ARTICLES BY NOAKI SCHWARTZ

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Santa Monica Mountains' lions face extinction

LOS ANGELES - Morning commuters in Los Angeles were likely startled, if not downright terrified, when a young mountain lion recently strode onto Interstate 405 and was killed by oncoming traffic.

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Gulf spill spells uncertainty for new drilling

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. - In the conservative Florida Panhandle, where Sarah Palin's battle cry "Drill, Baby, Drill" is still visible on car bumpers, some are reconsidering their support of offshore drilling as a growing spill in the Gulf of Mexico drifts closer to shore.

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Search ends for 11 missing oil rig workers

NEW ORLEANS - Coast Guard officials on Friday suspended the three-day search for 11 workers missing since an explosion rocked an offshore oil rig, saying they believe the men never made it off the platform that erupted into a giant fireball.

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