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 Independent online
Platypus origins finally unravelled
| When the first skin of a duck-billed platypus arrived in England in 1799, the keeper of natural history at the British Museum thought it must be an elaborate hoax; how else to explain an animal with... (photo: creative commons / aruna1)
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 The Boston Globe
19 dead in Missouri, Oklahoma after new round of tornadoes
| PICHER, Okla.—Many have fled this depressed, pollution-scarred mining town. Those who have chosen to stay or have not yet relocated face a new heartache. A tornado ripped through a 20-block sw... (photo: AP/Orlin Wagner)
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 Turkish Press
At least 11 killed by harsh weather in Oklahoma, Missouri: report
| A man walks his dog past a road sign which was knocked down by a tornado in late April. A series of powerful tornadoes has swept across the US Great Plains killing at l... (photo: AP / John Amis)
Missouri Nature Oklahoma Photos Weather |
 BBC News
Tornado wrecks central US towns
| Tornadoes and severe storms have swept across the central part of the United States, causing destruction and killing at least 18 people. | A tornado severely damaged th... (photo: AP / The Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer)
Climate Disaster Missouri Oklahoma Photos |
 Kansas City Star
Four dead in southwest Missouri after tornado, other severe weather
| SPRINGFIELD, Mo. | The National Weather Service in Springfield reports that three people have died after a tornado hit five miles north of Seneca in southwest Missouri'... (photo: creative commons)
Disasters Missouri Photos Slideshow Tornado Weather |
 Lexington Herald-Leader
Journalist facing fines urges press to protect 1st Amendment
| PHILADELPHIA -- | A former USA Today reporter facing fines for failing to reveal her sources for stories about the 2001 anthrax attacks said Saturday that news organiza... (photo: US DoD photo)
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 Lexington Herald-Leader
Anti-illegal immigration group wants San Diego highway sign
| SAN DIEGO -- | When members of an anti-illegal immigration group offered to sponsor litter cleanup on local roads, they never imagined California officials would offer ... (photo: GFDL)
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 The Examiner
Government predicts nation's winter wheat crop up 17 percent
WICHITA, Kan. (Map, News) - Amid a deepening world hunger crisis and low global grain stocks, the Agriculture Department forecast on Friday that the nation's farmers are ... (photo: creative commons / )
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