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Hawaii first state to ban plastic bags at checkout
Wed May 16, 2012 11:54 AM EDT
By now, it’s hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters -- but an entire state? That’s happened in Hawaii, where Honolulu County has joined the state’s three other counties to give Hawaii a first-in-the-nation title. "Passing the bans did ta …
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FBI agent in LA division missing, possibly suicidal
Sat May 12, 2012 4:08 PM EDT
Police are searching for an FBI agent said to be despondent and possibly suicidal and who was last seen by family on Thursday night. Stephen Ivens, 35, was reported missing Friday morning from his home in the 1700 block of Scott Road in Burbank.
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Sex assault guilty plea by doctor, but no sex offender status
Sat May 12, 2012 3:12 PM EDT
A cardiologist in Mesa, Ariz., has pleaded guilty to 18 counts of aggravated assault after female patients accused him of fondling their breasts, and even rape, during office exams and surgery. But, as a result of a plea deal, Dr. Richard Lewis will likely face only probati …
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Romney delivers commencement speech at Liberty University
Sat May 12, 2012 1:58 PM EDT
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Delivering a commencement address at the country's largest Christian school, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Saturday defended traditional marriage and said there is common ground between his Mormon faith and that of the largely evangelical crowd. …
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Al-Jazeera: Second anti-Islam military curriculum surfaces
Sat May 12, 2012 1:00 PM EDT
As the Pentagon reviews all military classes following the disclosure of one that advocated "total war" against Muslims, the news website Al-Jazeera reported Saturday that it had received materials from a similar course and that both were put together by the same group, a nonpro …
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Navy raises sonar impact on dolphins, whales dramatically
Fri May 11, 2012 5:48 PM EDT
New Navy estimates showing many more dolphins, whales and other marine mammals could be hurt by sonar off Hawaii and Southern California caused alarm among environmentalists on Friday. The Navy, for its part, emphasized those were worst-case estimates and that the numbers cover …
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'Tripawed' the three-pawed bear returns to Denali National Park
Fri May 11, 2012 1:21 PM EDT
A three-pawed grizzly bear affectionately known as "Tripawed" is back in public view at Alaska's Denali National Park, after it was first spotted last year with a bloody stump where its right front foot had been.
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Climate clash: Corporate giants caught as groups skirmish
Fri May 11, 2012 1:07 PM EDT
Some corporate giants are caught in the middle of a battle between a think tank skeptical of manmade global warming and an environmental group that it is trying to undermine its financial health.
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Vast Antarctic ice sheet 'in play' with global warming
Thu May 10, 2012 12:54 PM EDT
Scientists have long focused on Antarctica’s smaller ice sheet as being vulnerable to warming, but two new studies project that part of the continent's much larger ice sheet is also at risk -- and that ice now held back on land there could add to sea level rise by 2100.
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Purple Hearts for war at home? Lawmakers eye changing criteria
Wed May 9, 2012 1:31 PM EDT
Should the Pentagon be allowed to award Purple Hearts not only to service members in battle abroad but to those who are victims of terror attacks at home? Legislation announced on Wednesday would allow that, and it has strong backing from both parties.
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Piglets twirled, pigs kicked by farm workers, activist video shows
Wed May 9, 2012 10:51 AM EDT
Officials are investigating allegations of animal abuse at a Wyoming pig farm after undercover video showed workers kicking pigs and tossing and twirling piglets — incidents that even a co-owner of the farm said looked like major abuses that warranted firings.
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Weird weather for six cities so far in 2012
Wed May 9, 2012 10:45 AM EDT
From record-smashing March warmth, including 80s in northern climes, to a startling lack of snow, to, in one location, record snow leading to a spring snowmelt mess, 2012 so far has thrown a number of curve balls for those looking for a bit of "normalcy." We've picked out six …
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3,675 gas wells OK'd by US -- and environmentalists
Tue May 8, 2012 5:42 PM EDT
Up to 3,675 new natural gas wells on federal land in Utah were approved Tuesday by the Obama administration in a deal that even has the backing of key environmental groups.
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12-month stretch ending in April is warmest on record, NOAA says
Tue May 8, 2012 2:52 PM EDT
The previous 12 months were the warmest in the U.S. since record keeping began in 1895, government scientists reported Tuesday, with the period averaging 55.7 degrees Fahrenheit — nearly three degrees warmer than the average May-April.
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Women battle over who gets recognized as dead soldier's wife
Tue May 8, 2012 12:46 PM EDT
Army Specialist Moises Gonzalez was laid to rest Monday, but his death opened up a secret he had kept from family: He had never divorced his first wife, which was news to his second wife.
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Woman, child survive mauling by cheetahs at wildlife park
Sat May 5, 2012 5:03 PM EDT
A tourist who, along with a child, was mauled by two cheetahs at the petting area of a wildlife park in South Africa lived to talk about it, saying she decided to play dead in hopes she'd survive. "Something inside me just said, 'Don't move. Don't move at all," Violet D'Mello to …
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US claims 'unprecedented' success in test for new fuel source
Sat May 5, 2012 4:27 PM EDT
Could the future of cleaner fossil fuel really be frozen crystals now trapped in ocean sediments and under permafrost? Backed by an oil industry giant, the Obama administration recently tested a drilling technique in Alaska's Arctic that it says might eventually unlock "a vast, …
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Looking back at La Nina's impacts
Sat May 5, 2012 3:31 PM EDT
On Thursday, La Nina was officially declared to be over by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Unfortunately, when it is reported to the public that La Nina (or its counterpart El Nino) are either coming or going, the impacts are often way too genera …
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Obama drops the gloves versus Romney in campaign launch
Sat May 5, 2012 2:42 PM EDT
Updated 3:02 p.m. ET: COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Obama dropped the gloves against Mitt Romney on Saturday, leveling his most direct criticism to date of the presumptive GOP nominee while making the case for a second term.
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It's official: Obama starts campaign with Ohio, Va. rallies
Sat May 5, 2012 1:25 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With his wife at his side and Air Force One as a campaign plane, President Barack Obama was holding his first political rallies of the 2012 presidential race on Saturday -- targeting two swing states, Ohio and Virginia, that could be critical to his bid to reta …
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Long, winding road to Guantanamo arraignment
Sat May 5, 2012 12:16 PM EDT
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- Held in a secret prison in Guantanamo that is under such tight security even its exact location on the base is classified, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants until Saturday had not been seen in public since a pretrial hearing the …
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Climate skeptics retract billboard comparing scientists to 'madmen'
Fri May 4, 2012 7:03 PM EDT
A group skeptical of mainstream climate science on Friday pulled down its billboard campaign comparing climate experts to "madmen" after complaints not only by scientists but the group's own supporters.
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Reworked Keystone pipeline application back for US review
Fri May 4, 2012 12:13 PM EDT
The energy hot potato known as the Keystone XL pipeline was back to the State Department, which announced Friday that it had received a new application from developer TransCanada that includes a reworked route through Nebraska.
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US wants 'fracking' on federal lands to disclose chemicals
Fri May 4, 2012 11:48 AM EDT
Setting up another battleground with the energy industry — as well as Republicans ahead of the presidential election — the Obama administration on Friday proposed requiring that drillers on federal lands publicly list what chemicals they use in a …
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Smallest seahorse in US waters might get endangered protection
Thu May 3, 2012 5:58 PM EDT
A species of seahorse that's just an inch tall, the smallest in U.S. waters, appears to warrant endangered protection, the U.S. said Thursday in kicking off a year-long review process. Found in seagrass beds in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as in the Atlantic off Florida and the C …
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