CHEMICAL NEWS

• Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn (AP)
• UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid (AP)
• Famed Tasmanian devil euthanized after tumor found (AP)
• Why Is So Much Oil In the Gulf of Mexico? (LiveScience.com)
• No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard (Reuters)
• U.S. offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill ban (Reuters)
• Asteroid Diversity: Mixed Bag of Space Rocks Found Near Earth (SPACE.com)
• Exercise Can Counteract Obesity Genes, Says Study (Time.com)
• Thanks to high-tech, storm track easier to predict (AP)
• African livelihoods at risk as species threatened: IUCN (AFP)
• Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button? (LiveScience.com)
• EPA to issue more rules in climate fight (Reuters)
• The nation's weather (AP)
• Supernova Blast Wave Could Shape Galaxy Evolution (SPACE.com)
• Stem cell firms defend record after criticism (Reuters)
• No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire - Gov't (Reuters)
• Hurricane Earl path stretches from North Carolina to Boston Harbor (The Christian Science Monitor)

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