Distant solar system resembles Earth with two gas giants
Scientists report a star system named 47 Ursae Majoris with two distant gas giant planets in circular orbits similar in size to Jupiter. The star's sunlike composition and an empty inner region raise hopes for hidden Earthlike bodies and potential water in closer orbits. Debra Fischer and Geoff Marcy note this is the most Earthlike system found to date.
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Washington Post
Earth
Debra Fischer
University of California At Berkeley
Mars
Jupiter
Fischer
Geoff Marcy
Glacial surge floods area on Mount Rainier road
A glacial out burst on Mount Rainier sent rocks and trees onto a road and raised the Nisqually River level. No injuries or downstream flooding were reported. Park rangers and USGS scientists surveyed southern flank glaciers for the source as campers evacuated nearby areas.
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Mount Rainier
Tacoma, Wash
Nisqually River
Tacoma
Laura Vander Meer
Camp Murray
Mount Rainier National Park
U.S. Geological Survey
Park
Alisa Lynch
Oto
Maria Gillett
Washington State
West Salem Fire Strains Resources as Destructive Blaze Threatens Towns
Firefighters across the West face dwindling resources as a Monument area blaze nears 27 homes near Oregon ranches. Evacuations reach seven homes. Gov. Kitzhaber declares a state of conflagration to mobilize aid and reimburse responding agencies. Level Five alert allows national crews and potential military help amid dry, thundery conditions.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Monument
High Desert
Portland
Bill Kennedy
Gov
John Kitzhaber
National Interagency Fire Center
NATO to deploy vanguard unit into Macedonia
NATO approved a light 400 personnel vanguard drawn from a British air assault brigade to precede a 3,500-strong mission in Macedonia. The plan, Operation Essential Harvest, aims to collect arms held by rebels while awaiting a durable cease-fire.
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Belgium
NATO
Macedonia
Alliance
Balkan
United States
Yves Brodeur
Brodeur
Boris Trajkovski
Paraguayans hunt thousands of starving crocodiles in drought hit Paraguay
In General Diaz Paraguay farmers armed with machetes and spears patrol drying swamps to kill 2500 endangered Yacare crocodiles for meat and hides. Officials blame river diversion and drought for water loss as dozens of villagers in canoes hunt at night.
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Paraguay
Wilfrido Sosa
Environment Secretary
Chaco
Miguel Elias
Environmental Agency
Diaz
Asuncion
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