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• Magnitude 6 quake recorded off Alaska: USGS
• Timeline of Germany's Greens
• Factbox - Obama's second-term Cabinet takes shape
• Quake hits central Italy, no injuries reported
• California governor urges restraint despite state's riches
• Andean glaciers melting at "unprecedented" rates: study
• Iran nuclear power plant stokes worries closer to home, too
• Supreme Court won't hear challenge to EPA rulemaking
• America's national parks weigh solitude against cellular access
• Supreme Court reviews property rights in Florida case
• New reform-minded farm law needed, says big farm group
• California Governor's budget has surprise: a surplus
• Shell may have moved rig to avoid taxes: lawmaker
• Walls and winter rains afflict Palestinian towns
• Syrian refugees at mercy of winter storms on Lebanese coast
• Earthquake measuring 7.5 strikes off southeastern Alaska
• Armstrong's moon speech not so improvised, brother tells BBC
• Sour end to 2012 masks positive trends in America
• Storm-damaged New York hospital partially reopens its doors
• Factbox: Profiles of key ministers in Japan PM Abe's new cabinet
• Merkel ally Schavan rejects plagiarism charges
• KKR joins private equity charge in U.S. water
• Human link to climate change stronger than ever: draft report
• More snow could mean less ice for Antarctica, study finds
• Iran says Western sanctions harm safety for ships
• Residents go home after toxic chemicals cleared in NJ train wreck
• Strong quake hits off Japan near Fukushima disaster zone
• Toxic chemicals from New Jersey train wreck may not be cleared until next week
• Supreme Court rules government may be liable for flooding
• Explorers to retrace Shackleton's epic Antarctic journey
• Investigation underway into N.J. train derailment, chemical leak
• New Jersey bridge collapse derails freight train, causes chemical leak
• Scientists measure sea rise from polar ice melt
• Lava flows to the ocean in Hawaii, creating rare natural show

• Cod quotas slashed in New England amid dwindling stocks
• From beer to water, Netherlands gets first king in a century
• Struggling dolphin dies in polluted New York City canal
• Mozambique rescues 12,000 families from floods
• Maine commission approves $120 million floating windmill project
• Adelie penguins: cool, efficient killing machines
• Melamine tableware may leach chemical: study
• Supreme Court rejects Asarco challenge to EPA rule
• Balloon-like dwelling to be tested on Int'l Space Station
• Nigeria's oil thieves say government leaves them no choice
• New reform-minded farm law needed, says big U.S. farm group
• Weightlessness no cure for "morning clumsies," astronaut says
• Lawmaker says Shell may have moved Alaska rig to avoid taxes
• NRC staff recommends costly filtered vents at some U.S. reactors
• Australian heat wave sears new colors onto maps
• Quake measuring 7.5 strikes off Alaska
• Runaway Alaska oil rig dragged two tugs for miles
• Animal rights group to pay circus $9.3 million in elephant dispute
• Whale stranded on New York City beach dies: official
• Kuwait urges Iran to address worries on nuclear plant
• Oil tanker runs aground on Hudson River in NY state
• Nepal soldiers hunt for killer elephant
• Lawmakers press EPA chief on "Windsor" email alias
• Indianapolis to replace entire fleet with electric, hybrid cars
• Costa Rica passes law banning hunting as a sport
• Strong quake hits off Japan near Fukushima
• Strong quake hits off coast of northeastern Japan
• Rare tornado kills three in New Zealand's biggest city
• NASA probe reveals organics, ice on Mercury
• Investigation under way into New Jersey train derailment, chemical leak
• San Diego approves pact for desalinated water
• Environmental activist long wanted in U.S. arson attacks surrenders
• U.S. scales back planned habitat protection for rare reindeer

• Greens' push for conservative vote gives Merkel headache
• Dead dolphin removed from toxic New York City canal
• By the subway, not the sea: Dolphin found in New York City canal
• California governor urges budget restraint despite rebound
• California governor urges fiscal restraint after budget rebound
• Deep freeze grips northern U.S. from Minnesota to Maine
• Nebraska approves new route of Keystone oil pipeline
• Gas leak casts acrid odour over northwest France
• Balloon-like dwelling to be tested on International Space Station
• Supreme Court to hear Florida property-rights case
• California budget plan has surprise: a surplus
• California 2013-14 budget is balanced: governor
• Governor Brown to unveil California budget
• Historic old Jeddah awaits life-saving restoration
• NASA's Kepler telescope finds 461 potential new planets
• Tsunami warning after 7.5 quake strikes off Alaska
• Drifting Shell drill ship grounds on rocks off Alaska
• New routes for ships off California may help endangered whales
• Britain suspends exploratory drilling of Antarctic lake
• Arctic 'Report Card': Scientists see glacial melt and less sea ice
• Oil tanker runs aground on Hudson River in New York State
• Leaking barge spilling fuel oil into New York waters: Coast Guard
• U.S. lawmakers press EPA chief on "Windsor" email alias
• U.S. delays final fracking rules for federal lands
• NJ residents go home after toxic chemicals cleared
• Strong quake hits Japan's Fukushima
• Satellite captures "black marble" view of Earth at night
• Supreme Court: government may be liable for flood damage
• Schools shut as toxic levels rise after New Jersey train wreck
• Wildfire in Rocky Mountain National Park prompts evacuations
• New Jersey bridge collapse derails freight train; chemical leaks
• Cuomo administration delays lifting NY ban on controversial drilling
• Antarctic bacteria a clue to different kinds of life: study