SAFETY QUESTIONS AFTER ND OIL TRAIN DERAILMENT
By DAVE KOLPACK and JAMES MacPHERSON A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment Monday, Dec 30, 2013, in Casselton, N.D. The train carrying crude oil…
Environment and nature
TO CLEAN UP COAL, OBAMA PUSHES MORE OIL PRODUCTION
By DINA CAPPIELLO In this Oct. 21, 2013, photo, construction continues at the Mississippi Power’s Kemper County energy facility in central Mississippi near DeKalb, Miss. The power plant is designed…
RUSSIA AMNESTY BILL PASSES FIRST HURDLE
By LAURA MILLS Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, walks to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych during their meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, pool)…
NASA: ANCIENT MARTIAN LAKE MAY HAVE SUPPORTED LIFE
By ALICIA CHANG This Feb 3, 2013 image provided by NASA shows a self portrait of the Mars rover, Curiosity. NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered signs of an ancient freshwater…
AP REPORTER’S QUEST TO FIND BODIES ENDS IN DESERT
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI In this July 23, 2013 photo, Sidi Fassoukoy, searching for his missing brother, covers his nose against the smell as he unearths the remains of two men…
OFFICIALS: ENCOURAGING SIGN FOR 24 STRANDED WHALES
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO Vultures feed off the carcasses of an adult whale and and a calf ,Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at Highland Beach in the Everglades National Park, Fla. Wildlife…
MEXICO PLANS HOW TO SAFELY BOX UP RECOVERED COBALT
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Police agents cordon off an area in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Mexican troops and federal police kept a nighttime vigil guarding…
Some Northeast ski resorts open earlier than ever
By LISA RATHKE In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 photo, a snow gun makes snow at the Sugarbush resort in Warren, Vt. With the Farmers’ Almanac predicting a cold, snowy…