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BP's Billion-Dollar Payment: BP will fork over $1 billion to restore ecosystems damaged by last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Wildfires Video: An amazing video of the wildfires in Hardin County, Texas, shows a close call where people were surrounded by fire.
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Free Climbers: Check out the death-defying climbers of Yosemite National Park, who use little more than their own hands to scale the rock. [See images of Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks ]
Previously on Our Daily Planet: Inside Japan's Nuclear Hot Zone and Indiana Tornadoes
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