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New map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areas
(AP)
 AP - Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
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Unlike Patriots, NFL slow to embrace 'Moneyball'
(AP)
 AP - It's advice that sounds like heresy on the gridiron: Go for it on fourth down. Try more onside kicks. Running backs don't matter much.
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NASA says Russian space woes no worry
(AP)
AP - NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in the Russian space program.
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Sandia Labs engineers create 'self-guided' bullet
(AP)
 AP - Figuring out how to pack a processor and other electronics into a machine gun bullet has been a challenge for engineers at Sandia National Laboratories, so weapons experts say the miniature guidance system the lab has developed is a breakthrough.
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Russian Scientists Poised to Reach Ice-Buried Antarctic Lake
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - At a tiny outpost in the middle of Antarctica, Russian scientists are poised to become the first humans to reach a massive liquid lake that has been cut off from the sunlit world for millennia, and may house uniquely adapted life forms that are new to science.
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Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient.
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Kiev blames Moscow for Europe gas cutbacks
(AP)
 AP - Ukraine's government is blaming Russia for natural gas shortages in some European countries as a severe cold spell grips the region.
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Space Rock of Love: Asteroid Eros Attracts Skywatchers in Earth Flyby
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - In 1931, the close approach of the asteroid Eros allowed professional astronomers to calculate its distance and make that era's most accurate measurement of the solar system. As the asteroid passes near Earth this week, amateur astronomers and students from around the world seek to recreate the historical experience.
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Same Genes Key to Early & Late-Onset Alzheimer's: Study
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- People who develop
Alzheimer's disease late in life may have the same gene mutations linked
to the inherited, early onset form of the condition, according to a new
study.
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AP Enterprise: Monkey owners flee La. crackdown
(AP)
 AP - Even in their Texas hideout, Jim and Donita Clark are terrified that wildlife agents from their home state of Louisiana will descend on their motorhome and seize the four Capuchin monkeys they've reared for 10 years.
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