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Spy-in-the-sky drone sets sights on Miami

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami police could soon be the first in the United States to use cutting-edge, spy-in-the-sky technology to beef up their fight against crime.
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Space shuttle Endeavour heads for home

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour headed for home on Wednesday after delivering a Japanese module and a Canadian robot to the International Space Station.
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Astronauts and shuttle ready for return to Earth

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour said on Tuesday they and their ship were ready to come home as they neared the end of a mission that brought the first Japanese module to the International Space Station.
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Dinosaur fossil found on bus in Peru’s mountains

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) - Officials found the fossil of a giant dinosaur jawbone while investigating a suspicious package on a bus in the mountains of Peru on Tuesday.
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Shuttle astronauts prepare for Wednesday landing

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Shuttle Endeavour astronauts stowed gear and tested flight systems ahead of Wednesday’s return to Earth that will end what NASA hailed as a landmark mission to the International Space Station.
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Study sheds light on genetic cancer links

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who inherit identical copies of the same gene may be more predisposed to developing cancer than those who do not, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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TB-HIV co-infections need common effort: U.N. envoy

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. meeting in June will examine the worrisome links between tuberculosis and HIV and how best to help millions of people who have both diseases, the U.N.’s special envoy on TB said on Tuesday.
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Government sees overhaul of AIDS vaccine effort

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - The U.S. government began a major overhaul of its effort to produce an AIDS vaccine on Tuesday, stressing basic scientific research after the failure of a key clinical trial last year.
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Protein map of human spit created

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have identified all 1,116 unique proteins found in human saliva glands, a discovery they said on Tuesday could usher in a wave of convenient, spit-based diagnostic tests that could be done without the need for a single drop of blood.
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U.S. researchers create protein map of human spit

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have identified all 1,116 unique proteins found in human saliva glands, a discovery they said on Tuesday could usher in a wave of convenient, spit-based diagnostic tests that could be done without the need for a single drop of blood.
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