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Newborn killer whale a good sign for imperiled pod

SEATTLE (AP) -- A newborn orca in the endangered pod that frequents Puget Sound is an encouraging sign following the death earlier this month of a pregnant killer whale from the same group....

Java Sea plane search: monsoons, murkiness, trash

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Searchers combing the Java Sea to find and recover debris and bodies from the AirAsia jet that crashed there have the advantage of working in much shallower waters than those found in the open ocean, but also face challenges that include monsoons, murkiness and trash....

Rains fuel California mushroom boom

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) -- Recent heavy rains have brought a mushroom boom to parts of California....

California coyote that bit man, child not rabid
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Police in Northern California shot and killed a wild coyote after it bit a man and a child and tried to attack a third person in separate attacks in residential neighborhoods on Christmas....

Conservationists, loggers team up on forest health
JOHN DAY, Ore. (AP) -- Logs are piled high in the yard of the Malheur Lumber Co. mill in this small town in northeastern Oregon, ready to be sawed into lumber. Steam pours out of the stacks. Trucks loaded with logs roll in....

Scientists target mess from Christmas tree needles
NEW YORK (AP) -- The presents are unwrapped. The children's shrieks of delight are just a memory. Now it's time for another Yuletide tradition: cleaning up the needles that are falling off your Christmas tree....

Lava moves another 10 yards toward Hawaii marketplace
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) -- Lava from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has moved another 10 yards toward a shopping center since Saturday afternoon....

Bear loose in suburban Phoenix is finally wrangled
MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Arizona wildlife managers say they believe the black bear that was spotted twice this week in a Phoenix suburb but eluded capture finally has been caught....