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Global warming will increase poverty in the southern US, a new study says

Environment

According to a study published in the journal Science, global warming will devastate the economy in parts of the US in years ahead, if temperatures are allowed to rise unabated.

Drug-resistant malaria in Cambodia

Health & Medicine

Top of the Hour: Tornado Death Toll Reaches 173, Morning Headlines

Tornadoes and Storms in South Kill 194

Tornadoes and Storms Across the South Kill Scores

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