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European cargo fails to undock from space station

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Astronauts may play role in Mars robotic missions

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Residents help battle the Temprano fire in Murrieta, Calif., near Warm Springs Park and Preserve on Sept. 23, 2012. The Southern California wildfires have destroyed 20 homes and threatened several hundred more in rural areas. (Associated Press/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino)

Gusty winds could push deadly So. Calif. wildfire

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Climate science still uncertain

The Washington Times

Illustration Obama Blocking Coal by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

BLUNT: Obama’s one unbroken campaign promise

By Sen. Roy Blunt

North Korean farmer O Yong-ae is interviewed at her home at the Migok Cooperative Farm in Sariwon, in North Korea's Hwanghae province, on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Sweeping new changes expected at N. Korean farms

By Jean H. Lee - Associated Press

Uzbek government breaks promise to end child labor in cotton fields

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

East Coast weather satellite fails, spare used

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

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North Koreans work in the fields at Migok Cooperative Farm in Sariwon, North Hwanghae province on Sunday. Farmers would be able to keep a bigger share of their crops under proposed changes to boost production by collective farms.

Reforms would let North Korean farmers keep crops

By Jean H. Lee - Associated Press

WHY IT MATTERS: Global warming

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

$A crew works on a drilling rig at a well site for shale-based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. Though hydraulic fracturing is thought of as a relatively new technique, the federal government began funding research into it and horizontal drilling in the 1970s. (Associated Press)$

Early on, fracking got injection of federal funding, tax breaks

By Kevin Begos - Associated Press

Desalination no panacea for Calif. water woes

By JASON DEAREN and ALICIA CHANG - Associated Press

TV fisherman Bill Dance shows off one of his catches. Tennessee tourism officials are stressing the state's outdoor activities, including fishing, hunting, hiking and camping. A trip with Mr. Dance is a prize in one of several state-sponsored outdoor-adventure contests. (Photo provided by Tennessee Department of Tourist Development)

NUGENT: Happy 40th National Hunting and Fishing Day

By Ted Nugent - The Washington Times

Wash. state inmates raise rare frogs, butterflies

By PHUONG LE - Associated Press

4 nations wants global warming commitments

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. Doc Hastings, Washington Republican (Associated Press)

Defying Obama, House passes bundle of bills to boost coal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

New NASA photo satellite to join 40-year mission

By DIRK LAMMERS - Associated Press

Ford Fusion certified as America’s most fuel-efficient midsize sedan

By FORD MOTOR CO.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, says the race for the White House is a “gut-check election for America.” He has been coy about his own ambitions for higher office. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: ‘Global Frackdown’ risks power smackdown

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

UK lawmakers seek moratorium on Arctic drilling

By DAVID STRINGER - Associated Press