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DAVIS, Calif. – Ice cream maker Haagen-Dazs is donating $100,000 to the University of California, Davis, to research an alarming decline in the bee population. The money will go for research on “sustainable pollination” and the phenomenon known as colony collapse, a disorder in which bees abandon their hives. About …

NEW YORK – Crude prices extended their march into record high territory Thursday, shooting up more than $2 a barrel as a falling dollar and the prospect of lower interest rates attracted more investors to the oil market. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, rose closer to records above $3 a gallon. …

LONDON – British and U.S. scientists said Friday they were exploring plans for a joint lunar mission that would use an orbiter to fire missile-like penetrators into the moon’s surface. The Moon Lightweight Interior and Telecoms Experiment, or MoonLITE, would put a satellite into orbit around the moon. Three or …