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$**FILE** A Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site operates near Burlington, Pa. Natural gas locked in dense rock deep beneath Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Ohio requires a powerful drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to release it. (Associated Press)$

Obama issues order to coordinate fracking oversight

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Police officers and investigators stand around a car that plowed through a crowded farmers market in Santa Monica, Calif., on July 16, 2003. The body of one of the victims is seen covered at left. (Associated Press)

Study: Most gas pedal accidents involve women

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

In this photo taken on 13 March 2012, an African rhinoceros is seen at a private zoo of Bao Son Paradise Park in Hanoi, Vietnam, which has 24-hour security to protect against potential poachers. Wildlife conservationists warn that Vietnamís surging demand for rhino horn, which is believed to treat everything from hangovers to cancer, is threatening to wipe out the worldís remaining rhino populations. Illegal killings in Africa hit a record high in 2011 and are expected to worsen this year. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)

Vietnam craves rhino horn; costs more than cocaine

By Mike Ives - Associated Press

Army lab to develop energy-saving technology

By ED WHITE - Associated Press

`Odd duck’ Indonesia quake surprises scientists

By ALICIA CHANG - Associated Press

Waste Management Inc. collects garbage weekly for the city of Seattle. City officials are pondering a switch to every-other-week garbage collection and may test the concept at about 800 single-family homes in four areas this summer. (Associated Press)

Seattle may lighten up on landfills

By Phuong Le - Associated Press

North Korea seen playing up a crisis

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

An unidentified miner (left) is helped by an emergency worker after being rescued from the Cabeza de Negro gold-and-copper mine in Yauca del Rosario, Peru, on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Nine miners had been trapped inside the wildcat mine since Thursday. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peruvian miners rescued from collapsed mine

By Mauricio Munoz - Associated Press

People wait as they are evacuated from a shopping mall after a strong earthquake was felt in Medan, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Strong Indonesian earthquakes cause panic but not tsunami

By Fakhrurradzie Gade - Associated Press

Benet Laboratories mechanical engineer Victor Nerses (left) watches as Michigan State Sen. Steven Bieda and Lt. Gen. Raymond V. Mason try on individual cooling vests used by tank crew members to keep cool. A new laboratory will be working on ways to make military vehicles more energy-efficient. (Detroit News via Associated Press)

Army lab to develop methods to save energy

By Ed White - Associated Press

Motorists get stuck in traffic as they evacuate to higher ground after a quake was felt in Banda Aceh in the Aceh province on Sumatra island. (Associated Press)

Indonesia quakes cause panic, no tsunami

By Fakhrurradzie Gade - Associated Press

Study blames ocean CO2 for oyster declines

By JEFF BARNARD - Associated Press

Japan Self-Defense Force members work April 11, 2011, on a unit of Japan Air Self-Defense Force's PAC-3 surface to air missile deployed in Ishigaki, Japan's southern most prefecture of Okinawa. Japan is on alert for North Korea's rocket which is expected to launch between April 12-16. (Associated Press/Kyodo News)

Military chief: Worst-case scenario for North Korea launch is U.S. strike

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Roosters of the Apocalypse’

By Sol W. Sanders

Exports of coal surge to highest level since 1991

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

State finds toxins in ‘non-toxic’ nail polishes

By JASON DEAREN - Associated Press

Lucasfilm abandons controversial studio project

By TERENCE CHEA - Associated Press

Nail care products are displayed at a beauty supply shop in San Francisco on Monday, April 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Calif. finds toxins in ‘non-toxic’ nail polishes

By Jason Dearen - Associated Press

**FILE** A couple enjoy a sunny afternoon against the backdrop of the Midtown skyline from Piedmont Park in Atlanta on March 25, 2012. (Associated Press)

Start of 2012, March shatter U.S. heat records

By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

Report: Fungus tied to bat deaths came from Europe

By Alicia Chang - Associated Press