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Running Chupacabra or Running Coyote?
Cryptomundo reports that the sheriff?s department in DeWitt County, Texas, recorded a "mystery canid" running along the road. The canid looks very similar to an animal discovered in Cuero, Texas last year that a woman claimed was a legendary Chupacabra. DNA evidence found this canid to be a coyote but the conspiracy about the creature continues. The video of the running canid is below. You can also see the video here. Permalink | Recent Headlines | News Feeds Read more…
Monkeys reward friends and relatives (AP)
AP - For capuchin monkeys, it seems, it's better to both give and receive, than just to receive. At least, that's what researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta have found. Read more…
Research aims to put tongues in control of devices (AP)
AP - The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad. Read more…
Gustav kills 11; US Gulf Coast prepares for storm (AP)
AP - Gustav swirled toward Cuba on Wednesday after triggering flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people in the Caribbean. Its track pointed toward the U.S. Gulf coast, including Louisana where Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc three years ago. Read more…
Japan celebrates birth of panda (AFP)
AFP - A giant panda cub has been born at a Japanese zoo, the first to be successfully bred in Japan through artificial insemination in two decades, officials said Wednesday. Read more…
Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela (AP)
AP - An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America. Scientists say the find holds the promise of many discoveries to come. Read more…
Oil prices climb above $117 on Hurricane Gustav (AFP)
AFP - World oil prices rallied Wednesday on the back of concerns that Hurricane Gustav may head for the Gulf of Mexico where many US energy installations are located, analysts said. Read more…
Party Platform, McCain Differ on Immigration, Climate (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The Republican Party released a draft of its 2008 platform that differs from candidate John McCain on issues including immigration, stem-cell research and climate change, while endorsing his ideas for economic growth and free trade. Read more…
Group says climate resolutions increase (AP)
AP - Support for climate-change proposals may be growing among investors in big U.S. companies. Read more…
Stem cell advance may help transfusion supplies (AP)
AP - Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory. The promise of a virtually limitless supply is tantalizing because of blood donor shortages and disappointments in creating blood substitutes. Read more…
