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Heat, drought cook fish alive in Pacific Northwest

8:27 p.m. EDT July 31, 2015 Freakishly hot, dry weather in the Pacific Northwest is killing millions of fish in the overheated waters of the region's rivers and streams.

Greece says it won't pay IMF loan by deadline

10:22 a.m. EDT June 30, 2015 Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Tuesday that his country would not make a debt payment to the International Monetary Fund by a midnight deadline, setting the stage for a showdown with its creditors ahead of an effective national referendum on its membership of the euro currency.

President Obama backs consumer agency as it proposes..

12:35 a.m. EDT March 26, 2015 WASHINGTON — President Obama will give a staunch defense of the federal government's consumer protection watchdog in a speech Thursday, defending it against Republican budget cuts the same day the agency is set to propose tough new payday lending rules.

The Short List: Swift takes down Apple ?

8:55 p.m. EDT June 22, 2015 Taylor Swift's Apple takedown cements her status as one of the most powerful people in media.

NASA's Dawn spacecraft goes into orbit around Ceres

12:25 p.m. EST March 6, 2015 After a 7-1/2 year journey through the solar system, NASA's Dawn spacecraft settled into orbit Friday around the mini-planet Ceres that lies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Morell's quick takes: From Snowden to Palin

7:45 p.m. EDT May 10, 2015 In his 33-year career at the CIA, Michael Morell worked for six presidents and dealt with a range of officials in the United States and abroad. He twice served as acting CIA director. His new book, published Tuesday by Twelve, is titled, The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism From Al Qa'Ida to ISIS.

New report shows urban 'donut' shifting

12:32 a.m. EST March 3, 2015 The long-standing urban-suburban divide in education, income, race and other characteristics is being turned on its head as college-educated Millennials crowd into U.S. cities, new research shows.

Obama to push climate change for Earth Day

5:22 p.m. EDT April 18, 2015 President Obama plans to spotlight his climate change plans next week, saying Saturday that "there's no greater threat to our planet" than ever-rising temperatures.

Record cold attacks East, South

7:05 p.m. EST February 18, 2015 A ferocious blast of bitterly cold air straight from Siberia was roaring through the eastern and southern USA on Wednesday, dropping temperatures to historically low readings as far south as Florida.

President Barack Obama seeks millions for civil rights sites

2:32 p.m. EDT April 4, 2015 WASHINGTON — Communities and historically black colleges that played a key role in the civil rights movement would get millions of dollars under an administration plan to upgrade and preserve the movement's most important sites.