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This Week's Must-See Twitter Photos
4REELmedia/Twitter 1 of 12 Cameron Payne, owner of 4REELmedia, tweeted this photo of showing wind gusts sweeping across a snowscape, writing, "Another one of those beautiful days to be filming at...
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'A Bit of Panic' After Alaska Earthquake, Tsunami Warning
Twitter user Robert Hodgin used U.S. Geological Survey data to create this graphic of the earthquake. Flight404/Twitter JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for...
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Brutal Waves of Cold Could Be Heading to U.S.
A customer sips coffee in the freezing cold at Parker's Quick Stop on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 in Montpelier, Vt. AP Photo/Toby Talbot Beginning near or just past the middle of the month, signs are...
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Boy Battling Cancer Moves Home After Superstorm
Steve Heckman, 6, shakes hands with an actor in character as Indiana Jones. Steven was battling leukemia as his family home was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy, and came back to the house in...
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Watch: Spectacular Ice and Snow Festival Opens in China
The city of Harbin in northeast China is known as the "ice city" thanks to its average temperature of minus-13 degrees Fahrenheit in winter. It's also famous for its annual Ice and Snow Festival,...
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Fires Rage Through Australia; Officials Search for Casualties
Homes destroyed by a wildfire between Dunalley and Boomer Bay, east of the Tasmanian capital of Hobart, Australia, on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Kidd, Pool) HOBART, Australia (AP) -...
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Grounded Shell Oil-Drilling Ship Refloated
The conical drilling unit Kulluk sits grounded 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Painter) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -...
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Sandy Prompts Some Elderly to Seek Assisted Living
In this Dec. 17, 2012, photo, Marion Johnston, left, with daughter Linda Monaco, sit in a lounge at the Bristal Assisted Living facility in Massapequa, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman) MASSAPEQUA, N.Y....
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2012 Extremes: A Year of Record Heat and Drought
A runner passes a time and temperature sign in Lawrence, Kan., Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) The "Heat and Drought of 2012" caused crops to wither and Mississippi River levels to...
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Winners of the 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest
Nenad Saljic/National Geographic Photo Contest 1 of 14 National Geographic just announced the winners from its 2012 National Geographic Photography Contest. They were selected from more than 22,000...
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U.S. Roasts to Hottest Year on Record by Landslide
Source: NOAA WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States of America set an off-the-charts heat record in 2012. A brutal combination of a widespread drought and a mostly absent winter pushed the average annual...
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Man Climbs Sandy-Ravaged Roller Coaster
Jan. 8, 2012 @LoverBoyGenius uploaded this photo and tweeted, "A guy is standing on the Jet Star rollercoaster in Seaside and hellicopters are out there trying to get him lmao pic.twitter.com/ifdJLXk5"...
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Watch: Astronaut's Wristwatch Floats in Zero-G
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield uploaded video of his watch responding to zero gravity aboard the International Space Station on Jan. 8. Hadfield wrote, "CSA video of bizarre motion of...
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Rare Winter Storm Slams Mideast, 8 Die in West Bank
Syrian refugees stand outside their tents at a temporary refugee camp in the Lebanese town of Al-Faour, near the border with Syria, on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) AMMAN, Jordan...
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Milder Temperatures Ease Australian Wildfire Fears
A woman and her grandchildren take refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages nearby in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, east of the state capital of Hobart, Australia, on Jan. 4. (AP Photo/Holmes...
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When Will Next Week's Arctic Cold Strike?
New information is coming in on the cold outbreak set to roll in during the middle of January. Moderate cold will first settle southward over the West during the latter part of this week into the...
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Climate Change to Claim San Francisco Marshes
USGS researcher surveying a San Francisco Bay marsh. (Credit: USGS Western Ecological Research Center) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - More than 80 percent of critical salt marsh habitat around San Francisco Bay...
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Watch: 1,000 Wild Dolphins Stampede Tour Boat
A whale-watching tour boat off the coast of Dana Point, Calif., was overtaken by a pod of up to 1,000 "stampeding" dolphins, darting past the boat in a wild herd, churning up water and delighting...
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Best New Tweets from Outer Space (Seriously)
Cmdr_Hadfield/Twitter 1 of 24 On Jan. 6, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield captured this photo from aboard the International Space Station and tweeted, "Volcanoes look dramatic at dawn....
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