Russia’s PM Putin climbs into firefighting plane, drops water on blazing forests

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Report: Russian wildfires have caused some $15 billion in damages

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AP-GfK Poll: Most dissatisfied with Obama on oil spill, mirrors dismay with Bush on Katrina

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AP Essay: Gulf oil spill deepens public loss of faith in US gov’t, institutions

Protesters rally outside the White House

AP Essay: Gulf oil spill fuels public’s loss of faith in US gov’t, institutions

"The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge." - Albert Einstein