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AP - Scientists used a cloning technique to create the type of customized stem cells that show promise for treating disease. But the first-of-its-kind result comes with a big hitch.

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AP - A storm dumped more than an inch of rain on parts of California’s agricultural heartland in less than five hours, flooding streets, uprooting trees and soaking a bumper crop of raisins drying in vineyards.

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AP - The Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been awarded a $1 million grant to develop a deep sea seismic network.

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) — A novel stem cell therapy
given shortly after a kidney transplant allows some patients to cast away
the medicines meant to keep their body from attacking the new organ,
according to a small new study from the Stanford University School of
Medicine.

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AP - Weather in the West will remain unsettled on Thursday as a cold storm system moves into the region and a strong cold front pushes through the Intermountain West. A mix of showers, periods of moderate to heavy rain, wet high-elevation snow, and gusty winds will accompany the cold front through the Great [...]

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AP - The operator of an aging nuclear power plant near New York City has hired former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to vouch for its safety in a new ad campaign.

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SPACE.com - Sometimes you just need time for yourself. Why should it be any different when it comes to spaceflight?

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SPACE.com - A NASA camera that scans the night sky for meteors caught a stunning double feature when it spotted a fiery meteor breaking apart while a piece of an old Russian rocket zoomed overhead.

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LiveScience.com - The news of Steve Job’s death caught the social media world by storm late Wednesday, with an outpour of people thanking the tech visionary for changing the way they live their lives.
Apple announced in a statement posted to its company site that its founder and former CEO died after his long battle with [...]

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AP - European Union efforts to force international airlines to pay for their polluting emissions received a big boost Thursday when a legal adviser urged the EU’s highest court to reject a U.S. challenge.

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AP - A healthy population of snow leopards, elusive big cats threatened across the mountain ranges of Central Asia, has been found in one of the few peaceful areas of Afghanistan, a wildlife group said.

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