Environment

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Yoko Ono appears at a news conference to launch the coalition of artists opposing hydraulic fracturing on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in New York. The formation of the group, called Artists Against Fracking, comes as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo decides whether to allow shale gas drilling using high-volume hydraulic fracturing called hydrofracking. The group says such drilling is harmful and poses the threat of contamination. They say they want to spread awareness of the issue through "peaceful democratic action." Cuomo is expected to allow drilling to begin on a limited basis near the Pennsylvania border. The group is comprised of 146 members including Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney and Alec Baldwin. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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President Cristina Fernandez wants to transform the Buenos Aires waterfront near the Puerto Madero district into an audio-visual industrial park modeled on Hollywood’s studios. (Associated Press)

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Will.I.Am was at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday when the Mars rover Curiosity beamed to Earth his new song “Reach for the Stars,” the first music ever broadcast from another planet. (Associated Press)

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Members of the Swift Water Rescue Team rescue stranded employees of radio station WQRZ in the Shoreline Park area of Bay St. Louis, Miss., during Hurricane Isaac on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, John Fitzhugh)

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Then-Alaska governor Sarah Palin was introduced to America four years ago when Sen. John McCain of Arizona announced her as his Vice Presidential running mate. (Associated Press)

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A wave breaks along a bridge off the southern port city of Busan, South Korea, as Typhoon Bolaven brings heavy rain and wind. The typhoon killed nine, caused cancellation of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises and cut off power to 1.7 million homes and businesses. (Associated Press)

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Senior hurricane specialist Stacy Stewart tracks Isaac at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warned that Isaac, especially if it strikes at high tide, could cause storm surges of up to 12 feet (3.6 meters) along the coasts of southeast Louisiana and Mississippi and up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) as far away as the Florida Panhandle. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

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A Chinese fisherman (center) is rescued Aug. 28, 2012, by South Korean coast guard officers from a Chinese ship in Jeju, South Korea, after a powerful typhoon pounded the nation with strong winds and heavy rain. The coast guard battled rough seas in a race to rescue fishermen on two Chinese ships that slammed into rocks off the southern coast. (Associated Press)

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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows a swirl of clouds in the Gulf of Mexico associated with Tropical Storm Isaac as it moves slowly toward the central Gulf Coast. Landfall is expected later Tuesday or early Wednesday in Louisiana. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

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A line of traffic extends down Airline Highway as residents leave the New Orleans area in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaac, in Kenner, La., on Monday. Isaac was expected to make landfall on the Louisiana coast as a hurricane. (Associated Press)