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Parched Los Angeles launches fireworks buyback program ahead of July 4 holiday

The drought-plagued city of Los Angeles announced that a fireworks buyback program would be held Wednesday ahead of the U.S. July 4 holiday, hoping to rein in the explosives' illegal use in a setup similar to gun buyback programs.

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From Peter Gleick:  A letter to my grandkids on Santa Claus and climate change

Once upon a time, a jolly old man named St. Nick, or Santa Claus, lived at the North Pole. Every year, at Christmas, he bundled up toys made by his magic elves and flew around the world in a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer, including his most famous one, Rudolph.

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