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'Armageddon,' 1998 (Image: Walt Disney Studios)

Asteroid fly-by on Friday sparks debate over readiness for ‘Armageddon’-style event

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee testifies in support of same-sex marriage before the state House Judiciary Committee at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I., on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

R.I. Gov. Chafee to switch to Democratic Party

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** FILE ** Rex W. Tillerson is chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corp. (AP Photo/Mike Stone)

Exxon Mobil nixes environmentalists’ proposals to reduce emissions

By David Koenig - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Fire pit ban would cost California

The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

MICHAELS: ‘My scientists made me shrink your car’

By Patrick J. Michaels

** FILE ** A helicopter makes a water drop on a hotspot over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Authorities have ordered evacuations of a neighborhood and a university about 50 miles west of Los Angeles where a wildfire is raging close to subdivisions. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

California wildfires sweep 1,200 acres, threaten 100 buildings

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** A worker pushes shopping carts in front of a Wal-Mart store in La Habra, Calif., on May 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

Wal-Mart pleads guilty in Calif. hazardous waste

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In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, rescue workers form a human chain as they begin to remove a woman who reaches out from a smashed pickup truck that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco Rodriguez)

Collapsed Washington state bridge to get temporary fix

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Fire breaks out on Royal Caribbean cruise ship off Florida’s coast

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Marco Fairchild (left) and Gary Garza (right) help Sueann Schaller from her car on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio after she drove it into floodwaters in the Westwood Village neighborhood. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Lisa Krantz)

Two dead, one missing in San Antonio floods

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Aug. 11, 2009, file photo provided by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows Matt Durham, center, pulling in a large patch of sea garbage with the help of Miriam Goldstein, right, in the Pacific Ocean. Plastics discarded by people often end up in the ocean, creating coastal pollution that harms marine life and gathers out at sea in what's become known as the great Pacific garbage patch. Now, California state lawmakers have introduced a law that if passed would require makers of plastic bottles, bags and packaging to replace plastics with more environmentally friendly alternatives. (AP Photo/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Mario Aguilera, File)

California lawmakers go after plastic producers for beach debris

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration Windmills Killing Eagles by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Windmills of death

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In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, rescue workers form a human chain as they begin to remove a woman who reaches out from a smashed pickup truck that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco Rodriguez)

Highway horror: Washington state bridge collapses, plunging cars into river

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Five climbers missing, feared dead at Nepal’s Mount Kanchenjunga

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Russian entrepreneurs while visiting a SIBUR Holding petrochemical plant in Voronezh, 534 km (334 miles) south of Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Russia rocked by magnitude 8 earthquake

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Wind energy is cost-effective job creator

The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Barack Obama, left, walks away from the podium after talking about the Oklahoma tornado and severe weather, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. At right is Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House: More than 2,200 Oklahoma victims registered with FEMA for assistance

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This image released by NASA on Monday, May 20, 2013, shows a hole in a Martian rock drilled by the NASA rover Curiosity on May 19. It’s the second drilling by the spacecraft since landing in August 2012. Curiosity used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the rover's arm to capture this view of the hole in the rock, dubbed "Cumberland." The diameter of the hole is about 0.6 inch (1.6 centimeters), the depth about 2.6 inches (6.6 centimeters). In the coming days, Curiosity will transfer the rock powder to its onboard instruments to analyze the chemical makeup. (Associated Press/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Experts cast doubt on Mars mission plans

By Annie Z. Yu - The Washington Times

Husband-and-wife singers Blake Shelton (right) and Miranda Lambert perform an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" during a broadcast of the singing competition series "The Voice" in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Mr. Shelton, an Oklahoma native, and NBC are putting together a benefit for tornado victims in his home state. (AP Photo/NBC, Trae Patton)

Blake Shelton: Country singer putting together Oklahoma benefit show

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