Speeding freight train hits herd of elephants, killing 7 in dense forest in eastern India

Speeding train kills 7 elephants in eastern India

Fire mitigation efforts west of Boulder under review; officials say it worked by some measures

Fire mitigation west of Boulder under review

Environmental worries place scrutiny on wildfire retardant drops in Colorado and the West

Fire retardant drops come under scrutiny in West

2 Spanish firefighters killed battling forest blaze in northwest Spain

2 Spanish firefighters killed battling rural blaze

2 firefighters killed battling forest blaze in northwest Spain

Spain: 2 firefighters killed battling rural blaze

Russian fires threaten to stir and spread radioactive particles left from Chernobyl disaster

Russian fires threaten to stir Chernobyl radiation

Fears rise that Russian wildfires could spread radioactive fallout from Chernobyl disaster

Russian wildfires raise Chernobyl radiation fears

Putin visits Russian village destroyed by forest fires, death toll from blazes up to 25

Olympic judo team

Putin visits Russian village destroyed by forest fires, death toll from blazes up to 20

Putin shows Olympic judo team

Flagstaff residents allowed to return home as crews make progress fighting Arizona wildfire

US President Barack Obama

Obama administration extends moratorium another year in roadless areas of national forests

Obama administration extends roadless moratorium

Future debated for Mount St. Helens 30 years later after volcanic eruption

The future of Mount St. Helens 30 years later

Arizona fire crews hope winds stay light as they battle blaze on forest land near Flagstaff

Light winds help crews get handle on Ariz. blaze

Forest massacre may be linked to Moscow subway bombings; Authorities seek more on widows

Putin shows Olympic judo team
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Weather halts search for man missing in avalanche that killed ConocoPhillips Alaska head

Weather halts Alaska search for avalanche victim

Police: Conoco Phillips Alaska president dies in avalanche, 2nd person buried

Police: Alaska oil firm head dies in avalanche

100 years after deadly avalanche, abandoned Washington town still haunts historic trail

Washington rail trail evokes deadly 1910 avalanche

Officials: Helicopter crash in Calif. forest kills 3 state biologists and pilot

Chopper crashes in Calif. forest; 4 men die

Officials: Helicopter crash in Calif. forest kills 3 state biologists; pilot also thought dead

Chopper crashes in Calif. forest; 3 biologists die