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Rescuers comb Oklahoma tornado rubble for buried survivors

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MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue workers with sniffer dogs and searchlights combed through the wreckage of a massive tornado to ensure no survivors remained buried in the rubble of primary schools, homes and buildings in an Oklahoma City suburb. | Video

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Showers to slow U.S. corn seedings from blistering pace

CHICAGO - Occasional rainfall over the next week to 10 days will slow seedings of the U.S. corn crop, which was planted at a record fast pace last week, an agricultural meteorologist said on Tuesday.

21 May 2013

Shell feared disaster days before Alaska rig grounding: official

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Days before a Shell drillship went aground in the storm-tossed Gulf of Alaska, it was clear that towing failures could spell disaster for the vessel, the crew and the marine environment, a company official told a U.S. Coast Guard panel on Monday.

21 May 2013

China says its legal ivory trade not to blame for poaching

BEIJING - China's small traditional trade in carving uses ivory acquired through legal auctions and in no way encourages or worsens the problem of elephant poaching in Africa, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday.

Africa, China 21 May 2013

U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture

- Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate fruits and vegetables that make up roughly a quarter of the American diet.

20 May 2013

Drop in U.S. underground water levels has accelerated: USGS

WASHINGTON - Water levels in U.S. aquifers, the vast underground storage areas tapped for agriculture, energy and human consumption, between 2000 and 2008 dropped at a rate that was almost three times as great as any time during the 20th century, U.S. officials said on Monday.

20 May 2013

Insight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill

LOS ANGELES - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp.

U.S., 20 May 2013

Insight: The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market

WATFORD CITY, North Dakota - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting." | Video

U.S. 20 May 2013

Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states

- A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had died. | Video

U.S., Natural Disasters 20 May 2013

Analysis: At margins of shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria

HOUSTON/NEW YORK - For the past three years, the boom in the U.S. shale oil industry has outstripped all expectations. Production surged far faster than any forecasts; drillers raced to secure space in new pipelines to get their crude to market.

U.S., 20 May 2013

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Amateur video reveals power of Oklahoma twister

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