 18 March 2008 19:3 GMT  AP - A long love story is over at a German zoo: Petra the swan and her swan-shaped paddleboat are parting ways. Petra, a black swan, became a minor celebrity in 2006 when she became so attached to the boat ? which is shaped like an oversized white swan ? that she refused to leave its side.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Swan swan-shaped boat to part ways 10000 mourn slain UNC student president | 18 March 2008 18:34 GMT  AP - The father of the slain University of North Carolina student body president asked thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday to find solutions to the world's violence, prejudice and inequity.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: 10000 mourn slain UNC student president CVS Caremark settling Medicaid case | 18 March 2008 15:34 GMT  AP - CVS Caremark Corp. agreed to pay almost $37 million to nearly two dozen states and the federal government to settle claims that the nation's largest pharmacy chain billed Medicaid programs for a more expensive formulation of an antacid, authorities said Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: CVS Caremark settling Medicaid case Foreclosed Homes: A Local Blight | 18 March 2008 13:45 GMT  Time.com - Repossessed houses have become the refuge of criminals and vagrants in one area hit hardest by the mortgage crisis. Transients often move in, steal the power, tear apart the walls and floorboards in search of valuable copper wires and piping and set fires to cook drugs or keep warm.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Foreclosed Homes: A Local Blight US pharmacy chain CVS fined for dispensing pricier drug | 18 March 2008 13:39 GMT  AFP - US pharmacy group, CVS Caremark Corporation, has agreed to pay 36.7 million dollars to settle a government probe that it improperly dispensed a pricier drug to patients, the Justice Department said Tuesday.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: US pharmacy chain CVS fined for dispensing pricier drug FAA to check safety compliance at all US airlines | 18 March 2008 13:29 GMT  Reuters - U.S. aviation inspectors were
ordered on Tuesday to review maintenance records at all
domestic airlines to ensure carriers have complied with safety
orders and other directives.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: FAA to check safety compliance at all US airlines Water Vapor Hints at Planets Forming Around Nearby Stars | 18 March 2008 13:2 GMT SPACE.com - Scientists have detected water vapor in the spinning disks that surround two newly formed stars, where planets are born. Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Water Vapor Hints at Planets Forming Around Nearby Stars Tiny Mexican porpoise near extinct from fish nets | 18 March 2008 11:28 GMT  Reuters - The vaquita, a tiny
stubby-nosed porpoise found only in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, is
on the brink of extinction as more die each year in fishing
nets than are being born, biologists say.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Tiny Mexican porpoise near extinct from fish nets
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