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This photo provided by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation shows some of the thousands of dead and dying bees found in the parking lot of a shopping center in Wilsonville, Ore., southwest of Portland. (AP Photo/The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation)

25,000 bumblebees turn up dead in Oregon parking lot

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Ashok Radadiya, left, consoles his flood affected sister Sudhaben Bhalala, centre, upon her arrival in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, June 21, 2013. The heavy rains caused by the annual monsoon have left more than 500 people dead and stranded tens of thousands, mostly pilgrims, in India’s northern mountainous region, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India building collapses, killing 10, trapping dozens

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Passengers with cars and bicycles prepare to board a ferry departing the island of Martha's Vineyard, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Now it’s the official start of summer: Man falls off Martha’s Vineyard ferry

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A Tibetan refugee wades through flood waters along the banks of the river Yamuna to reach safer place, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. At least 102 people have died and 63,000 people remain stranded in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand following torrential monsoon rains, landslides and cloud bursts. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

At least 1K dead, 62K still stranded in Indian flash floods

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This image shows a simulation of asteroid 2012 DA14 approaching from the south as it passes through the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15, 2013. The 150-foot object passed within 17,000 miles of the Earth. (Associated Press/NASA/JPL-Caltech)

NASA wants to capture asteroid, with your help

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Pirelli, Mercedes in dock over F1 tire tests

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

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Lincoln could fix it: Ariz. professor compares climate change to slavery

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this photo taken late Tuesday, June 18, 2013, a traffic jam forms on a highway blocked because of a fire at a military depot near Chapaevsk in the Samara region of southern Russia. (AP Photo/Anatoly Bazhukov)

6,000 flee as explosions rock Russian military depot

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A shopper is reflected on a microwave oven on display on a showroom floor at Lowe's in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

EDITORIAL: The microwave tax

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

In this photo taken with a mobile phone Tuesday, June 11, 2013, vigilante youths pose for a photographs in Maiduguri, Nigeria. As soldiers continue an offensive against radical Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria, young men armed with machetes and sticks have now entered the streets of the region’s biggest city, targeting suspected fighters. (AP Photo/Abdulkareem Haruna)

Islamists drive 19,000 farmers from Nigeria as food shortages worsen

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

GAFFNEY: Doing something about space weather

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

Gas line explosion rocks Louisiana town, sends residents packing

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: The ‘social cost’ of breathing

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

A firefighter douses hot spots as crews continue battling the Black Forest wildfire on Saturday, June 15, 2013, near Colorado Springs, Colo. The fire, which exploded Tuesday amid record-setting heat and tinder-dry conditions, has destroyed hundreds of homes and killed two people. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Michael Ciaglo)

Crews working to get more Colorado fire evacuees home

By Thomas Peipert - Associated Press

6.5-magnitude earthquake registered off Nicaragua coast

Associated Press

A firefighter keeps watch over a controlled burn at the Black Forest Section 16 Trailhead Thursday, June 13, 2013, near Colorado Springs, Colo. Little more than 36 hours after it started in the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs, the blaze surpassed last June's Waldo Canyon fire as the most destructive in state history. That blaze burned 347 homes and killed two people. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Michael Ciaglo)

Colorado wildfire deaths take criminal turn, as two homicides are investigated

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bloomberg’s race to levees unwarranted

The Washington Times

A dark line of morning storm clouds creep across the sky near Pentagon City, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for D.C. area

By Celina Durgin - The Washington Times

Illustration: Climate change

SADAR: Climate-change hype turns 25

By Anthony J. Sadar

Swirling morning storm clouds can be seen on Interstate 66, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Derecho threatens: D.C. area braces for severe thunderstorms, high winds

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times