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The government says a three-hundred-mile gap would be a magnet for cartels, while environmental groups that sued in April call the plan a bulldozing of wild land; the court decides.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIn Shivamogga, India, a Dasara elephant named Somanna panicked under a six-hundred-fifty-kilo silver howdah and damaged vehicles before being tranquilised.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentReportedly the switch to him was last minute. Somebody's getting an angry email from an elephant.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorKenji. Don't put that in the series. Okay, how many views does the last one have?

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