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Tracking people to improve our parks
Scientists help national sites manage human impact on nature
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NATO concerned about Russia courting Greece
Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signed an agreement Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia, to build a gas pipeline that will carry natural gas from…
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ISTANBUL – WikiLeaks is in the process of publishing more than 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents to the Internet, the transparency website said Friday, a move that echoes its famous release…
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Repealing law carries risks, study suggests
The Congressional Budget Office on Friday concluded that dismantling President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act program would be difficult and create many significant legal problems. The agency’s report was released…
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WASHINGTON – Unemployment rates rose in 25 U.S. states last month, driven higher in many cases by more people who began looking for work but didn’t immediately find jobs. Colorado…
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U.S. reports 35 percent spike in global terror attacks in 2014
Civilians inspect the site of a car bomb attack on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013…
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EPA moves to cut truck emissions
The Obama administration on Friday proposed tougher mileage standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, the latest move by President Barack Obama to reduce pollution blamed for global warming.Susan Walsh/Associated Press…
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Denmark’s center-right opposition wins election
Danish Liberal Party leader Lars Loekke Rasmussen is expected to take over as prime minister of the Nordic country after Thursday’s parliamentary election gave his party enough seats to secure…
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Who’s to blame during California drought? Basically everyone
California.’s historic drought is sparking a flurry of finger-pointing from different groups trying to lay the blame for the state’s four-year drought on everything from illegal immigration to eating hamburgers.Marcio…
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NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rallied Thursday, with the Nasdaq composite index closing at a record, a day after the Federal Reserve signaled it will continue to support the economy…
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Friend: Suspect said he ‘wanted segregation’
On Thursday, Roof, 21, was arrested in the shooting deaths of nine people at a historic black church in Charleston – an attack decried by community leaders and politicians as…
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California reveals details of self-driving car accidents
California state officials on Thursday released reports detailing six accidents that involved self-driving car prototypes, reversing a policy that had shielded details of how the next-generation technology is performing during…
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NBC removes Brian Williams from ‘Nightly News’
NBC News announced Thursday that Brian Williams will not return to his job as anchor of the “Nightly News” but will take over as breaking news anchor for the company’s…
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Treasury says woman will be picked for $10 bill
Andrews Harnik/Associated Press file photo<br><br>Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is expected to officially announce Thursday that a redesign of the $10 bill will feature the first woman on the nation’s paper…
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Reports: Williams out as ‘Nightly News’ anchor
Williams The New York Times and CNN both reported an announcement on Williams’ future is expected on Thursday. NBC News officials and Robert Barnett, Williams’ representative in negotiations with the…
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Chocolate cake may be good for the ticker
A new study published this week in the journal Heart reports people who ate 15 to 100 grams of chocolate a day in the form of everything from Mars bars…
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ATHENS, Greece – Greece and its creditors publicly blamed one another for an impasse in bailout talks Wednesday, on the eve of a eurozone finance ministers’ meeting billed as key…
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Lightning sparked nearly a dozen new wildfires in Alaska as firefighters struggled Wednesday to keep up with two major fires threatening rural highway communities. Although firefighters are…
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Russian seeks different kind of lunar probe
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has said it deleted the space agency’s original videotapes of Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong stepping onto the lunar surface for the first time…
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Fed agency blames giant hack on ‘neglected’ security system
Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta, left, and Dr. Andy Ozment, assistant secretary of the Homeland Security Department, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday before the House Oversight…
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Tropical Storm Bill moves into Texas with more flood threats
Ominous low-hanging clouds on Tuesday accompanied a thunderstorm from Tropical Storm Bill that hit Denton, Texas.Al Key /The Denton Record-Chronicle The storm came ashore shortly before noon along Matagorda Island…
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Research suggests cows may have beef with you
Sharks, bears kill fewer Americans than cattle
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Russia to get 40 new intercontinental missiles this year
Western officials accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “nuclear saber-rattling” in his remarks Tuesday at an arms show in Russia. Putin said his country is beefing up its nuclear missile…