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May 7, 2012 - 6:07 pm

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar toured the new Enbridge Silver State North Project solar facility in the Ivanpah Valley near Primm, Nev. on Monday, May 7, 2012. The 600-acre array is the first large-scale solar power plant to be built on public land.

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Tsunami waves reach Hawaii, California, Japan after quake strikes off Russia’s Far East

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One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. Several people were injured, but none gravely, and no major damage has been reported so far.

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