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Immigration Bill May Keep Wage Exemption For Foreign Herders()  

Antonio Basualdo Solorzano has worked at the Ladder Ranch in south-central Wyoming for eight years. On his wages as a guest worker, he's supported seven children back home in Peru.

June 12, 2013 WPRNPeruvian shepherds on guest worker visas tend thousands of sheep in Wyoming, but they only make about half of what agricultural workers elsewhere are paid. Some ranchers say the exemption from minimum wage requirements is necessary; workers' rights advocates say it's exploitation.

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Massive Bat Cave Stirs Texas-Size Debate Over Development()  

Millions of bats live in Bracken Cave, in a rural area near San Antonio. Conservationists are worried that plans for a multithousand-unit housing development will disrupt the bat colony.

June 11, 2013 TPREvery night for thousands of years, bats have poured out of the Bracken Cave Reserve, near San Antonio, by the millions. But conservationists are worried that plans for a housing development nearby will disrupt the bats' rural habitat.

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To Crack Down On Rhino Poaching, Authorities Turn To Drones()  

This young female rhinoceros, photographed in Kenya in 2011, was killed by ivory poachers a few months after this photo was taken.

June 11, 2013 Sky-high prices for elephant ivory and rhino horn have pushed wildlife poaching to a fever pitch. So in attempt to outfox the sophisticated poaching operations, conservationists and government rangers are teaming up to launch small, camera-carrying drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, above southwest Africa.

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Lessons From Cicadas: A New Jersey Community's Experience()  

A member of Brood II alights on a New Jersey shrub.

June 9, 2013 A symphony of cicadas has moved up the East Coast. In Summit, N.J., as in other communities, residents find their own ways of living alongside the transient creatures that emerge after 17 years of hibernation.

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Palace Malice Pulls Ahead To Win Belmont Stakes()  

Jockey Mike Smith celebrates after guiding Palace Malice to victory during the 145th running of the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday in Elmont, New York.

June 8, 2013 The 3-year-old came into the final leg of the Triple Crown with only one victory, but the colt's trainer says they were "quietly confident coming in."

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