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A wildfire that triggered expanded evacuation orders may have been sparked by fireworks or a barbecue on the Fourth of July in a region that's a top tourism destination.

Scientists tracking the birds in an experimental forest in New Hampshire have also tracked changes in the forest ecosystem over decades.

As many as 500 million guests who made reservations at Marriott's Starwood properties around the world may have had their information compromised, the company announced on Friday.

Host Robert Siegel continues his chats with residents of flood-damaged Honeysuckle Lane in New Orleans East. Pat Zeller lives at 40 Honeysuckle Lane, but is staying at a hotel on Canal Street. Floodwaters soaked her home's downstairs, but the rest of the house is in fair condition. She expects to move back in March.

One of the Republicans' promises to congressional office workers, the right to unionize, may be slipping away. The law passed at the beginning of the 104th Congress allowing aides to organize specifies a deadline of October first for a final approval vote. But NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that Congress has not been able to work out which staffers should be allowed to unionize and under what terms.

Foresters responding to climate change are experimenting with planting trees in Vermont that typically are found further south. They hope the trees will survive hotter and drier conditions to come.

President Clinton met with Congressional leaders at the White House today to talk about the budget, taxes and other issues. Before that meeting, Clinton said he continued to think that a Constitutional amendment that would require the government to balance the budget is unnecessary, but indicated he might embrace it...a reflection of the fact that Republican gains in the Senate may leave him no choice on the issue. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

Scientists from New England and Canada are working together to launch a new project called Your Forest, Your Health.The coalition of medical experts and…

Lost River Gorge is closing early before one of its busiest weekends because of a brush fire in North Woodstock that has spread to about 70 acres.The fire…

Amor Towles' new novel stars a Russian aristocrat, sentenced by the Soviets to permanent house arrest in a luxury hotel. It's a frothy romp that tends to overlook the reality of life under Stalin.