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A keeper holds a five-day-old king penguin chick, Thursday, May 29, 2014, at the Newport Aquarium in Newport, Ky. The aquarium is one of only 16 institutions in the United States to exhibit king penguins, the second largest species of penguin in the world. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, May 14, 2014, a row of Google self-driving cars are shown outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Four years ago, the Google team developing cars which can drive themselves became convinced that, sooner than later, the technology would be ready for the masses. There was just one problem: Driverless cars almost certainly were illegal.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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In this Nov. 1, 2013 photo provided by Curate NYC 2013, artists and art lovers gather for a Curate NYC opening at the Local Project gallery in the Queens borough of New York. For artists in New York, finding affordable studio or rehearsal space or places to showcase their work can be challenging. Curate NYC focuses on getting artist exposure through an annual showcase in which artists are chosen by guest curators from institutions like the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. (AP Photo/Curate NYC 2013, Ed Marshall)
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Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz has toured Louisiana's Gulf Coast oil and gas operations to assure the industry the administration supported its growth. At his side was Sen. Mary Landrieu, one of the Democrats' most vulnerable incumbents in this fall's election. (Associated press photographs)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy handed out research grants with a third of them going to universities in Colorado, where Mr. Udall is in a tough battle to win re-election to the Senate and has been a major proponent of the environment.
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"The Obama administration should stop trying to scare Americans and then impose costly, unnecessary regulations on them," said House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith. "When assessing climate change, we need to make sure that findings are driven by science, not an alarmist, partisan agenda." (Associated Press)
