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Drought, dry summer mean more encounters with hungry bears
A firefighter was killed in Idaho and another in Oregon had to deploy her emergency fire shelter as wildfires continue across the West.
Ernesto weakened to a tropical depression as it moved inland Friday.
Get out your thermos and sleeping bag, this year's Perseid meteor shower will peak Saturday night.
NASA's rover carries a sophisticated weather station offering data on the Red Planet's environment that astronauts might one day encounter.
Corn yield would be the lowest average yield since 1995, soybeans lowest since 2003.
The drought is worse in the Midwest and the Plains, but abundant 2011 rain and snow secured the region's reservoirs and hydroelectric power.
The latest U.S. drought map shows that excessively parched conditions continue in the Plains states that are key corn and soybean producers.
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hector is expected to move farther out to sea in coming days.
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