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U.S. to convene bed bug summit meeting
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Amid a growing bedbug infestation, U.S. governmental agencies will convene a National Bedbug Summit to discuss control measures, officials said.
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Napolitano to cartels: We will defeat you
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EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The United States will protect itself against drug violence from Mexico that threatens U.S. communities, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said.
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Obama to meet with Cabinet, tech council
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama meets with senior advisers and Cabinet members Tuesday at the White House, the administration said.
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Seimologists say risk of Chile quake high
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VALPARAISO, Chile, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile in February 2010 did not relieve seismic stress as expected and earthquake risk remains high in the area, researchers say.
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U.S. to set status of walrus
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is set to make a decision on whether to recommend listing the Pacific walrus as threatened or endangered, officials said.
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NASA craft on track for comet rendezvous
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PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft has sent back the first images of comet Tempel 1, the intended target of a close flyby next month, U.S. officials said.
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CERN accelerator to run another year
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GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The closure of Europe's Large Hadron Collider has been pushed back a year because the machine is running so well and giving scientific results, researchers say.
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EU climate change impact studied
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BRUSSELS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Britain will face higher costs as a result of climate change than some other European Union countries, due mostly to rising sea levels, a report says.
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Museum considers shuttle disasters display
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The Smithsonian says it may include debris from space shuttles Columbia and Challenger in a gallery dedicated to the soon-to-end U.S. shuttle program.
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English Channel island is 'dark sky' site
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LONDON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A tiny English Channel island has been dubbed the world's first "dark sky" island for the quality of its night sky that provides stunning views for astronomers.
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New African wolf species identified
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OXFORD, England, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- U.K. scientists say genetic evidence revealed the mysterious "Egyptian jackal" is not a jackal at all but a new sub-species of gray wolf.
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Ancestor of Tricerotops discovered
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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- An ancestor to the horned dinosaur Triceratops reigned long before its well-known descendant, making it the earliest member of the family, U.S. researchers say.
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Study: Pakistan floods were predictable
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ATLANTA, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Monsoons that brought flooding to Pakistan last July could have been predicted days in advance if data from computer models had been processed, researchers say.
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EPA to look at carbon monoxide levels
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it proposes to keep the current national air quality standards for carbon monoxide as it gathers additional data.
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Plant gene work could benefit food crops
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- New findings on how plants adapt to unfavorable conditions could one day be used to help food crops survive changing environments, a U.S. researcher says.
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