LA-Area Fire Wanes; Dangerous Conditions Remain
Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 Firefighter Jeff Newby watches a fire burn as he battles the Colby Fire on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, near Azusa, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) GLENDORA, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters...
View ArticleComet-Chasing Probe Sends Signal to Earth
Updated Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at 2:42 p.m. ET This undated image provided by the European Space Agency ESA shows an artist's impression of the Philae lander. (AP Photo/ESA ATG medialab, Astrium E,...
View ArticleWatch: Mysterious 'Sun Dog' Viewed From Train in Moscow
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View ArticleMajor Snowstorm Unfolds in DC, Philly, NYC
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, 2:45 p.m. ET (AP Photo) Along the leading edge of an advancing deep freeze, accumulating snow was spreading from the Midwest to the East Coast on Tuesday. Snow reached...
View ArticleSnowstorm Shuts Down Federal Government Offices
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 (AP Photo) WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government says its offices in the Washington area will be closed Tuesday due to the winter storm bearing down on the mid-Atlantic and...
View ArticleIsrael Seeks to Save Ancient Sites From Earthquake
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 In this March 7, 2012, file photo, a couple sits next to the Tower of David on the wall surrounding Jerusalem's old city. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File) JERUSALEM (AP) -...
View ArticleDeep Freeze in Midwest, Northeast to Be Prolonged
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, 5:50 p.m. ET (AP Photo) Bitterly cold air is again settling southward from the Arctic into a large part of the Eastern states. Unlike the outbreak from early January,...
View ArticleLook: Saturn's 'Yin and Yang' Moon Shines in NASA Photo
Call it cosmic zen. Yin and yang appear to meet on one of Saturn's moons in a photo taken by a spacecraft exploring the ringed planet and its many moons. The new Cassini photo of Saturn's moon Iapetus...
View ArticleStorm Disrupts Flights, School Day in Eastern US
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, 2:19 p.m. ET (AP Photo) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Thousands of flights were canceled, students got an extra day off from school or were being sent home early, and the federal...
View ArticlePhotos: Heavy Snow Falls Across Eastern US
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View ArticleStrange Ball Lightning Caught on High-Speed Video
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 A video recorded by accident of ball lightning in China is now shedding light on the phenomenon's mysterious origins, researchers say. Ball lightning occurs as glowing spheres...
View ArticleAnother Snowstorm Hits the Urban Northeast
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at 7:36 p.m. ET Wind picks up snow from the ground as a man waits to take a photograph of a statue dedicated to the victims of the Katyn massacre in 1940, Tuesday, Jan....
View ArticleWinter Storm May Loom for Super Bowl Weekend
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 Snow piled up outside of MetLife Stadium in December 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File) According to AccuWeather.com meteorologist and chief operations officer Evan Myers, a...
View ArticleWhat Is Bombogenesis?
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 Wind flips over the canopy of an umbrella as a woman walks in gusty wind during a winter storm, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Only a few...
View ArticleNortheast Digs Out After Major Snowstorm
Updated Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, 7:11 p.m. ET A man crosses Broad Street during a winter snowstorm Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. Northeast...
View ArticleNOAA: 2013 Is Earth's 4th-Warmest Year on Record
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 Hundreds of people get relief from the heat at Hampton Beach jumping into the Atlantic Ocean in Hampton, N.H., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) WASHINGTON (AP) -...
View ArticleHow Did This 'Jelly Doughnut' Rock on Mars Suddenly Appear?
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 This composite image provided by NASA shows before and-after images taken by the Opportunity rover. (AP Photo/NASA) PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA scientists are intrigued by a...
View ArticleCosmic Lagoon Shines in Spectacular New Views
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 A pink lagoon glows in the Milky Way. New photos taken by a telescope in Chile put the Lagoon Nebula - a giant cloud of gas and dust located 5,000 light-years from Earth - on...
View ArticleStarry Night: The Seven Sisters Shine Brilliantly in New Pleiades Photo
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 When two Michigan-based astrophotographers combined their skills to capture the Pleiades star cluster, the results were nothing short of stunning. The popular star cluster M45,...
View ArticleMavericks Big-Wave Surfing Contest to Take Place Friday
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2013 Ion Banner drops into a giant wave at the 2010 Mavericks Surf Contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Feb. 13, 2010. (Corbis) With a huge swell hitting central California this...
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