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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Earth from above
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In Pictures: Don't Fear the Leaper: A world of frogs
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Oklahoma tornado was stronger than Hiroshima bomb: How?
When the conditions are exactly right – and they were, for the tornado that devastated Oklahoma City yesterday – a tornado can unleash more power than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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California wildfire: 1,900 on the lines as firefighters labor to limit damage (+video)
Saturday's more favorable weather and the heroic work of 1,900 firefighters have limited damage from a fast-breaking California wildfire in Ventura County. State outlook is for an active fire season; elsewhere in the US conditions are less ominous.
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Five snowboarders killed in Colorado avalanche
While snowboarding on Colorado's Loveland Pass a group of snowboarders triggered an avalanche Saturday afternoon. Five were killed; a sixth snowboarder was able to dig out and call for help.
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Craig Patterson, avalanche forecaster, killed. Why didn't his air bag save him?
Craig Patterson was an experienced avalanche forecaster. Craig Patterson deployed his avalanche air bag near Kessler Peak. Why didn't it save him?
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No-kill wolf ban spurs nonlethal options
For the past year, Oregon has been a 'wolf-safe' zone, with ranchers turning to nonlethal ways to protect livestock. While the number of wolves has gone up, livestock kills haven't.
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Kansas braces (again) as blizzard roars across Texas Panhandle
Less than a week after a historic blizzard, Kansas is bracing for another. The storm, which brought strong winds to the Texas Panhandle, could leave more than a foot of snow.
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Warming climate could cut labor capacity by 10 percent, study finds
US scientists warned that heat stress-related labor capacity losses will double globally by 2050 if the Earth's temperature rises by another 1.8 degrees F.
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New England, West brace for snowy weekend
A winer storm in the West could create blizzard conditions in Colorado this weekend, while New England faces its third-straight weekend of snow and rain. But Kansas saw the worst of the snow this week, with up to 15 inches in some places.
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Threatened by global warming, wolverines could be listed as endangered
The US Fish and Wildlife Services proposed listing wolverines under the Endangered Species Act, as the animals' Rocky Mountain habitat shrinks and fragments due to rising temperatures.
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Climate change's latest victim: the wolverine
Federal officials propose listing wolverine as endangered because its cold-weather habitat could shrink as the climate warms. But US says it won't use wolverine's status to regulate greenhouse gases.
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In Gear Beijing to scrap 180,000 polluting cars
Beijing is set to scrap 180,000 old vehicles from its roads in an effort to curb high air-pollution levels, Ingram writes.
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Let it snow? Christmas may be white in Northeast, southern Plains, Seattle
Snow on Christmas Day marks the start of a week of wet and wild weather through much of the US, including more of the white stuff. Here's where residents will want their shovels and sleds.
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Energy Voices Enbridge ups investment in Northern Gateway pipeline
Energy firm Enbridge has committed an additional $150 million to the Northern Gateway pipeline which would carry oil from Alberta’s oil sands into northwestern British Columbia, according to Consumer Energy Report.
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Open season: Will rebounding Wyoming wolves thrive without US protection?
The US Fish and Wildlife Service dropped federal protections for reintroduced wolves in Wyoming Friday, part of a decades-long plan to bring back the howling of wolves while allowing ‘trophy hunts’ for the apex predator.
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How hot is it this summer? One of the three hottest since 1950 so far.
Temperatures in June and the first week of July make this summer so far one of the top-three in the continental United States since 1950, say meteorologists.
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Why has 2012 been the hottest year on record in the US?
More than 40,000 daily heat records have been broken around the country so far this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, compared with last year's 25,000 daily records set by this date.
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Western firefighters report progress, concerns (+videos)
Nearly 50 wildfires around the country burn on. Firefighters in Colorado have moved toward containing two of the big ones, but they're preparing for a difficult season.
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Waldo Canyon fire claims first fatality and 346 homes (+video)
Waldo Canyon fire: Colorado officials say a body was found in one of 346 homes destroyed by the Waldon Canyon fire. President Obama is scheduled to visit the scene today of Colorado's most destructive fire ever.
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Are Colorado's wildfires caused by global warming?
The wildfires devastating Colorado have been linked to a streak of unusually hot weather, but they that does not necessarily mean that global warming is the culprit.
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A haven during the Colorado wildfires
A Christian Science perspective: Colorado wildfires have caused tens of thousands to evacuate their homes. How can safety and comfort be found?
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Cover Story CSI Tornado: Decoding – and chasing – supercells with the experts
CSI Tornado: Chasing supercells, interviewing a homeowner sucked off his front porch in an Oklahoma tornado outbreak, and examining the path of a destructive funnel, an expert expedition shows how science is close to decoding the way a tornado works.
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Darling Companion: movie review
A rambling shaggy-dog story, 'Darling Companion' lives up to its canine credentials.
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Mining boom in Michigan: economic boost or environmental nuisance?
Demand for metals on the world market is prompting a mining boom in Michigan's rural Upper Peninsula, where jobs are scarce. But possible environmental damage to forests, lakes, and rivers alarms some locals.
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Snowstorm US: blizzard heads north, but Southwest still digging out
Snowstorm watchers say the snowstorm that hit the southwestern US will lose some steam as it leaves the region, but travel is still difficult in Kansas and the Texas Panhandle.
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Yellowstone grizzly bears: New cause célèbre for effects of global warming?
For the first time, a US appellate court has ruled that the federal government must continue to protect an animal – in this case, Yellowstone grizzly bears – in part because of consequences of global warming.
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