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    Rwanda: Tourists marvel at gorillas whose numbers are rising
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    Rwanda: Tourists marvel at gorillas whose numbers are rising
    CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA 
    Sep 15, 2015
    VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Rwanda (AP) — Deep in Rwanda's steep-sloped forest, the mountain gorillas look both endearing and intimidating. A tourist mig...
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    Feds say New England cottontail doesn’t need protection
    Nation, News
    Feds say New England cottontail doesn’t need protection
    Sep 11, 2015
    DOVER, N.H. (AP) — The federal government said Friday that public and private conservation efforts have helped the New England cottontail rebound to t...
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    A squeeze down a narrow crack, and then an amazing discovery
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    A squeeze down a narrow crack, and then an amazing discovery
    LYNSEY CHUTEL 
    Sep 10, 2015
    MAGALIESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Jagged rocks hooked into Steven Tucker's overalls as he squeezed through a crack deep in a subterranean cave. Upon e...
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    House chairman: EPA actions in mine spill ‘inexcusable’
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    House chairman: EPA actions in mine spill ‘inexcusable’
    MATTHEW DALY 
    Sep 09, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Science Committee said Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency's actions in causing a toxic mine spi...
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    AP Exclusive: Drilling boom means more harmful waste spills
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    AP Exclusive: Drilling boom means more harmful waste spills
    JOHN FLESHER 
    Sep 08, 2015
    CROSSROADS, N.M. (AP) — Carl Johnson and son Justin are third- and fourth-generation ranchers who for decades have battled oilfield companies that lef...
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    Congress wades into toxic mine spill caused by EPA crew
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    Congress wades into toxic mine spill caused by EPA crew
    MATTHEW BROWN 
    Sep 07, 2015
    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three Western states shifts to Congress this week as lawmakers kick off a...
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    McCartney, Bon Jovi, Fergie join for climate change song
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    McCartney, Bon Jovi, Fergie join for climate change song
    Sep 05, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow and Fergie have joined forces to record a song about climate change. Sean Paul, Leona Lewis ...
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    On Arctic voyage, Obama banks on power of his celebrity
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    On Arctic voyage, Obama banks on power of his celebrity
    JOSH LEDERMAN 
    Sep 03, 2015
    KOTZEBUE, Alaska (AP) — President Barack Obama brought no grand policy pronouncements, new legislative proposals or major tranches of federal aid with...
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    Hunt for 3 suspects in Illinois officer’s death widens
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    Hunt for 3 suspects in Illinois officer’s death widens
    DON BABWIN 
    Sep 02, 2015
    FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Law enforcement officials broadened the hunt Wednesday for three suspects in the fatal shooting of a popular veteran police offi...
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    UN: This El Nino to be among the strongest since 1950
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    UN: This El Nino to be among the strongest since 1950
    JAMEY KEATEN 
    Sep 01, 2015
    GENEVA (AP) — The current El Nino weather pattern may be on track to become one of the strongest in more than half a century, experts at the World Met...
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    Alaska-bound, Obama renames America’s tallest peak
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    Alaska-bound, Obama renames America’s tallest peak
    JOSH LEDERMAN 
    Aug 31, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahead of a historic trip to the Arctic, President Barack Obama erased a former Republican president's name from North America's tall...
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    Scientists, tribe study shrinking Washington state glacier
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    Scientists, tribe study shrinking Washington state glacier
    PHUONG LE 
    Aug 29, 2015
    MOUNT BAKER, Wash. (AP) — Mauri Pelto digs his crampons into the steep icy slope on Mount Baker in Washington state and watches as streams of water ca...
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    Fire crews eye weather as heat, wind build in parts of West
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    Fire crews eye weather as heat, wind build in parts of West
    NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS 
    Aug 26, 2015
    SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Massive wildfires in the West have led to poor air quality across the region, causing respiratory problems for people far from t...
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    With historic visit, Obama to seek common cause with pope
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    With historic visit, Obama to seek common cause with pope
    JOSH LEDERMAN 
    Aug 26, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping into office in 2009, President Barack Obama captured near rock-star status around the world among millions who saw him as t...
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    PBS taking live, three-night look at Monterey Bay
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    PBS taking live, three-night look at Monterey Bay
    DAVID BAUDER 
    Aug 24, 2015
    NEW YORK (AP) — PBS is bringing a live whale watch into the nation's living rooms — and throwing in some seals, sea otters, dolphins and pelicans. For...
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    The Latest: Colorado governor drinks river water after spill
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    The Latest: Colorado governor drinks river water after spill
    Aug 13, 2015
    DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 11:17 a.m. New Mexico's environment secretary is criticizing Colorado's...
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    AP Interview: New Orleans mayor praises post-Katrina change
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    AP Interview: New Orleans mayor praises post-Katrina change
    REBECCA SANTANA 
    Aug 13, 2015
    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is approaching the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a mammoth storm that caused the levees protecting the city to...
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    Prince Harry visits South Africa’s flagship wildlife park
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    Prince Harry visits South Africa’s flagship wildlife park
    CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA 
    Aug 13, 2015
    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry has been on a private visit to South Africa's flagship wildlife park, where poachers have killed rhinos in ...
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    The Latest: Colorado, EPA at odds over reopening river
    Nation, News
    The Latest: Colorado, EPA at odds over reopening river
    Aug 12, 2015
    DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local): 11:03 a.m. Colorado and federal officials are at odds over whether it's...
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    Navajo Nation says it feels brunt of Colorado mine leak
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    Navajo Nation says it feels brunt of Colorado mine leak
    SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and ELLEN KNICKMEYER 
    Aug 12, 2015
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Russell Begaye stared at the yellow water that keeps pouring out of a hole in the side of a Colorado mountain, racing down a ...
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    Red Cross blood drive scheduled Aug. 12
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    The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive in the dining room at Bradford Manor, 50 Lang Maid Lane, from 1 to 6 p.m. Aug. 12. Those who donate bet...
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    Tee times set for 89th annual Men’s Am tourney
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    OLEAN — The field for the 89th annual Southwestern New York-Northwestern Pennsylvania Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament is set. A pool of 137 golfers - th...
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