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FLORIDA: Woman hospitalized with dead shark attached to arm

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A Florida woman was bitten by a shark yesterday and taken to the hospital with the dead shark still attached to her arm.

IDAHO: Fire department rescues ducklings from pool

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An Idaho fire department rescued seven ducklings trapped in a Boise-area pool Saturday when residents and the ducks' mother were unable to get the small flock out.

WATER POLLUTION: Fla. proposes relaxed toxics limits

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Florida officials are trying to reduce restrictions on about two dozen cancer-causing chemicals that can be flushed into the state's rivers, lakes and coastal waters.

VW SCANDAL: Norway's wealth fund joins suit

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Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, intends to join a class-action lawsuit against Volkswagen AG targeting its emissions scandal.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA proposal scales back monitoring of roadside NO2

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U.S. EPA regulators want to trim plans for keeping tabs on vehicle-related emissions of nitrogen dioxide (NO2).

ALT VEHICLES: Autonomous vehicles could spur traffic jams

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Self-driving cars could mean safer, cheaper travel but could also mean more congested roadways.

NATIONAL PARKS: Washington Monument closed again

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The Washington Monument is closed again over elevator troubles.

FOREST SERVICE: Actress pays fine for carving in Sedona red rock

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Actress Vanessa Hudgens has paid $1,000 for carving a heart into a red rock wall in Sedona, Ariz.

EPA: IG plans follow-up audit of troubled radiation center

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Two years after a scathing internal review questioned the competence and integrity of U.S. EPA's radiation field operations center, the agency's inspector general is taking a follow-up look.

WIND: Energy firm to build world's largest offshore turbine farm

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Norwegian energy company Statoil ASA will build the world's largest floating wind farm after winning a seabed lease today.

COAL: Environmentalist bids $2.8B for Alpha assets -- report

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A Virginia environmentalist may be considering a purchase of bankrupt Alpha Natural Resources' coal mines.

POLITICS: Authorities arrest 52 activists in Wash.

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Officials in Washington state apprehended 52 climate activists this weekend after they shut down railroad tracks close to two oil refineries.

WILDLIFE: Woman's friendly bison finds new home on Craigslist

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A Texas woman who once planned to open an animal education center instead sold her 1,100-pound bison online.

NATIONAL PARKS: Teen's body recovered from Lake Mead

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A teenager's body was found drowned yesterday in Lake Mead, said a spokeswoman for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

MARINE MAMMALS: Two dozen whales die off Baja Calif.

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Twenty-four beached pilot whales died on the Baja California Peninsula, according to Mexican navy officials.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: World's smallest porpoise faces extinction

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Vaquitas are the world's smallest porpoises, and despite major Mexican government actions, their numbers have dwindled to near 60, according to a panel of scientists.

WILDLIFE: Killer bee danger dissipates in Calif. city after dog deaths

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The reign of aggressive bees in a California neighborhood has largely ended, according to bee expert Norman Lott.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Judges skeptical of lawsuit seeking tortoise protections

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Federal judges appeared skeptical today about an animal rights group's efforts to prod federal action to protect two species of tortoises.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: House Republican wants to kill workplace yoga

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Conservative Rep. Matt Salmon wants to strip federal employees of a popular wellness perk as part of his so-called Shrink Our Spending, or SOS, initiative.

CAMPAIGN 2016: W.Va. congressman calls Trump 'clear choice'

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West Virginia Republican Rep. Evan Jenkins called his party's presumptive presidential nominee, businessman Donald Trump, the "clear choice" in November.
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