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By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
April 23, 2009
RICHLAND, Wash. — The U.S. Department of Energy says it’s OK for the largest known colony of bats in eastern Washington to stay in its underground home at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
The 2,000 bats live in a concrete structure once used to hold Columbia River water....