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Judge delays ex-BP engineer's trial

A federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Kurt Mix's trial was scheduled to start June 10, but U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. agreed ...

  • Updated: 4:28 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013
Raw: Bear Falls From Tampa Tree

Raw: Bear Falls From Tampa Tree

A Tampa man got more than he bargained for when he opened his door to let the dog out. A black bear was in his backyard. (May 17)

  • 2:10 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013
FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2009, file photo, bottles of Heinz organic tomato ketchup are on display inside Costco in Mountain View, Calif. The organic industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states. But that isn’t going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee debate on a sweeping farm bill that has for decades propped up traditional crops and largely ignored organics. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway

The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand. That's not going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee debate on ...

  • Updated: 12:13 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013
FILE - In this March 7, 2013 file photo, then-Interior Secretary nominee Sally Jewell testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration is proposing a rule that would require companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder an ongoing boom in natural gas production. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Interior issues new drilling rule on public land

Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder ...

  • Updated: 6:38 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
FILE -- In this March 19, 2013 file photo, a blindfolded and hobbled Columbian deer is air-lifted after capture at a refuge near Cathlamet, Wash. The deer and others were quickly transported to a staging area, where biologists prepared them for the move to Ridgefield, Wash. More than a month after the elaborate multi-agency operation moved some three dozen endangered Columbian white-tailed deer to protected habitat in Clark County, the animals are adapting to their new surroundings. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Natalie St. John, File)

Relocated deer adapting in southwest Washington

More than a month after an elaborate multi-agency operation moved some three dozen endangered Columbian white-tailed deer to protected habitat in Clark County, the animals are adapting to their new surroundings. Now wildlife officials turn their attention to the next phase of the unusual project: keeping track of the deer ...

  • Updated: 4:38 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
This undated image provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows a 2014 Subaru Forester during a small overlap frontal crash test. Subaru's 2014 Forester is one of only two of 13 small SUVs that are getting passing grades in front-end crash tests done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Popular models such as the Honda CR-V, Ford Escape and Jeep Wrangler received only "marginal" or "poor" ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. (AP Photo/he Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)

Only 2 of 13 small SUVs do well in crash tests

Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in the evaluations. Subaru's 2014 Forester was the only vehicle to get the top "good" rating in the results released Thursday. The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport ...

  • Updated: 4:24 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
FILE – In this April 9, 2013 file photo, Energy Secretary nominee Ernest Moniz, of Massachusetts testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate has unanimously confirmed President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief

Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary. Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's first term. Moniz served as an energy undersecretary in the Clinton administration. Sen. ...

  • Updated: 4:13 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
In this April 27, 2013 photo provided by the Three Ring Ranch, Ann Goody, curator of Three Ring Ranch in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii inspects an endangered Hawaiian hawk after the bird was found shot and brought to her sanctuary. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating and wants information on who is harming the birds. Two endangered Hawaiian hawks were found with what appears to be pellet gunshot wounds on the Big Island and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service wants to know what happened to them. (AP Photo/Three Ring Ranch,Norman Goody)

Endangered Hawaiian hawks found shot on Big Island

Two endangered Hawaiian hawks were found wounded on the Big Island after apparently being shot with a pellet gun, and federal wildlife officials want to know who is responsible. The hawks were treated at the Three Ring Ranch, a Kailua-Kona exotic animal sanctuary and wildlife rehab facility. One was found ...

  • Updated: 2:14 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

EPA taking comments on ND air pollution matter

Environmental groups say the federal government should order two coal-fired power plants in western North Dakota to use more sophisticated pollution-control technology, but state officials say the matter already has been settled and no more debate is needed. The federal Environmental Protection Agency is taking written comments through June 17 ...

  • Updated: 9:46 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

EUROPE CONSIDERS EMISSION FINES FOR CHINESE AND INDIAN AIRLINES

c.2013 New York Times News Service BRUSSELS — The European Commission said Thursday that Air China and Air India were among 10 Chinese and Indian airlines facing the prospect of fines and exclusion from airports in the European Union for refusing to comply with rules aimed at regulating greenhouse emissions. ...

  • Updated: 1:43 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
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