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A hippopotamus caused traffic chaos in a Spanish town yesterday after it wandered away from a visiting circus.

A New Jersey county agriculture development board has approved Jon Stewart's plan to turn a 200-year-old farm into an animal sanctuary and agriculture center.

The San Andreas fault in Southern California is "locked, loaded and ready to roll," an earthquake scientist said yesterday during a conference in Long Beach.

Someone claiming to be a French engineering researcher peer-reviewed three articles for a scientific journal before the ruse fell apart.

The National Park Service has added two locations to the National Register of Historic Places that commemorate the history of gay and lesbian Americans.

While many scientists believed leopards' adaptive traits meant continued abundance in the wild, a new study shows the spotted animal has lost up to 75 percent of its range since 1750.

Since Idaho became a state, it has sold 41 percent of its acres to timber companies, cattle ranchers, fishing clubs and homeowners on Priest and Payette lakes.

West Coast property owners challenging habitat protections for the threatened green sturgeon are asking the Supreme Court to hear their complaints.

Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is among the members of Uber's new, star-studded public policy advisory board.

The battle over the Republican presidential nomination came to a close yesterday -- when businessman Donald Trump became the sole GOP contender in the race -- but for the Green Party of the United States, it's just begun.

The West Virginia Coal Association unanimously endorsed Donald Trump for president today ahead of the presumptive Republican nominee's rally tonight in Charleston.

Former U.S. EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman (R) yesterday walked backed claims that she will support former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) over presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in the November presidential election, instead voicing hope that a "third-party effort" will emerge.

Former Utah Republican Sen. Robert Bennett is being remembered for his intellect, pragmatism and work ethic after dying at 82 yesterday.

An industry institute this week bashed the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's new 20-year energy plan as a "deeply unimaginative blueprint to keep a U.S. Commonwealth addicted to imported fuel."

The chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee yesterday questioned why U.S. EPA posted -- then suddenly removed -- a study on its website showing that exposure to the herbicide glyphosate doesn't appear to cause cancer.

A federal judge yesterday opened the door for potentially thousands of residents and businesses to participate in class-action lawsuits challenging the government for flood damage from Hurricane Katrina and subsequent storms.

A plan supported by President Obama to open up the cable set-top box market to competition could wipe out planned energy savings for the devices, according to critics.

A new Fish and Wildlife Service plan to permit energy companies to kill federally protected bald and golden eagles for up to 30 years is drawing mixed reviews from wind and wildlife advocates.

Andy Stahl has never shied from breaking with old allies. He started his career as a hero to loggers. Then he fought them to save the spotted owl in the Northwest forests, and environmentalists loved him. Now, as head of green group Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, he is taking an unorthodox view on forest fires -- let them burn -- and throwing both sides overboard.

Ahead of next week's West Virginia primary and following a week of candidate visits to Appalachia, how will coal country politics play in the presidential race? On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Dylan Brown discusses the candidates' competing messaging on the coal economy.

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