Environment

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley boasted Tuesday that airplanes at Boeing’s new plant in her state are made by “6,000 nonunion employees.” (Associated Press)

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Hundreds of Christian families who fled their neighborhood where a girl was arrested on blasphemy charges sit in a public park for protection in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. They feared retribution from Muslim neighbors if they stayed in their homes. (Associated Press)

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NV Homes is building town homes and villas at the Peninsula on the Indian River Bay in Millsboro, Del. The Bornquist model is base-priced at $329,990 or $354,990 and has 2,223 square feet of living space.

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Pulte Homes is building 45 town homes on quarter-acre sites at Quince Trace in North Potomac. The Tyler model has approximately 2,467 finished square feet, and is base-priced from $559,990.

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Yoko Ono appears at a news conference to launch the coalition of artists opposing hydraulic fracturing on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in New York. The formation of the group, called Artists Against Fracking, comes as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo decides whether to allow shale gas drilling using high-volume hydraulic fracturing called hydrofracking. The group says such drilling is harmful and poses the threat of contamination. They say they want to spread awareness of the issue through "peaceful democratic action." Cuomo is expected to allow drilling to begin on a limited basis near the Pennsylvania border. The group is comprised of 146 members including Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney and Alec Baldwin. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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President Cristina Fernandez wants to transform the Buenos Aires waterfront near the Puerto Madero district into an audio-visual industrial park modeled on Hollywood’s studios. (Associated Press)

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Will.I.Am was at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Tuesday when the Mars rover Curiosity beamed to Earth his new song “Reach for the Stars,” the first music ever broadcast from another planet. (Associated Press)

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Members of the Swift Water Rescue Team rescue stranded employees of radio station WQRZ in the Shoreline Park area of Bay St. Louis, Miss., during Hurricane Isaac on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, John Fitzhugh)

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Then-Alaska governor Sarah Palin was introduced to America four years ago when Sen. John McCain of Arizona announced her as his Vice Presidential running mate. (Associated Press)

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A wave breaks along a bridge off the southern port city of Busan, South Korea, as Typhoon Bolaven brings heavy rain and wind. The typhoon killed nine, caused cancellation of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises and cut off power to 1.7 million homes and businesses. (Associated Press)