RADIOACTIVE WATER LEAK FEARED AT JAPAN NUKE PLANT
By MARI YAMAGUCHI FILE – This March 11, 2012 file photo shows storage tanks for radiation-contaminated water in the compound of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma,…
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NEW ENGLAND RENEWABLE ENERGY A HARD SELL IN REGION
By STEPHEN SINGER FILE – In this Feb. 24, 2006 file photo, a wind turbine stands, generating power next to Hull, Mass., High School in the shadow of Boston. Establishing…
DOOMED US NAVY SHIP REMOVED FROM PHILIPPINE REEF
By JIM GOMEZ FILE – In this March 29, 2013 photo released by the Philippine Coast Guard, workers prepare for lifting of a part of the dismantled hull of the…
APNEWSBREAK: GAS TRADE GROUP SEEKS FRACKING PROBE
By MICHAEL GORMLEY FILE – In this file photo of Jan. 17, 2013, Yoko Ono, left, and her son Sean Lennon visit a fracking site in Franklin Forks, Pa., during…
IN A CHICAGO SUBURB, AN INDOOR FARM GOES ‘MEGA’
By MARTHA IRVINE Jolanta Hardej, CEO of FarmedHere LLC, examines a young basil crop at the indoor vertical farm in Bedford Park, Ill., on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The farm,…
PROMISES, PROMISES: CLIMATE CHANGE
By DINA CAPPIELLO FILE – This March 9, 2010 file photo shows a tanker truck passing the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif. Slowing the buildup of greenhouse gases responsible…
EX-OKLAHOMA QB KILLED IN PLANE CRASH IN INDIANA
By TOM COYNE and JEFF LATZKE The front end of a Hawker Beachcraft Premier jet sits in a room of a home on Iowa Street in South Bend, Ind., Sunday,…
HUGO CHAVEZ COFFIN PARADES PAST VENEZUELA’S ILLS
By JACK CHANG and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO The coffin containing the remains of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez is carried from the military academy, at the start of a procession…