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    Jan 8, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  1. US roasts to hottest year on record by landslide

    <span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; America set an off-the-charts heat record in 2012.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 U.S. temperature last year up to 55.32 degrees Fahrenheit, the government...

    Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Global Change

    2. Nov 21, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  2. US drought worsens after weeks of improvement

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — The worst U.S. drought in decades has deepened again after more than a month of encouraging reports of slowly improving conditions, a drought-tracking consortium said Wednesday, as scientists struggled for an explanation other...

    Tags: Arable Farming, Environmental Issues, Weather Reports, Weather, Droughts

    3. Sep 27, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  3. Stubborn drought maintains grip on Ind., Mich. and rest of U.S.

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation's worst drought in decades consumed a larger portion of the lower 48 states last week with the Midwest corn harvest in full swing, according to the latest update by a drought-tracking consortium released Thursday. The U....

    Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Reports, Droughts, Weather, Natural Disasters

    4. Jul 16, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  4. US drought grows to cover widest area since 1956

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The drought gripping the United States is the widest since 1956, according to new data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Fifty-five percent of the continental U.S. was in a moderate to...

    Tags: Weather Reports, Droughts, Weather, Natural Disasters

    5. Jul 19, 2012 |Story| Reuters

  5. Government forecasts hotter, drier-than-average August

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hotter-than-average temperatures are expected over the vast majority of the contiguous 48 U.S. states in August, with below-average precipitation for Midwest areas already hit by the worst drought in a half century, the government said on Thursday.
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hotter-than-average temperatures are expected over the vast majority of the contiguous 48 U.S. states in August, with below-average precipitation for Midwest areas already hit by the worst drought in a half century, the government...
    6. Aug 10, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  6. USDA cuts corn outlook as drought takes toll

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government on Friday slashed its expectations for U.S. corn and soybean production for the second month in a row as the worst drought in decades continues punishing key farm states. The U.S. Agriculture Department cut...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Prices, Environmental Issues, Weather Reports, Weather

    7. Mar 26, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  7. Mobile home dwellers...and everyone else should have a plan

    <span style="font-size: small;">As if what happened in Henryville, Indiana wasn't warning enough, emergency officials want everyone to remember: Severe weather season is here. While many understand the danger of spring and summer storms, few are actually prepared. </span>
    As if what happened in Henryville, Indiana wasn't warning enough, emergency officials want everyone to remember: Severe weather season is here. While many understand the danger of spring and summer storms, few are actually prepared. Karen Laros was...

    Tags: Radio, Pharmaceuticals, First Aid, American Red Cross, Entertainment

    8. Apr 15, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  8. Officials: Human remains at Titanic shipwreck site

    NEW YORK (AP) — A federal official says there may be human remains embedded in the mud of the North Atlantic where the New York-bound Titanic came to rest when it sank 100 years ago. The director of maritime heritage at the National Oceanic and...
    9. Apr 19, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  9. 2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site

    BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) — Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, scientists are...

    Tags: Oil Spills, University of South Florida, Lifestyle and Leisure, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Fishing

    10. Mar 7, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  10. NASA VIDEO: Massive flare sends biggest solar storm in years racing toward Earth

    <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Earth's magnetic field is about to be shaken like a snow globe by the largest solar storm in five years.</span></span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth's magnetic field is about to be shaken like a snow globe by the largest solar storm in five years. After hurtling through space for a day and a half, a massive cloud of charged particles is due to arrive early Thursday and...

    Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Radio, Space Programs, Snow Storms

    11. Feb 2, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  11. Outstanding Student Athlete: Sarah Coyne

    What separates a great swimmer from the rest is simple. "Times," Penn coach Jess Preston said. "When it really comes down to it."And Sarah Coyne's times are some of the best. "She's one of our biggest meet swimmers we've ever had," Preston said. "The...

    Tags: Rutgers University

    12. Feb 1, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  12. Bites and escapes: When groundhogs misbehave

    <span style="font-size: small;">NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; They've bitten their handlers, refused to budge from their beds and lost their shadow-casting jobs to potbellied pigs. And it turns out, not all groundhogs are really that good at predicting the weather.</span>
    NEW YORK (AP) — They've bitten their handlers, refused to budge from their beds and lost their shadow-casting jobs to potbellied pigs. And it turns out, not all groundhogs are really that good at predicting the weather. Not even Bill Murray as a...

    Tags: Bill Murray, Punxsutawney Phil (groundhog), Michael Bloomberg, Groundhog Day (movie)

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