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The huge "Rim Fire" in and around Yosemite National Park is close to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir that serves San Francisco. While falling ash hasn't seriously polluted the waters yet, there's concern that erosion from scorched hillsides will cause problems for the water supply in coming months.

In advance of Friday's much-anticipated June employment news, three other reports point upward.

By historical standards, this is an expedited naming. In the past, royals have waited weeks to announce a name.

The wettest regions will see more heavy rainfall and the driest regions will see even less precipitation, according to the analysis of more than a dozen climate models.

Looking for some tips about which horse might win the first leg of the Triple Crown? We've collected some of the smart thinking.

A storm that's dumping snow on the Upper Midwest is moving south and east. By Thursday, some cities may have a foot or so of fresh snow on the ground. Dubbed "Saturn" by The Weather Channel, the storm's also known by the more topical moniker "Snowquester."

Thousands of demonstrators took to the street to protest the presidency of Hosni Mubarak. Some said the revolution's promise of change hasn't materialized.

Caleb "Kai" McGillvary became an Internet sensation in February with his colorful account of how he helped save a California utility worker who was being beaten by another man. Now, McGillvary is charged in the murder of a lawyer in New Jersey.

Populations of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians are declining at an average rate of 3.7 percent each year, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study released this week.

Pueblos and native Americans from other tribes came to the site for its "lunar standstills" and built homes there more than 1,000 years ago. The new designation will help preserve it.