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STATE The Associated Press Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hasn't added a U.S. creature to the endangered species list since he took office two years ago. The former Idaho governor has until Thursday to decide on one that could prove troublesome to promising petroleum drilling off Alaska's northern coast and force federal agencies in other states to react to new greenhouse gas emissions.

Deadline looms for polar bear listing decision

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Status in limbo: A polar bear walks in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2003. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has until Thursday to decide whether to list polar bears as threatened.

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