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Saudis say virus does not pose threat to pilgrims

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Bob Barker feted for lifetime of help for animals

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Don Dobbs, owner of Buckhorn Ginseng in Wisconsin, displays a wild ginseng root. The wild roots are believed to be more potent than cultivated roots and can be worth as much as $600 a pound, making them attractive to poachers. (Associated Press)

Getting to the root of a poaching problem

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press

Deep magnitude-7.1 quake reported in Colombia

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$This fracking site in Washington, Pa., is one of many in the country shaking up world energy markets as the U.S. moves toward no longer needing to import natural gas. The stakes are particularly large in Russia. “This is where everything is being turned on its head,” said Fiona Hill, an expert on Russia at the Brookings Institution. (Associated Press)$

Gas drilling boom rattles Russia

By Kevin Begos - Associated Press

** FILE ** A traveler waits in Terminal C at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in 2008 as passenger jets taxi nearby. (Associated Press)

3.4-magnitude quake rattles west Dallas suburb

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High waves hit a breakwater in Kihocho, Mie prefecture, western Japan Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. A powerful typhoon is heading to Tokyo after injuring dozens of people, causing blackouts and paralyzing traffic in southern Japan. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

Powerful typhoon injures dozens as it heads to Tokyo

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European cargo craft undocks from space station

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Illustration: Coal by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KERPEN: War on coal comes to Virginia

By Phil Kerpen - The Washington Times

Animals suspected in spread of new virus

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream

By ALICIA CHANG - Associated Press

Facts about Ferris wheels and the 10 tallest

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream

By ALICIA CHANG - Associated Press

WHO urges docs to watch for new SARS-like virus

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

** FILE ** John Fenton and others examine neighbor Louis Meeks' water in 2007 in Pavillion, Wyo., where federal officials indicated people shouldn't drink water from 40 wells in and around this central Wyoming farming and ranching community. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Dustin Bleizeffer)

New data on Wyo. fracking site await interpretation

By Mead Gruver - Associated Press

**FILE** A SARS patient receives treatment behind double-layer glass windows and strict quarantine measures at the Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing on April 13, 2003. (Associated Press)

WHO urges docs to watch for new SARS-like virus

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

Tesla Motors launches revolutionary supercharger

WHO: Watch closely for new virus related to SARS

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Space station may move to avoid passing junk

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

European cargo fails to undock from space station

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press