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In Pictures: Gulf oil spill one year later
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Will hurricane Earl rate in Top 10 most expensive hurricanes?
Hurricane Earl is threatening Cape Cod's expensive real estate. But it takes a lot more to be one of America's Top 10 costliest hurricanes. Which hurricanes made the list? Click the right arrow to see.
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In Pictures: Obama family vacations
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In Pictures: Huge hurricanes
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Ready for summer? Family vacation season opens with Memorial Day
The summer travel season, whether its visiting Coney Island, Disneyland or Yellowstone, opens Memorial Day weekend. Time to schedule those flights and check the highways for this year's family vacation.
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The Vote
A Southern victory for Mitt Romney? Tuesday could be the charm. (+video)
With Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum splitting the conservative vote, polls put Mitt Romney right in the thick of it in both Alabama and Mississippi.
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As Katia blows by the East Coast, Nate and Maria are brewing in tropics
Hurricane Katia is churning high surf and rip tides on the East Coast before racing across the Atlantic. But Nate is stewing in the Gulf of Mexico and Maria is skimming toward the Caribbean.
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Tropical storm Katia strengthens to hurricane; too early to talk threat
Tropical storm Katia now a hurricane: The National Hurricane Center in Miami cautioned the public — still recovering along parts of the East Coast from Irene — not to stress over the storm.
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In Pictures: Gulf oil spill one year later
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Spring break deals? Plentiful in Panama City, Fla.
Spring break deals are popping in Panama City Beach, Fla. Airboat tours, limousine rides, and hot wings are some of the spring break deals available to students.
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Gulf oil spill update: What's known now about cause and effects
Amid hearings on the cause of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, government scientists, academics, and those most affected by the Gulf oil spill are at odds over the extent of its effects.
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Will hurricane Earl rate in Top 10 most expensive hurricanes?
Hurricane Earl is threatening Cape Cod's expensive real estate. But it takes a lot more to be one of America's Top 10 costliest hurricanes. Which hurricanes made the list? Click the right arrow to see.
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Florida voters can’t strip down Obama health-care bill, judge rules
Florida was one of four states – along with Arizona, Oklahoma, and Colorado – with a ballot initiative this November to potentially override the health-care bill mandate that all Americans must have health insurance. But a Florida court said the ballot language was 'misleading.’
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Tiger Woods divorce finalized with Elin Nordegren
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren officially divorced Monday. The terms of the world's No. 1 golfer's divorce were not made public beyond that they will 'share parenting' of their two young children.
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In Pictures: Obama family vacations
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Gulf beach closings and warnings by the thousands from Louisiana to Florida, due to BP oil spill
Gulf beach closings from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle were nearly 10 times more often this summer than last because of oil from BP's massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Oil skimmer testing halted by bad weather in Gulf of Mexico
Oil skimmer testing in the Gulf of Mexico for the super tanker ship has been hampered by recent bad weather.
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Sea turtles: wildlife experts set to collect and move eggs away from Gulf oil spill
Sea turtles have washed ashore, due to the Gulf oil spill. Now, US wildlife experts are planning to collect and move sea turtle eggs away from the Gulf, trying to save future generations.
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Travel insurance does not cover oil spill; gooey vacations await
Travel insurance is good for natural disasters but will not cover the BP oil spill because it is manmade.
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Supreme Court rules against homeowners in Florida beach dispute
The Supreme Court ruled against a group of waterfront property owners who said the state of Florida owed them money because it pumped sand onto beaches eroded by storms, lowering property values.
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Obama’s Oval Office moment: Now he owns Gulf oil spill
President Obama will address many audiences in his Oval Office speech tonight – from Gulf Coast residents to BP to Congress. His goal is to show that he has a handle on the Gulf oil spill.
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Gooey tar balls seen near Pensacola Beach on Florida's Gulf coast
Tar balls have been seen near Pensacola Beach, Florida as the BP Gulf oil spill continues a month and a half after the Deepwater Horizon well explosion.
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Oil spill clean-up: BP to start funneling oil and gas to surface after cutting pipe
The US Coast Guard announced Thursday that, as a part of the oil spill clean-up, BP will start to funnel oil and gas to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico after successfully cutting a leaking oil pipe on the sea floor.
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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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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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BP oil spill closes in on Florida Gulf coast
While robots attempt to stop the BP oil spill, crude oil is getting closer to beaches on the Florida Gulf coast.
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Eco-philanthropists to the rescue of wildlife?
Former CEOs lead a pack of eco-philanthropists who are bankrolling parks to conserve pristine land and wildlife.
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What's with these snowstorms? Natural patterns, plus randomness.
It’s a winter to remember – one that is likely to trigger a host of studies that try to tease out details of the factors contributing to the season’s snowstorms.
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Global News Blog
Ida kills 124 in El Salvador, storm could reach US Tuesday
Ida left scores dead in El Salvador and shut down oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm and is expected to make landfall in the US Tuesday.
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