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Ice caves popularity overwhelms park staff

Associated Press

Field assistant Candace Fallon introduces Yucca moths to blooms on Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert during research on April 7, 2011. A century from now, the Mojave Desert's iconic plant could be pushing its way into new territory or teetering on the brink of extinction. This spring, a pair of researchers will go looking for clues to the Joshua tree's fate in a lonesome valley 140 miles north of Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jessica Ebelhar)

Iconic Joshua trees in race against extinction

By HENRY BREAN - Associated Press

Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio, with his daughter, Chiara, campaigns at a rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. The Democratic primary election is Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Bloomberg blasts NYC mayoral front-runner de Blasio for ‘racist’ campaign

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

SGT. SHAFT: VA will lend a hand to disabled veteran who wrote letter

By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times

Natural gas backers say the time is now for exports

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Liu Xiaobo (Associated Press)

House OKs resolution to release jailed Chinese dissident

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Wolf: Chinese hacked computers

Associated Press

Veterans prospering on Nationwide Tour