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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The Amazon is being deforested more than twice as fast as last year, Brazilian officials said Monday, acknowledging a sharp reversal after three years of declines in the deforestation rate. Brazilian Environment Minister Carlos Minc said upcoming nationwide elections are partly to blame, with mayors …

LANGLEY, British Columbia – Three people have died and three became seriously ill after being overcome by fumes of an undetermined nature in a pump house at a mushroom farm south of Vancouver. Two remained at a hospital Sunday, two days after the episode at Farmers Fresh Mushrooms Inc. in …

GALVESTON, Texas – As repair crews work to make this hurricane-ravaged island city inhabitable for the thousands of residents set to return this week, the mayor is seeking more than $2 billion in emergency federal aid. The final price tag to fully restore Galveston after Hurricane Ike plowed ashore early …