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Tornadoes rip through Texas, killing six
DALLAS (Reuters) - At least six people were killed and scores more injured when tornadoes ripped through a stretch of Texas n...
Lower DUI limit to 0.05% blood-alcohol level, NTSB says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top transportation safety agency voted on Tuesday to recommend a lower blood alcohol limit for dri...
They're back: 17-year cicadas to swarm
HAMDEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Colossal numbers of cicadas, unhurriedly growing underground since 1996, are about to emerge ...
Before Texas plant exploded: What did regulators know?
HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite being located within a short walk of a nursing home, school and residential buildings, W...
Florida battles slimy invasion by giant snails
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world's most destructive invas...
VIDEO: Up to 15 dead after blast at Texas fertilizer plant
WEST, Texas (Reuters) - An explosion tore through a fertilizer plant and leveled dozens of homes in a small Texas town late o...
Oceans may explain slowdown in climate change
OSLO (Reuters) - Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released bac...
China readies to fight new bird flu
By Ben BlanchardBEIJING (Reuters) - China said it was mobilizing resources nationwide to combat a new strain of deadly bird f...
Waist-deep in mud, British PM rescues distressed sheep
LONDON (Reuters) - Bogged down by a stagnating economy and sinking poll ratings, British Prime Minister David Cameron venture...
Angry Birds cartoons head for TV screens
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The makers of Angry Birds are launching a cartoon series this weekend, expanding further beyond its high...
Public transportation surges as Americans return to work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans commuting by public transportation rose to the second highest level on record ...
Scientists may have found new life under Antarctic ice
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian scientists believe they have discovered new life forms sealed off for millions of years in a subgl...
German flight set to take off with comet tourists
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German travel agency is selling tickets for a flight to give 88 astronomy buffs a close-up view of on...
Man and woman, preferably married, wanted for expedition to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, - A nonprofit foundation wants to recruit a man and a woman - possibly a married couple - for a bare...
Man charged with harassing manatee after posting photos
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida man posted photos on Facebook showing himself hugging a baby manatee and was arrested on charges ...
Pat Derby, animal trainer for 'Flipper' and 'Lassie,' dies at 69
(Reuters) - Pat Derby, a show business animal trainer who worked on the television programs "Flipper" and "Las...
VIDEO: Meteorite hits Russia, over 500 people hurt
CHELYABINSK, Russia (Reuters) - More than 500 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over cent...
Asteroid may have killed dinosaurs quicker than thought
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Dinosaurs died off about 33,000 years after an asteroid hit the Earth, much sooner than s...
Under Obama, coal country fights for its way of life
BEALLSVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Leon Lieser has been a coal miner 49 years, his bent fingers testament to his first job, loadin...
New Zealand man calls for ban on cats
An economist in New Zealand has proposed a plan to preserve native wildlife - get rid of cats.Gareth Morgan set up a website,...
NBA: New Orleans switching from 'Hornets' to 'Pelicans'
At the conclusion of the 2012-13 NBA season, the New Orleans Hornets will become the New Orleans Pelicans, the team announced...
15,000 crocodiles on the loose after floods
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Some 15,000 crocodiles escaped from a South African reptile farm in flood waters this week and were ...
2012 was hottest year on record in U.S.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The year 2012 was the warmest on record for the contiguous United States, beating the previous record by ...
Biofuels cause pollution, not as green as thought
OSLO (Reuters) - Green schemes to fight climate change by producing more bio-fuels could actually worsen a little-known type ...
NASA crashes two probes into a mountain on the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A pair of NASA moon-mapping probes smashed themselves into a lunar mountain on Monday, en...
Lawmakers cry 'fowl' over move to help lesser prairie chicken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A move by U.S. authorities to consider placing a small grassland bird native to parts of the oil and g...
NASA probe reveals organics, ice on Mercury
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Despite searing daytime temperatures, Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, has ice and...
New York, New Jersey put $71 billion price tag on Sandy
(Reuters) - New York state and New Jersey need at least $71.3 billion to recover from the devastation wrought by Supersto...
Gas explosion in Springfield, MA levels building
(Reuters) - An explosion triggered by a gas leak destroyed a strip club in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, on Friday, in...
New planet discovered in habitable zone
LONDON (Reuters) - An Anglo-German team of astronomers has discovered a new planet orbiting a nearby sun at just the right di...
Wintry storm smacks an already battered Northeast
By Daniel Trotta and Karen FreifeldNEW YORK (Reuters) - A wintry storm dropped snow on the Northeast on Wednesday and threate...
New York region struggles to move on a week after Sandy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A week after superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City and the surrounding area, schools were set ...
Scope of Sandy's devastation widens, death toll spirals
NEW YORK (Reuters) - From New York City's Staten Island to the popular beach towns of the Jersey Shore, rescuers and offi...
Death toll up, gasoline lines grow in monster storm's wake
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers awoke to the rumble of subway trains for the first time in four days on Thursday and the dea...
Obama hits campaign trail as storm cleanup gathers pace
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was to resume campaigning on Thursday after a pause caused by the U.S. east coast...
Nuclear plant declares 'alert' after Sandy storm surge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exelon Corp declared an "alert" at its New Jersey Oyster Creek nuclear power plant due to a re...
Monster storm leaves U.S. East Coast crippled; 30 dead
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Millions of people were left reeling in the aftermath of monster storm Sandy on Tuesday as New York City...
Sandy strengthens as nears coast; Wall Street shut
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the East Coast, strengthened on Monday after hundreds...
Hurricane Sandy drenches the Bahamas, leaves 21 dead in Caribbean
NASSAU (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy pounded the Bahamas with battering winds and rain on Friday, sweeping over the island chai...
Hurricane Sandy threatens U.S. after hammering Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy swelled into a serious threat to much of the U.S. East Coast on Thursday after hammering C...
Rare 'headless' ladybug discovered in Montana
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Sleepy Hollow has its headless horseman and now Montana has a headless ladybug.The newly discovered...
Rover Curiosity eats first Martian dirt
(Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity tasted Martian dirt for the first time on Thursday, testing equipment needed to a...
Romans, Han Dynasty were greenhouse gas emitters: study
OSLO (Reuters) - A 200-year period covering the heyday of both the Roman Empire and China's Han dynasty saw a big rise in...
Mars rover finds first evidence of water: a river of it
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, dispatched to learn if the most Earth-like planet in th...
Alaska fisherman survives 26 hours floating in fish crate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska fisherman survived for a day floating on frigid ocean waters in a plastic fish crate ...
NASA's Mars rover ready to 'drive, drive, drive'
PASADENA, California (Reuters) - The Mars rover Curiosity was due to wrap up an exhaustive, weeks-long instrument check on Th...
Drilling to lakes under Antarctic may give clues to sea rise
OSLO (Reuters) - A British plan to drill into a sunless lake deep under Antarctica's ice in December could show the risks...
Storm Leslie downgraded on path toward Bermuda
By Ayo JohnsonHAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Hurricane Leslie was downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday as it swirled over ...
Yosemite extends hantavirus warning; death toll rises
By Ronnie CohenSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yosemite National Park doubled the scope of its hantavirus warning on Thursday to so...
Organic food no more nutritious than non-organic
(Reuters) - Organic produce and meat typically isn't any better for you than conventional food when it comes to vitamin a...
Firemen called to rescue cow stuck up a tree
LONDON (Reuters) - A cow had to be rescued by fire services in northern England after it tumbled down a 30 meter river embank...
Isaac moves north after drenching Gulf
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tropical storm Isaac is expected to weaken further as it heads north on Thursday, after causing signi...
'Walking Dead' star Scott Wilson charged with DUI
Actor Scott Wilson, a star in the hit television series "The Walking Dead," has been charged with driving under the...
Will.i.am song blasts to Mars and back, via Curiosity
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA's Curiosity rover is making global headlines as it travels uncharted territory on Mars, and ...
Yosemite: 1,700 may have had exposure to rodent-borne illness
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yosemite National Park is warning 1,700 people that they may have been exposed to a potentially dea...
Hurricane bears down on New Orleans on Katrina's anniversary
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Isaac lashed southern Louisiana with high winds and heavy rains on Wednesday and was set fo...
Isaac revs up to hurricane force near New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened into a hurricane just off the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday as it chur...
Postcards from Mars show rover's key science targets
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Monday showed off the first high-resolution, color portrait images taken by the M...
Tropical Storm Isaac takes aim at New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac had nearly reached hurricane strength as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on ...
Storm Isaac heads for Gulf Coast, hurricane warning issued
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac swirled into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, threatening to disrupt U.S. offshore oil an...
U.S. West Nile cases, deaths jump in latest week
DALLAS (Reuters) - The number of West Nile virus infections in the United States has jumped more than 60 percent in the past ...
Isaac churns in the Caribbean, threatens Republican Convention
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac spun over the Caribbean Sea and could become a hurricane on Thursday as it moves on a ...
Americans waste, throw away nearly half their food
(Reuters) - Americans throw away nearly half their food every year, waste worth roughly $165 billion annually, according ...
Driver swerves to avoid moose, hits bear instead
OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian driver who swerved his car on a rural road to avoid running into a moose hit a bear instead, aut...
Floating robot helps track great white sharks
OSLO (Reuters) - A floating robot has been deployed to track great white sharks in the Pacific as part of efforts to understa...
South Africa goes big on birth control for elephants
By Jon HerskovitzJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African province home to thousands of elephants is planning a birth control...
Wildfires rage in West, destroy 60 homes in Washington State
By Jonathan KaminskyOLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Firefighters battled wildfires across the West on Tuesday, including a ma...
After Curiosity, uncertainty lingers on NASA's Mars program
PASADENA, Ca. (Reuters) - This week's arrival of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity set the stage for a potentially game-cha...
Two earthquakes in Iran kill 300 and injure 5,000
DUBAI (Reuters) - Overcrowded hospitals in northwest Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday as...
Drought, food prices fan fears of new crisis
ROME/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Global alarm over a potential repeat of the 2008 food crisis escalated after data showed food prices...
July was hottest month ever for continental U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - July was the hottest month in the continental United States on record, beating the hottest month in th...
Drought deepens worries about food supplies, prices
By Bob BurgdorferCHICAGO (Reuters) - Alarm grew over the unrelenting Midwest drought on Tuesday, as one of the top corporate ...
Drought wilts crops as officials pray for rain
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Oppressive heat and a worsening drought in the Midwest pushed grain prices near or past record...
Drought worsens crop damage, raising food, fuel worry
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Corn and soybeans in the U.S. Midwest baked in an unrelenting heat wave on Monday with fears rising of bi...
No crustacean, no cry? Bob Marley gets his own species
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reggae immortal Bob Marley has joined Barack Obama and Elvis Presley in the elite club of those who ha...
Sleepy Kitty Can't Stay Awake
This adorable baby himalayan kitten just can't stay awake!
Hot Wheels World Record
Watch two drivers set a Guinness World Record by racing two cars through a six-story double vertical loop at the 2012 X Games...
On a New York island, firefighters set homes ablaze
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Firefighters will spend the next two weeks setting homes ablaze on a small island in New York Harbor for...
Over 1.4 million still without power from Illinois to Virginia
(Reuters) - More than 1.4 million people from Illinois to Virginia remained without power Tuesday morning after the weekend&#...
Power, telecoms outages leave Americans vulnerable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A brief, violent storm that brought the U.S. capital to its knees in the midst of a heat wave dramatic...
Rise in sea level can't be stopped: scientists
LONDON (Reuters) - Rising sea levels cannot be stopped over the next several hundred years, even if deep emissions cuts lower...
People return to charred cities after Colorado wildfires
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Residents began returning to charred areas of Colorado Springs on Sunday after the most d...
Former storm Debby churns away from sodden Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - The remnants of Tropical Storm Debby moved out into the open Atlantic on Wednesday and rains...
Volcano Garbage
See what happens when a garbage box full of food waste is thrown into a volcano.
Wandering Cape Cod bear captured in Boston suburb
BOSTON (Reuters) - He's baaack: A male black bear captured on Cape Cod earlier this month, where it was tranquilized and ...
Tropical Storm Debby rains misery on flooded Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Debby weakened to a tropical depression after it drifted ashore on Florida...
Bear Cub in Garage
When a bear cub gets stuck in someone's garage it's Momma Bear to the rescue!
How Puppies Stay Cool
It's been hot this summer so these puppies are trying their best to stay cool.
Tropical Storm Debby heads for Florida coast
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Debby meandered slowly to the Florida coast on Sunday, bringing strong winds and waves tha...
Celebrities back Greenpeace campaign to protect Arctic
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - One hundred celebrities backed a Greenpeace campaign against oil drilling and unsustainable fishin...
Work starts to refloat Italy's Concordia cruise wreck
ROME (Reuters) - Salvage crews began preliminary work this week on preparations to refloat the half-submerged Costa Concordia...
Minnesota city flood kills zoo animals, bear escapes
(Reuters) - Heavy rains pounded northern Minnesota on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of dozens of homes, causing mudslides...
Long-grumbling Alaska volcano has explosive ash burst
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A remote Aleutian volcano that has been restless for the past year rumbled to life on Tuesday, ...
Faulty tests blamed for California nuclear plant leak
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, California (Reuters) - Tubes that leaked radioactive steam at a California nuclear power plant, leading ...
Diesel exhaust fumes cause lung cancer, WHO says
By Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - Diesel engine fumes can cause lung cancer and belong in the same potentially deadly categor...
Colorado, New Mexico forest fire crews gain ground
By Zelie Pollon and Keith Coffman(Reuters) - Fire crews battling flames roaring through national forests in New Mexico and Co...
Western Wildfires Rage, Forcing Evacuations
Raging wildfires forced hundreds of residents to flee homes in Colorado and New Mexico on Sunday as high winds and high tempe...
50 percent chance of El Nino later this year
NEW YORK (Reuters) - There is a 50 percent chance the feared El Nino weather pattern which can trigger droughts in Southeast ...
Dock from Japanese tsunami washes up on Oregon beach
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - A huge dock unmoored during last year's Japanese tsunami washed up on an Oregon beach this w...
Radiation: Shall I compare thee to an angry Japanese wife?
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese research agency has dropped a controversial public relations campaign aimed at educating women a...
Firefighters make progress against historic blaze
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Firefighters battling New Mexico's largest-ever blaze gained ground on Sunday and offici...
Hamster Plays Dead
You've seen dogs 'play dead,' but have you ever seen a hamster fall over after getting 'shot'?
Sophia Grace and Rosie Go to 'Cars Land'
Sophia Grace and Rosie are back, and this time they're giving us an exclusive lookat the new "Cars Land" in Dis...
Winds, heat hamper fight to contain Southwest wildfires
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Fire crews hampered by wind gusts and the driest conditions in two decades in the U.S. Southwest made s...
Thousands walk to mark year since tornado hit Joplin
(Reuters) - An estimated 5,000 people participated on Tuesday in a "walk of unity" to Joplin, Missouri, along the p...
Tropical Storm Alberto loses strength, forecasters say
Charleston, South Carolina (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Alberto churned off the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina on Sunday,...
Fugitive penguin 337 spotted alive in Tokyo Bay
TOKYO (Reuters) - After Penguin Number 337 made a daring bid for freedom from a Tokyo aquarium and vanished into the waters o...
Got gas: Dinosaur flatulence may have warmed Earth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a major new climate finding, researchers have calculated that dinosaur flatulence could have put en...
Pig poo power the answer to China's porky poser?
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Seven hundred million pigs produce a lot of poo.China's love of pork presents a mountain of a problem ...
Ohio to return wild animals to widow
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Five wild animals will soon be returned to the widow of a man who released them into the Ohio coun...
Van plunges into Bronx Zoo, killing seven
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven people, including three children, were killed on Sunday when an out-of-control van flew over a hig...
Ellen's Global Dance Dares
Ellen's dance dares have swept the globe! You need to see these impressive moves from fans across the planet.
Soccer ball swept up by Japanese tsunami found in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A soccer ball that bobbed onto the shore of a remote Alaska island is likely the first salvagea...
Forest Service wants to blow up frozen cows
DENVER - A group of cows that wandered into an old cabin high in the Rocky Mountains died and were frozen solid might have to...
Three girls among Oklahoma tornado dead
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Clean-up efforts were underway across the Midwest on Sunday after dozens of tornadoes ripped across...
Obama's 'green jobs' have been slow to sprout
(Reuters) - Three weeks ago, President Barack Obama stood in front of a sea of gleaming solar panels in Boulder City, Nevada,...
Huge Quake Strikes Off Indonesia, Tsunami Warning Issued
By Reza MunawirBANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending resid...
U.S. Coast Guard sinks Japanese 'ghost ship'
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard, firing repeated machine-gun blasts from one of its cutters, on Thursday s...
Earth Hour Across the World
Have you heard of Earth Hour? It's aglobal initiative to reduce energy consumption by turning off the lights for one full...
Swarm of tornadoes rip through Dallas-Fort Worth
DALLAS (Reuters) - Up to a dozen tornadoes skipped through the densely populated Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas on Tuesday, ...
Big earthquake rattles Mexico, no major damage
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A major earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday, unleashing panic as it damaged hundreds of buildings and...
Poo for tea: China's pandas brew a top drop
YA'AN, China (Reuters) - China's national treasure, the giant panda, will become even more precious if one businessma...
Fracking did not pollute water near homes: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A first round of tests showed no evidence that water at 11 homes in a small town in Pennsylvania near ...
Part of DC's Mall may be sinking faster than normal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Part of the National Mall near the Washington Monument may be sinking at a faster rate than expected, ...
Angry Birds Space
A NASA scientist in the International Space Station explains the physics behind angry birds and gives us a sneak peak at the ...
James Cameron plans deep sea dive in Pacific
(Reuters) - "Titanic" film director James Cameron on Thursday unveiled plans to pilot a specially designed submarin...
The Invisible Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz creates an "invisible" car to promote the company's new"invisible" environmental impact...
At least 12 killed as tornadoes strike Midwest
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Powerful storms that spawned tornadoes ripped through the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday, killing...
Maine's biggest lobster returned to Atlantic Ocean
(Reuters) - The biggest lobster ever caught in Maine, a 27-pounder (12.25 kg) nicknamed "Rocky" with claws tough en...
Russia's Putin Gets a Drink Fit for Dinosaurs
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received a drink fit for dinosaurs on Friday when he was presented w...
James Cameron buys up land in hobbit country
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Avatar is moving in next door to the Hobbit.Successful U.S. film director James Cameron has snapped up...
Sun hurls strong geomagnetic storm toward Earth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The strongest geomagnetic storm in more than six years was forecast to hit Earth's magnetic field ...
2011 was ninth-warmest year since 1880
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global average temperature last year was the ninth-warmest in the modern meteorological record, co...
Doomsday Clock a minute closer to midnight
(Reuters) - The symbolic Doomsday Clock calculated by a group of scientists was moved a minute closer to midnight on Tuesday,...
Next ice age not likely before 1,500 years: study
LONDON (Reuters) - High levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere mean the next ice age is unlikely to begin for a...
U.S. safety official 'comfortable' with Volt fix
DETROIT (Reuters) - The agency that monitors U.S. vehicle safety is "comfortable" that a proposed fix to the Chevro...
Oddly mild winter leaves much of U.S. on thin ice
CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Unusually mild winter weather is spoiling the fun for hockey players, skaters and ice fisherman acro...
Air traffic alert after volcano spews ash cloud
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A remote volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands erupted violently early on Thursday, spouting an ...
How renewable energy may be Edison's revenge
LONDON (Reuters) - At the start of the 20th century, inventors Thomas Alva Edison and Nikola Tesla clashed in the "war o...
Earth-like planet found orbiting star
MOFFET FIELD, California (Reuters) - The most Earth-like planet ever discovered is circling a star 600 light years away, a ke...
U.S. proposes to double auto fuel economy by 2025
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration proposed on Wednesday doubling auto fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon ...
U.S., Russian crew blast off for space station
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - Three astronauts blasted off on Monday to return a full crew to the International Space Station ...
Big asteroid has close encounter with Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A black asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier zoomed past Earth on Tuesday, delighting a...
Protesters circle White House in oil pipeline row
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters opposed to a new oil pipeline from Canada to the United States circled the Whi...
Thousands remain without power week after storm
BOSTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of homes remained in the dark on Sunday a week after a historic snowstorm paralyzed the ...
One million people still without power in NE
CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - About 1 million people remained without power in the Northeast on Wednesday after an uncommonly robu...
Nerves fray as power still out for 1.6 million in NE
MERIDEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Cold, tired and frustrated, residents of more than 1.6 million homes in the Northeast remain...
Crowded, stretched world awaits 7 billionth baby
BAGHPAT, India (Reuters) - The world's 7 billionth person will be born into a population more aware than ever of the challeng...
Turkey quake death toll exceeds 200, set to rise
ERCIS, Turkey (Reuters) - Rescuers clawed through rubble on Monday to free people trapped by an earthquake that killed at lea...
Animal escape spotlights lenient regulations
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The escape of more than 50 exotic animals – and the killing of nearly all of them by sheriff&rsq...
'Noah' may mean difference between life and death
TOKYO (Reuters) - It's not quite a yellow submarine, since it's destined for travel on top of the water, not under it.But the...
Hundreds evacuated after Texas chemical plant fire
DALLAS (Reuters) - A large fire at a chemical plant south of Dallas that sent an enormous plume of smoke into the air on Mond...
Homeowners gradually rebuild in Joplin
JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) - Four months ago, a tornado swept Rick and Jolene Huffman out of their house and dumped them unconsciou...
NASA: Remains of satellite may never be found
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A six-ton NASA science satellite crashed to Earth on Saturday, leaving a mystery about wh...
Kenyan Nobel winner Maathai, savior of trees, dies
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaigns to save Kenyan fo...
Tumbling satellite expected to miss North America
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A defunct NASA satellite the size of a bus that is expected to fall to Earth on Friday wi...
Hero rabbit saves owners from house fire
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A pet rabbit is being credited for saving its owners from a house fire in southeastern Alaska b...
U.S. gets set to sanction BP, contractors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. offshore drilling regulator could issue sanctions as early as next week against BP and the ma...
Rising seas expected to wash out key CA beaches
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Rising seas forecast from climate change will likely wash away some of California's most iconic bea...
Release of key BP oil spill probe expected soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The results of a pivotal federal U.S. probe of last year's massive BP oil spill could be released as e...
Gore in 24-hour broadcast to convert climate skeptics
LONDON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Al Gore will renew his 30-year campaign to convince skeptics of the link between cli...
Weather disasters costing U.S. billions this year
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Blizzards. Tornadoes. Floods. Record heat and drought, followed by wildfires.The first eight months of 20...
Firefighters gain some control over Texas blaze
BASTROP, Texas (Reuters) - Firefighters gained ground for the first time on Wednesday against a deadly wildfire raging near A...
Gulf coast braces for more rain, one dead
MOBILE, Ala (Reuters) - Gulf Coast residents from Texas to Florida struggled with a third day of severe weather on Monday wit...
Two dead as wildfires scorch Texas
SAN ANTONIO/AUSTIN (Reuters) - Sixty separate wildfires, whipped by winds as Tropical Storm Lee passed, burned across parched...
Storm Lee threatens Southeast with heavy rains
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - After testing New Orleans' flood defenses over the weekend, Tropical Storm Lee moved northeast on Mon...
Tropical Storm Lee spawns tornadoes on Gulf Coast
MOBILE, Ala (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Lee spawned tornado sightings and alerts from the Louisiana Gulf Coast to the Florida ...
Perry sought to sideline nuclear waste site critic
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas governor Rick Perry tried to sideline a state commissioner who opposed expanding the scope of...
Reinforcements, weather aid firefighters in OK, TX
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A wildfire burned for a third day in a wooded 18-square-mile area of Oklahoma's capital on Thursday...
Flood victims still in the dark, stuck in mud
LUDLOW, Vermont (Reuters) - Residents of several Northeast states approached the Labor Day holiday weekend mired in mud and s...
Condoleezza Rice fires back at Cheney memoir
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday she resented what she viewed as an attack...
Waters recede but storm victims suffer in East
PATERSON, N.J./BRATTLEBORO, Vermont (Reuters) - Floodwaters finally started to recede from areas of the U.S. northeast devast...
Katia strenthens into hurricane over Atlantic
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Katia strengthened into a hurricane over the Atlantic on Wednesday, while another mass of th...
Airlifts, water rescues in wake of Hurricane Irene
PATERSON, New Jersey (Reuters) - Emergency workers plucked dozens of residents from doorways and windows as Hurricane Irene's...
Vermont, New Jersey flooded as Irene spares NYC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vermont and New Jersey struggled with their worst flooding in decades on Monday, a day after Hurricane I...
New York City gets back to business after Irene
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City was slowly getting back to business as usual on Monday after Hurricane Irene but hundreds ...
Feds to help reimburse states for Irene damage
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene could cost U.S. state and local governments billions of dollars in damages, but funds fr...
Irene rakes up East Coast, shuts down New York
MOREHEAD CITY, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene charged up the U.S. eastern seaboard on Saturday as a weakening but...
Hurricane Irene rages ashore in North Carolina
MOREHEAD CITY, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene howled ashore in North Carolina with heavy winds, rain and surf on ...
NY mayor: Coastal residents should move out Friday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers living in low-lying areas should think about moving out on Friday before Hurricane Irene hit...
East Coast readies for \'big, bad\' Irene
WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - The United States urged 55 million people on its East Coast on Friday to prepare for t...
East Coast in Irene's path, scrambles to prepare
NASSAU (Reuters) - The northeast seaboard, including the capital and financial center New York, rushed to prepare on Thursday...
Irene could be 'big threat' to Northeast
NASSAU (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Irene battered the Bahamas on Wednesday on a track to the North Carolina coast that for...
East Coast quake cracks Washington Monument
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The earthquake that shook much of the East Coast cracked one of the stones at the top of the Washingto...
Ex-IAEA official warns of Libya 'dirty bomb'
VIENNA (Reuters) - A research center near Tripoli stocks uranium and other material that could be used to make a nuclear &quo...
Hurricane Irene strengthens on path to U.S. coast
NASSAU (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene looked set to become a major storm on Wednesday as it roared up from the Caribbean on a pa...
Once-a-century earthquake rattles East Coast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rattled the East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, damaging well...
Hurricane Irene to strengthen before hitting U.S.
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene was expected to strengthen over the next few days and could hit the southeastern Un...
Toyota, Ford to collaborate on hybrid trucks
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp and Ford Motor Co will work together to develop hybrid trucks and SUVs that will be rea...
Billowing dust storm engulfs downtown Phoenix
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A billowing wall of dust engulfed downtown Phoenix on Thursday, cutting visibility to a few hundred yards...
Rain helps some drought-hit areas, but not enough
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A band of showers has offered some relief to parched areas from Kansas to Mississippi, but ...
Alaska's mystery goo now called fungal spores
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious orange goo that collected on shorelines in an Alaska village is made up of fungal ...
Drought losses hit $5.2 billion in Texas
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The historic Texas drought that has parched most of the state throughout the summer has caused $5...
Japan says to set up new nuclear safety watchdog
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will set up a new nuclear safety watchdog under the auspices of the Environment Ministry, it said on ...
Panel seeks more disclosure on natgas drilling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Natural gas drillers should reveal all chemicals they use in the drilling technique called "frack...
Obama to set fuel standards for heavy vehicles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday will finalize the first ever fuel efficiency and emissions standar...
Southern U.S. boils while Midwest has storms
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Southeast and southern Plains broiled under more record-breaking heat on Monday while heavy rai...
Emily breaks up over Haiti, still threatens rains
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Emily broke apart over the mountains of Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Thursda...
Iconic turtle, on the mend, back at sea off Florida
JUNO BEACH, Fla (Reuters) - A plucky sea turtle was released back into the wild off Florida's coast on Wednesday after months...
Earth's moon shaped by impact with another: study
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A primordial collision of two moons that once orbited Earth explains why the present-day moon is a bi...
Aggressive Yellowstone grizzly bear euthanized
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Rangers have taken the rare step of capturing and killing a grizzly bear deemed a threat to human s...
Wild mustangs spared roundup in Wyoming for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wild horses on the vast rangelands of Wyoming can continue to roam free, for now, after the U.S. gover...
Robot seals help heal Japan's tsunami victims
TOKYO (Reuters) - For some elderly survivors of Japan's March earthquake and tsunami, comfort comes in the form of a small wh...
Weather disasters seen costly sign of things to come
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is on a pace in 2011 to set a record for the cost of weather-related disasters and t...

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    An aerial view of Honda vehicles at the flooded Honda factory in the Rojuna Industrial district on November 14, 2011 in Ayutt...
  • Massive Tornado | May 29, 2011
    Katlyn Wilkins (in tree) and Andrea Wilkins Morelli work on securing an American flag in a tree as they deal with the destruc...
  • Japan Disaster | March 21, 2011
    Sigo Hatareyama works to clean out what is left of his house on March 21, 2011 in Kesennuma, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong ...
  • Thailand Flooding | Oct. 21, 2011
    A Thai woman walks through the deep flooded streets October 21, 2011 in Pathumthani on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. H...
  • Joplin Tornado | July 29, 2011
    Vacant lots remain where a neighborhood once stood prior to the May 22 tornado July 29, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. The city co...
  • Massive Tornado | May 24, 2011
    Damage is seen one day after a tornado tore through Joplin killing hundreds of people on May 24, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri.
  • Final Mission | July 10, 2011
    In this handout image provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), NASA space shuttle Atlantis in Ea...
  • Trapped Whales | May 21, 2011
    A pilot whale, one of a pod of up to 70, emerges from the water as they remain in Loch Carron on May 21, 2011 in South Uist, ...
  • Japan Disaster | March 21, 2011
    Sigo Hatareyama works to clean out what is left of his house on March 21, 2011 in Kesennuma, Japan. The 9.0 magnitude strong ...
  • New Zealand Earthquake | Feb. 26, 2011
    A crack separates a road in the suburb of Avonside on February 26, 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Hundreds were killed af...
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