Researcher Chris Smith checks blooms to see if field assistant Candace Fallon will be able to introduce Yucca moths to blooms on Joshua trees in the Mojave desert in Nevada on April 7, 2011. A century from now, the Mojave Desert's iconic plant could be pushing its way into new territory or teetering on the brink of extinction. This spring, a pair of researchers will go looking for clues to the Joshua tree's fate in a lonesome valley 140 miles north of Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jessica Ebelhar)
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Ovi scores goal 890, Caps lose to Sabres 8-5
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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