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Beijing -- The number of millionaires in China continued to rise while many world economies are a deep recession, a private research group said.

Maison -- A study of mammoth dung from a lake bed in Indiana suggests a crashing comet did not wipe out North America's largest ice age animals, scientists said.

New York -- Artist Jeanne-Claude has died in New York as the result of complications due to a ruptured brain aneurysm, a message posted on her Web site said. She was 74.

Chicago -- Two paleontologists said at least one species of crocodiles that existed nearly 100 million years ago in Africa actually fed on dinosaurs.

Baltimore -- U.S. researchers say keeping a cart of supplies and medicines handy reduces the need for emergency airway surgery for hard-to-intubate patients.

Des Moines -- The Great Ape Trust plans to move its orangutans from its flood-damaged facility in Des Moines, Iowa, to another city, officials said.

Manhattan -- U.S. scientists say they've studied fecal matter from thousands of cattle across the nation to determine the possible effects of climate change on livestock.

New York -- Two conservation groups say they have jointly produced the first atlas of the Patagonian Sea -- a South American marine ecosystem.

Paris -- The global economic recovery hasn't the muscle to stop rising unemployment, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris said Thursday.

Lausanne -- Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse Wednesday filed formal appeals of one-year suspensions for doping rules violations.