• Marathoner Paula Radcliffe shrugs off fears about Beijing pollution.

• Green activist Majora Carter whips out a Tibetan flag while running with the Olympic torch.

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• Pesticides may be harming Rhode Island’s lobsters.

• Maryland may impose restrictions on crabbers.

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