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Study blames humans for half of recent Arctic ice melt

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- About half the recent record loss of Arctic sea ice can be blamed on global warming caused by human activity, according to a new study by scientists from the nation's leading climate research center.

The peer-reviewed study, funded by the National Science Foundation is the first to attribute a specific proportion of the ice melt to greenhouse gases and particulates from pollution.

Shell wins tentative approval for offshore Arctic drilling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Shell cleared a major hurdle Thursday in its effort to begin a two-year drilling program in the Arctic Ocean next summer, receiving a conditional exploration permit from the federal agency that oversees off-shore oil development.

Mexican Navy captures alleged American child sex abuser

The Mexican Navy captured former Alaska halfway house magnate Bill Weimar on a fugitive warrant Saturday night and returned him to the United States on charges that he sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl, the Sarasota County, Fla., Sheriff's Office said Sunday.

A spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service said Weimar arrived at the Houston airport early Sunday afternoon on a commercial flight from Mexico, accompanied by U.S. immigration agents. After clearing customs, he was taken before a state judge who ordered him held in the Harris County jail without bond. Weimar agreed to waive extradition to Florida, the Marshals spokesman said, and it is expected that he will be brought to Sarasota to answer the criminal charge within two weeks.

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