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Ponderosa fire destroys 84 homes as West sees bigger wildfires this year (+video)
The Ponderosa fire in northern California threatens another 900 homes. The Ponderosa fire is 57 percent contained. Elsewhere in the West, states are tallying the rising costs of big wildfires this season.
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Colorado shooting: Bomb squads disarm suspect's booby-trapped apartment
With the help of a robot, Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes’ booby-trapped apartment has been largely disarmed. Authorities say he planned to kill whoever entered – most likely a first responder. Also Saturday, those killed in the theater attack began to be publicly identified.
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Colorado wildfire claims second fatality, 360 homes burned
The Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs claimed a second fatality. Colorado Springs officials released a new list of burned homes Friday night.
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Colorado wildfire 10 percent contained, but more evacuations issued (+video)
The Colorado wildfire is one of 19 large fires burning in nine states. In Wyoming, a 4-square-mile blaze at Guernsey State Park is 80 percent contained. In New Mexico, more than 1,500 fire fighters are battling the largest blazes in state history.
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Oil on Orange Beach, spill keeps looking worse
The spill was flowing at a daily rate that could possibly have been as high as 2.1 million gallons, twice the highest number the federal government had been saying.
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BP's gulf oil spill response plan lists the walrus as a local species. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is furious.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is angry and frustrated at BP's 2009 response plan for a Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which lists walruses, sea otters, sea lions, and seals as 'sensitive biological resources' and names a man who died in 2005 as a national wildlife expert.
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BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf oil spill
The next chance for stopping the Gulf oil spill won't come until two relief wells meant to plug the reservoir for good are finished in August.
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Once again, BP experiment in Gulf spill hits snag, beaches unprotected by oil containment booms
BP CEO says BP and its oil containment booms had been successful in keeping most of the oil away from the eastern coast.
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Thunderstorms, stuck saw stall BP oil spill cleanup, containment
Efforts to curb the effects of the worst oil spill in US history have hit multiple snags.
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Effort to cut and cap Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw
Engineers may have to bring in a second saw to finish the cut-and-cap operation.
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