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Incredibly Shrinking Avocados: Why This Year's Fruit Are So Tiny

California's crop of Hass avocados — those green fruit essential for guacamole — usually weigh a half-pound or more. But this year's avocados are the smallest in memory — some barely bigger than an egg.
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Virginia Trash Hauler Gets Creative To Increase Recycling

One company in Virginia has tried new, creative techniques to encourage more people to recycle.

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Majority Of Virginians Support Plan To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

Pollsters found that more than 90 percent of respondents to a new poll support the commonwealth
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Dolphin Deaths Alarm Scientists

The animals are washing ashore at a higher rate than the last 26 years. Host Scott Simon speaks with Charley Potter, collection manager for marine mammals at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, about the response along the Mid-Atlantic.
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Aging Water Infrastructure

Last month's threatened water shutoff in Prince George's County put the spotlight on the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. We talk with General Manager and CEO Jerry Johnson about how they keep the water flowing and manage an aging underground infrastructure.

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What's Making Headlines Outside Of Washington?

Congress has gone home for its annual August recess, so Tell Me More takes a look at headlines in places across the country. Guest host Celeste Headlee talks with Mike Leary from the San Antonio Express-News and Dana Coffield of The Denver Post.
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White House Solar Panels To Power President's Residence

President Obama is has made good on a three-year-old promise to use solar power in the White House.

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Drought Forces Restrictions On Colorado River Water Releases

Relentless drought will force the government to cut back on water releases between Glen Canyon and Lake Mead. It's the first time that's happened since dams were built on the Colorado River. Reduction starts next year, and the announcement gives the 40 million water users in the Southwest time to plan.
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EPA To Crack Down On Accuracy Of MPG Claims By Car Makers

For auto companies, that Environmental Protection Agency-approved MPG sticker on a new car is a high stakes and expensive process. These days it can be damaging to a company's image if customers can't achieve that great fuel economy in their own commutes.
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Algae Causes Hundreds Of Fish Deaths In National Mall Pond

The National Park Service says about 1,000 fish have been found dead in the Constitution Gardens pond on the National Mall.

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