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Firefighters from around the state battle a large wildfire on Highway 71 near Smithville, Texas, Monday, Sep. 5, 2011. As crews battle Texas wildfires, residents wait to return home
Waiting for the wind to die in Texas | (CNN) -- Shannon Lilie had five minutes to flee her home, but she was frozen. | As a wildfire inched closer to her Austin, Texas, neighborhood, she could not dec... (photo: AP / Erich Schlegel) CNN
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FEMALE-CROCODILE Philippines catches 'largest' crocodile on record
A giant saltwater crocodile weighing more than a tonne was captured in a remote Philippine village following a spate of attacks on humans and livestock, officials said Tuesday. | The 21-foot (6.4-metr... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) Jakarta Globe
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The first sign of the spring melt - a stream is seen flowing on the ice - Alaska, Tigvariak Island, North Slope Unlocked by melting ice-caps, the great polar oil rush has begun
| It's the melting of the Arctic ice, as the climate warms, that makes it possible - and you can understand why they're all piling in. In July 2008, the US Geological Survey released the first ever pu... (photo: Public Domain / Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren, NOAA Corps (ret.)) The Independent
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a tree near river - nature - Earth EarthTalk: 'Nonpoint source pollution' explained
| Dear EarthTalk: What is "nonpoint source pollution"? How much of a problem is it and how can it be controlled? | - Devon Corey, New York, N.Y. | Unlike pollution that comes from specific industrial ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Miami Herald
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Sir Richard Branson poses with SpaceShipTwo, a spacecraft designed to rocket wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011, during the unveiling in Mojave, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Richard Branson, Ted Turner launch OceanElders
| Some of the most influential names in business, music and ocean conservation have banded together to form a new nonprofit organization called OceanElders. | CNN founder Ted Turner, oceanographer Dr.... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong) The Miami Herald
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Cheetah Zoo to get a pair of cheetahs
At last, visitors to the Nehru Zoological Park can look forward to catch a sight of cheetah, the fastest land animal that had been sorely missing at the facility here. | The Nehru Zoo has been in touc... (photo: Creative Commons / Lin1) The Hindu
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