Environment

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Shenzhou 9 spacecraft rocket launches from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, China, Saturday, June 16, 2012. China sent its first woman and two other astronauts into space Saturday to work on a temporary space station for about a week, in a key step toward becoming only the third nation to set up a permanent base in orbit. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, arrive June 15, 2012, for a campaign stop at the Scamman Farm in Stratham, N.H. (Associated Press)

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Tiger Woods carded a 69 for a seven-stroke lead over Phil Mickelson and a nine-shot advantage over Masters champion Bubba Watson in the U.S. Open. Woods is looking to rebound from a poor showing at the Masters. (Associated Press)

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Tom Cruise stars as Stacee Jaxx, a kind of Bon Jovi-Axl Rose hybrid, in the rock musical "Rock of Ages." (Warner Bros. Pictures)

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Actress Lucy Lawless says she has "no regrets" about stopping an Arctic-bound oil-drilling ship from leaving a New Zealand dock. (Greenpeace via Associated Press)

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Actress Lucy Lawless (left) and Greenpeace activists Viv Hadlow and Raoni Hammer walk outside Auckland District Court in Auckland, New Zealand, on Thursday, June 14, 2012, after answering charges related to the occupation of the oil-drilling ship the Noble Discoverer in February. (AP Photo/Greenpeace)

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NV Homes is building 33 single-family homes on wooded sites at Park Ridge in Severna Park. The Empress model, with 2,708 square feet, is priced from $644,990.

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Evergreene Homes is building 49 single-family homes at Watermark at North Bethany in Delaware. The homes are base-priced from $569,990 to $679,990. The four-bedroom Sandpiper model is priced from $599,990.

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The Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, that it will not declare the dunes sagebrush lizard an endangered species. Officials said voluntary efforts by New Mexico and Texas have headed off the need for the federal government to step in. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)