Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/753 science Science News en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:05:19 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/753 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_health ap/20091125/sci_climate_health AP science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:41:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_health"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259153966667-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=.XiutpByndjzql_QOgEu.Q--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="VIDEO: The effects of climate change on the Himalayan region. Originally filed: 280809. Duration: 01:26.(AFPTV/Greenpeace)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, new research suggests.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_health"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259153966667-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=.XiutpByndjzql_QOgEu.Q--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="VIDEO: The effects of climate change on the Himalayan region. Originally filed: 280809. Duration: 01:26.(AFPTV/Greenpeace)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_copenhagen ap/20091126/us_obama_copenhagen AP science Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:05:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_copenhagen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.d5cd21bbe01542339e6c0ac647d38c53.obama__dcab104.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=1HMSIZroaC9oGBnXYio9ig--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks as he pardons a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_copenhagen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.d5cd21bbe01542339e6c0ac647d38c53.obama__dcab104.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=1HMSIZroaC9oGBnXYio9ig--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks as he pardons a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle ap/20091125/us_space_shuttle AP science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:39:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0c7641a01c7a4141a28fc449836e01af.space_shuttle_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=Kc8f8yHYAJX8_f12ofVr0g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="This image from NASA TV shows the Space Shuttle Atlantis doing it's fly around passing behind the Russian segment of the International Space Station shortly after undocking from the International Space Station early Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. The Poisk can be seen at right. The shuttle is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday morning. The (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early Wednesday and headed home with one astronaut eager to hold his newborn daughter for the first time and another who's been away from her young son since the summer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.0c7641a01c7a4141a28fc449836e01af.space_shuttle_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=Kc8f8yHYAJX8_f12ofVr0g--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="This image from NASA TV shows the Space Shuttle Atlantis doing it's fly around passing behind the Russian segment of the International Space Station shortly after undocking from the International Space Station early Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. The Poisk can be seen at right. The shuttle is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday morning. The (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091125/sc_livescience/top5surprisingturkeyfacts livescience/20091125/top5surprisingturkeyfacts LiveScience.com science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:10:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091125/sc_livescience/top5surprisingturkeyfacts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r1595928429.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=Nf7P1LiB0V97LQI7QMQOSw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="A turkey stands in its enclosure at the Seven Acres Farm in North Reading, Massachusetts November 25, 2009, one day before the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES ANIMALS SOCIETY)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - The average American eats 17.6 pounds of turkey per year, more than double the figure for 1970, according to the National Turkey Federation. To feed the growing appetite, some 273 million turkeys will be raised in the United States in 2009, and a good number of them will be consumed on Thanksgiving, after which many Americans will loll about, overstuffed, sleepy and in many cases intoxicated.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091125/sc_livescience/top5surprisingturkeyfacts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r1595928429.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=Nf7P1LiB0V97LQI7QMQOSw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="A turkey stands in its enclosure at the Seven Acres Farm in North Reading, Massachusetts November 25, 2009, one day before the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES ANIMALS SOCIETY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/sc_afp/unclimatewarminglatamfrance afp/20091126/unclimatewarminglatamfrance AFP science Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:02:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/sc_afp/unclimatewarminglatamfrance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259207723298-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=gaORtNZUVGsVfRLTiFXe5A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This 2003 NASA photo shows Pando Province, Bolivia, and adjacent parts of Brazil and Peru covering part of the Amazon Basin. The presidents of eight nations straddling the Amazon basin plus France will meet Thursday in the heart of the Amazon rainforest to lay out a save-the-jungle proposal for next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen.(AFP/NASA/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The presidents of eight nations straddling the Amazon basin plus France will meet Thursday in the heart of the Amazon rainforest to lay out a save-the-jungle proposal for next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/sc_afp/unclimatewarminglatamfrance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259207723298-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=gaORtNZUVGsVfRLTiFXe5A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="This 2003 NASA photo shows Pando Province, Bolivia, and adjacent parts of Brazil and Peru covering part of the Amazon Basin. The presidents of eight nations straddling the Amazon basin plus France will meet Thursday in the heart of the Amazon rainforest to lay out a save-the-jungle proposal for next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen.(AFP/NASA/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/india_nm/india442353 nm/20091125/india442353 Reuters world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:37:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/india_nm/india442353"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/ra113100368.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=teZpvGCu1GwH_FkURcJgmQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Indian female labourers carry small pieces of coal deposit from liquid ash generated from a thermal power plant (background) in Kolaghat 75km (45 miles) west from Kolkata, August 14, 2002. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Better home insulation and ventilation and using electricity instead of fossil fuels could reduce indoor pollution and save thousands of lives, especially in low-income countries like India, a study has found.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/india_nm/india442353"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/ra113100368.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=teZpvGCu1GwH_FkURcJgmQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Indian female labourers carry small pieces of coal deposit from liquid ash generated from a thermal power plant (background) in Kolaghat 75km (45 miles) west from Kolkata, August 14, 2002. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/sc_nm/us_space_shuttle1 nm/20091125/us_space_shuttle1 Reuters science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:33:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/sc_nm/us_space_shuttle1"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.4e7315fbc1744526942fac22a371e344.tesla_motors_factory_la105.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=.P6PxKZo84CFKyi.AMra4w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="File - In this March 26,2009 file photo, Tesla Motors Chairman, CEO and product architect Elon Musk, right, and chief designer Franz Von Holzhausen, left, drive the prototype Tesla Model S all-electric 5-door sedan after its unveiling Hawthorne, Calif. The City Council in Downey Calif. a southeastern Los Angeles county on Wednesday unanimously approved an agreement aimed at luring Tesla Motors' electric car manufacturing plant to the former site of a NASA plant that helped develop the Apollo program and the space shuttle fleet. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon,File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Space shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Wednesday after a seven-day stay to deliver gear to keep the outpost operating after the shuttle program is retired next year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/sc_nm/us_space_shuttle1"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.4e7315fbc1744526942fac22a371e344.tesla_motors_factory_la105.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=.P6PxKZo84CFKyi.AMra4w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="File - In this March 26,2009 file photo, Tesla Motors Chairman, CEO and product architect Elon Musk, right, and chief designer Franz Von Holzhausen, left, drive the prototype Tesla Model S all-electric 5-door sedan after its unveiling Hawthorne, Calif. The City Council in Downey Calif. a southeastern Los Angeles county on Wednesday unanimously approved an agreement aimed at luring Tesla Motors' electric car manufacturing plant to the former site of a NASA plant that helped develop the Apollo program and the space shuttle fleet. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon,File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_belgium_coma_recovery ap/20091124/eu_belgium_coma_recovery AP health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:18:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_belgium_coma_recovery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259077414108-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=wBDP4_hQ_n1_luea_F2jEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)" border="0" /></a>AP - With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message Tuesday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness and frustration. A leading bioethicist, however, expressed skepticism that the man was truly communicating on his own.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_belgium_coma_recovery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259077414108-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=wBDP4_hQ_n1_luea_F2jEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_us/us_toxic_algae_fish ap/20091125/us_toxic_algae_fish AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:32:19 GMT AP - Scientists say they believe toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced irrigation shutoffs for farmers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/lf_afp/australiachinaanimalpanda afp/20091125/australiachinaanimalpanda AFP topstories Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:11:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/lf_afp/australiachinaanimalpanda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259161403721-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Mjpk0bKRuFqCe0CoJrU3_g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="This undated photo from the Adelaide Zoo shows Wang Wang, a two-year-old male panda in China. Two giant pandas due to begin a 10-year stay at an Australian zoo could give the local economy a bigger boost than recent visits by Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong, officials said Wednesday.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two giant pandas due to begin a 10-year stay at an Australian zoo could give the local economy a bigger boost than recent visits by Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong, officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/lf_afp/australiachinaanimalpanda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259161403721-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Mjpk0bKRuFqCe0CoJrU3_g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="This undated photo from the Adelaide Zoo shows Wang Wang, a two-year-old male panda in China. Two giant pandas due to begin a 10-year stay at an Australian zoo could give the local economy a bigger boost than recent visits by Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong, officials said Wednesday.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091125/sc_space/stellarfossilsfrommilkywayspastrevealed space/20091125/stellarfossilsfrommilkywayspastrevealed SPACE.com science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:15:45 GMT SPACE.com - A cluster of ancient stars is likely the relic of a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way during its early days, scientists now find. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_coal_to_gasoline_west_virginia ap/20091125/us_coal_to_gasoline_west_virginia AP science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:32:46 GMT AP - The West Virginia Division of Air Quality is giving the public more time to weigh in on an air pollution permit for a planned coal-to-gasoline plant in the southern coalfields. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_weatherpage_weather ap/20091125/us_weatherpage_weather AP us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:06:45 GMT AP - A blistery and chilly day was expected in the Midwest and Great Lakes on Wednesday, while the Pacific Northwest was forecast to remain wet and cool. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091125/sc_space/holidayskytreatspottheshuttleandspacestation space/20091125/holidayskytreatspottheshuttleandspacestation SPACE.com science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:31:15 GMT SPACE.com - The space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are separately flying around the Earth until Friday, and they can be seen as a pair of bright lights in the sky at certain times over the next few days. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091123/hl_hsn/asthmacomboseemslessinfluencedbygenes hsn/20091123/asthmacomboseemslessinfluencedbygenes HealthDay health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:38:50 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- People's genetic makeup has been shown to affect how they respond to asthma medications, but a new study finds that many people respond well to a particular combination treatment regardless of their genes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaautoenvironmentcompanygmreva afp/20091125/indiaautoenvironmentcompanygmreva AFP science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:59:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaautoenvironmentcompanygmreva"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259132024546-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VMcWq0zOGAs5Zg5ksHKnSg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Indian-made Reva electric car during a rally in New Delhi on November 22. Chetan Maini, the man behind Reva Electric Car Co., is building in southern India what he says will be the world's biggest factory making battery-powered city commuter cars.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered India's first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaautoenvironmentcompanygmreva"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259132024546-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VMcWq0zOGAs5Zg5ksHKnSg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Indian-made Reva electric car during a rally in New Delhi on November 22. Chetan Maini, the man behind Reva Electric Car Co., is building in southern India what he says will be the world's biggest factory making battery-powered city commuter cars.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_hajj ap/20091125/ml_saudi_hajj AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:48:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_hajj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.c0c21bc0b086418f80b86fb43d838e3b.mideast_saudi_arabia_hajj_has122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qjCF6m6wFlJU2vAmC3HIMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Muslim pilgrims pray near the Hiraa cave is located, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while he was praying in the cave. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rare, heavy rainstorms soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling Islam's annual hajj as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites. The downpours add an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_hajj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.c0c21bc0b086418f80b86fb43d838e3b.mideast_saudi_arabia_hajj_has122.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qjCF6m6wFlJU2vAmC3HIMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Muslim pilgrims pray near the Hiraa cave is located, on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while he was praying in the cave. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)