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AP – U.S. senators from Wyoming, Idaho and Utah proposed legislation Thursday that would strip federal endangered species protections from wolves in the northern Rockies.

AFP – More than a fifth of the world’s plant species faces the threat of extinction, a trend with potentially catastrophic effects for life on Earth, according to research released on Wednesday.

AP – Driving rain from a storm system moving up the East Coast soaked southeastern North Carolina on Thursday and prompted worries of flooding and tornadoes.

AP – Activists from Nepal, Nigeria, Brazil and Israel were named the winners Thursday of this year’s Right Livelihood Award, also known as the „alternative Nobel,” for work that includes fighting to save the Amazon rain forest and bringing health care to Palestinians cut off from services.

AFP – Britain’s national science academy released a new guide on climate change Thursday, setting out what is known and what remains unclear after a series of scandals about global warming research.

AFP – Cutting-edge camel breeding technology, including embryo transfers and cloning, is being pioneered in the United Arab Emirates to reproduce the prized desert beasts that now fetch staggering sums.

AP – Federal and state government agencies and BP have entered a new and important phase in determining how much damage has been done to the ecosystem by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Time.com – The German cabinet approves plans to extend the lifespan of its nuclear reactors by an average of 12 years, back-tracking a promise by the previous government to shut them all down by 2022. As support slumps, has Merkel’s coalition made a dangerous move?

AP – A very moist airmass was forecast to fuel more active weather in the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday.

AP – Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely to have missing or extra chromosomes than other children — the first evidence that the disorder is genetic, a new study says.