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In Pictures: US nuclear power plants
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Top 10 senators seeking earmarks
The omnibus spending bill died Thursday in the Senate amid controversy over the practice of earmarking, or inserting funding for pet projects into legislation. Here are the senators who sought the most spending for their states, ranked by the monetary value of proposed earmarks, whether alone or with others.
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Is 'Uncle L.D.' the notorious skyjacker D.B. Cooper? Experts are skeptical.
Two Oklahoma women claim their late relative, Lynn Doyle Cooper, is the real 'D.B. Cooper,' who plotted a hijack heist on Thanksgiving Day 1971, the only unsolved skyjacking in US history.
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Chapter & Verse
A new D.B Cooper book – and a new lead
Yesterday a new lead was announced in the infamous D.B Cooper case, a week before a new book about the Cooper case is scheduled for release. Coincidence?
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D.B. Cooper mystery: FBI claims 'most promising lead' in legendary hijacking
D.B. Cooper, as he has since become known, in 1971 hijacked a plane bound for Seattle, got $200,000 and a parachute in ransom for passengers, then jumped out into a stormy night. D.B. Cooper has never been found. The FBI says it has a new clue.
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The new water wars? Study shows broad decline in Rockies snowpack.
Many studies have documented the West's declining snowpack. But a new one, published Friday in the journal Science, covers the length of the Rockies over an 800-year period.
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In Pictures: US nuclear power plants
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Top 10 senators seeking earmarks
The omnibus spending bill died Thursday in the Senate amid controversy over the practice of earmarking, or inserting funding for pet projects into legislation. Here are the senators who sought the most spending for their states, ranked by the monetary value of proposed earmarks, whether alone or with others.
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Orca population bounces back in the Northwest
New killer whale babies lift the Northwest's endangered orca population out of the red zone (somewhat).
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Difference Maker
How to clean up a lake? Floating islands might be the answer.
Man-made islands can remove ammonia, heavy metals, and other chemicals from the water.
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Discoveries
Too many 'straws' sucking water out of the Colorado River
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Tribes strive to save native tongues
In the Pacific Northwest, some 40 indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing within a decade.
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Fishermen hit hard by closure of West Coast salmon fishing
Drastic federal action to try to save chinook salmon is latest move in ongoing battle.
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Fishermen hit hard by closure of West Coast salmon fishing
Drastic federal action to try to save chinook salmon is latest move in ongoing battle.
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Clean energy vs. whales: how to choose?
Northwest's dams are a source of clean energy. But scientists say they endanger salmon and orcas.
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