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A chance encounter in a Belize bar led Audrey and Frank Peterman to embark on a life-changing cross-country adventure in 1995.

Tesla Motors Inc. and SpaceX founder Elon Musk today plans to unveil the initial design for his Hyperloop, a high-speed train that would whisk passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 minutes.

The White House today warned that more funding is needed to protect power plants and the sprawling electric grid from storms that are growing more severe as the climate changes -- but kept mum on where those dollars would come from.

A hotly contested New Mexico-to-Arizona transmission line project that the Obama administration has made a top priority is once again under fire, this time from the Defense Department and a New Mexico congressman who fears the line's route near a weapons testing range could have "a devastating impact on national security."

Armed poachers killed a white rhino and slashed off its horn in Nairobi National Park, according to Kenyan Wildlife Service officials.

Twenty condors in the Chilean Andes appear to have been poisoned with insecticide, and two of the birds have died, according to officials investigating the incident.

One of the most visited countries in the world, China, has seen drastically fewer tourists this year as air pollution has stifled parts of the country.

A bigger slice of North Dakota's booming oil revenues may be set aside for an outdoor heritage fund if conservation advocates are successful at passing a newly proposed ballot initiative.

Construction starts today on the largest federally owned wind farm in the country -- which is being positioned next to the nation's only nuclear weapons assembly plant.

A fuel pipeline explosion in western Illinois last night prompted dozens of evacuations, officials said.

Southern California Edison has launched a public relations effort to have ratepayers shoulder some of the costs of shutting down the San Onofre nuclear power plant.

BP PLC has filed a lawsuit against U.S. EPA, arguing the agency's decision to bar it from new federal fuel supply contracts was arbitrary.

California's high-speed rail project will no longer be required to comply with state environmental laws after a federal transportation board ruled it has oversight over the project, the state argued in a filing on behalf of the California High-Speed Rail Authority.

Two courts in North Carolina at the center of an enforcement debate over power plant waste disposal have agreed to allow environmentalists to intervene in ongoing litigation.

A new intruder in the Sacramento, Calif., region could cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

Wild bison roam California's Santa Catalina Island, far from the ranges of their ancestors. The animals were first brought to the island in 1924 for the filming of a Hollywood movie. The movie was never made, and the 14 bison were left behind.

Commerce Department officials yesterday declared a federal fishery disaster for Florida's oyster industry.

Former secretary of Transportation and GOP House member Ray LaHood has joined the Dirksen Congressional Center as a senior adviser, the center announced today.

Republicans are favored to hold retiring Rep. Rodney Alexander's (R) northeastern Louisiana seat in a special election in November, but his would-be successor will first need to survive a crowded all-party primary contest that could include the star of the TV hit "Duck Dynasty."

South Dakota state Rep. Stace Nelson (R) announced today that he will join the contest to succeed retiring Sen. Tim Johnson (D), adding another candidate to an already crowded GOP primary.

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