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It's a timely reminder that there are many potential points of failure as we move toxic material around the country.
Agriculture land prices have been posting double-digit gains for years. Should we use the word "bubble?" Everyone else seems to be.
So far in 2012, the average temperature has been 3.4 degrees above average, and 1.1 degrees above the previous warmest year ever. Also, the drought continues.
From New York and L.A. to small cities in Nebraska and Alaska, childhood obesity rates are inching downward. The reasons aren't yet known.
Hagel has long been confused about climate change ... and yet concerned about it too, particularly as a national security issue.
Massachusetts and California are very energy efficient; Mississippi and North Dakota aren't. See where we're going with this?
They found a teeny-tiny, itsy-bitsy anomaly, guys, no big whoop, said a spokesperson who was sweating through her jacket.
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.10774971&w=425&h=350&fv=launch%3D43504156%26amp%3Bwidth%3D400%26amp%3Bheight%3D320] The Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant near Omaha is basically sitting in a puddle of water after recent...
Drought has brought water levels in the Mississippi close to historic lows, threatening to close this crucial transport route.
