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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2016 file photo, a smiley face is seen on a sunflower in a sunflower field in Lawrence, Kan. Over the past decade as income in the U.S. has gone up, self-reported happiness levels have fallen fast, some of the biggest slides in the world. Yet this year, Norway vaulted to the top slot in the annual World Happiness Report despite the plummeting price of oil, a key part of its economy. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Who’s happy, who’s not: Norway tops list, US falls

by Seth Borenstein Associated Press, and David Keyton Associated PressMarch 20, 2017

Tulip Magnolia trees bloom in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Crocuses, cherry trees, magnolia trees are blooming several weeks early because of an unusually warm February. Some climate experts say it looks like, because of an assist from global warming, spring has sprung what may be record early this year in about half the nation. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Early birds: Spring pops up super early in much of country

by Seth Borenstein Associated PressFebruary 28, 2017

FILE - In this July 21, 2016, file photo, the sun sets beyond visitors to Liberty Memorial on Thursday, July 21, 2016, as the temperature hovers around 100 degrees in Kansas City, Mo. For the third straight year, Earth set a record for the hottest year, NOAA and NASA announced. NASA says 2016 was warmer than 2015 - by a lot. It's mostly global warming with a little assist from the now-gone El Nino. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Earth sets hottest year record for third-straight time

by Seth Borenstein Associated PressJanuary 18, 2017

Visitors from Korea shield themselves from the early morning sun as they tour the Capitol in Washington in August, with temperatures lingering in upper 90s.

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US had near record heat, costly weather disasters in 2016

by Seth Borenstein Associated PressJanuary 9, 2017

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2012, file photo, U.S. Sen. John Glenn talks with astronauts on the International Space Station via satellite before a discussion titled "Learning from the Past to Innovate for the Future" in Columbus, Ohio. Glenn, who was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth and later spent 24 years representing Ohio in the Senate, has died at 95. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

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John Glenn, the 1st American to orbit Earth, has died at 95

by Seth Borenstein Associated PressDecember 8, 2016

FILE - In this March 9, 2016 file photo, the latest generation of SunPower solar panels are stacked in Positive Energy Solar's warehouse in Albuquerque, N.M. Mostly unnoticed amid the political brawl over climate change, America has undergone a quiet transformation in how and where it gets its energy during Barack Obama’s presidency, slicing the nation’s output of polluting gases that are warming Earth. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

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Quiet but big changes in energy, pollution

by Seth Borenstein Associated Press, and Josh Lederman Associated PressSeptember 4, 2016

This artist rendering provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The double star Alpha Centauri AB also appears in the image to the upper-right of Proxima itself. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, where the temperature is suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface.

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Scientists find Earth-like planet at star next door

by Seth Borenstein Associated PressAugust 24, 2016

FILE -In this March 22, 2007 file photo, the magnet core of the world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet (CMS, Compact Muon Solenoid) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)'s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator, in Geneva, Switzerland. Disappointed physicists from the Large Hadron Collider report that what initially could have been an intriguing new particle turned out just to a statistical burp. Last December, researchers at the European Center for Nuclear Research saw two readings of what could have been a new particle that would not have fit with the existing main physics theory. The same center in 2012 discovered the Higgs boson or “God particle.” (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, File)

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Just a burp: Intriguing hints of physics particle evaporate

by Seth Borenstein Associated PressAugust 5, 2016

A man wearing shorts, sneakers and no socks rides a rental bike through a downtown Manhattan street on Dec. 24, 2015.

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Winter warmer-land: US breaks record for hottest winter

by Seth Borenstein Associated PressMarch 8, 2016

Taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, this image shows a hot, star-popping galaxy, farther than any previously detected, from a time when the universe was a mere toddler of about 400 million years old.

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Astronomers spot record distant galaxy

by Seth Borenstein Associated PressMarch 3, 2016