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            MSNBCstories[0] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31830566/ns/weather-", "El Nino conditions return to affect weather", "Government scientists said Thursday that the periodic warming of water in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which can affect weather around the world, has returned.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[1] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31798675/ns/weather-", "Blanca weakens to tropical depression in Pacific", "Tropical Storm Blanca has been downgraded to a tropical depression off Mexico's Pacific Coast.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[2] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31799895/ns/weather-", "Drought turns dire in parts of Texas", "Usually it's West Texas that's hot and dry. Now, central and southern Texas are alone in the nation in experiencing the two most severe stages of drought.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[3] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31754342/ns/weather-", "China floods drive 700,000 from homes", "Heavy flooding in southern China killed at least 20 people, while blocked roads left some 300 teenagers stranded at a school with limited supplies of food and water, state media reported.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[4] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31754032/ns/weather-", "22 die in Vietnam landslides, floods", "The government says the death toll from landslides and floods in Vietnam's mountainous north has risen to 22.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[5] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31762287/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia", "Floods leave 500,000 homeless in India", "Flood waters have inundated scores of villages in India's northeast, leaving nearly 500,000 people homeless, an official said Monday.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[6] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31762266/ns/weather-", "Tropical Storm Blanca forms off Mexico", "Forecasters say Tropical Storm Blanca has formed in the Pacific off Mexico's western coast.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[7] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31711796/ns/weather-", "El Nino has two personalities, study finds", "El Nino may have a split personality.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[8] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31709150/ns/us_news-environment", "Baaad news: Shrinking sheep tied to warming", "Two years after scientists concluded that a breed of wild sheep in Scotland was shrinking over time, a new study reveals why: milder winters tied to global warming.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[9] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31709811/ns/us_news-environment", "Study: Tropical rain band shifting north", "Earth's most prominent rain band, near the equator, has been moving north at an average rate of almost a mile a year for three centuries, likely because of a warming world, scientists say.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[10] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31711123/ns/weather-", "2 police dogs die in British heat wave", "A heat wave in Britain and other parts of Europe killed two British police dogs left in a cruiser, police say.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[11] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31704710/ns/local_news-tampa_fl", "Tampa sees record downpour", "Rain chances remain high today, a day after record-setting rainfall brought flooding that snarled traffic and forced some homes to be evacuated in the Bay area.Tampa International Airport recorded 4.72 inches of rain Wednesday, shattering the previous mark for the day, 2.84 inches, set in 1955. It was the sixth wettest July day ever.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[12] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31685524/ns/technology_and_science-science", "Volcano's eruptions create colorful sunsets", "Many people in the United States and Europe are seeing gorgeous lavender sunsets lately thanks to the eruption more than two weeks ago of Russia's Sarychev Peak volcano.", "");
          
            MSNBCstories[13] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31708243/ns/weather-", "Nepal landslides bury homes, killing 9", "Landslides triggered by monsoon rains swept through three villages in Nepal's mountainous west Thursday, burying homes and killing at least nine people, a ministry official said.", "");