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We thought was probably the largest corn crop in the history of american agriculture. and yet now were in a challenge of looking in some cases at no crops. >> reporter: and a reduced crop or no crop ripples throughout the economy. >> were going to have to ration corn usage for feed, ethanol, livestock usage and everything. >> reporter: already the price of corn has shot up on the chicago futures market. >> its probably the one most important thing to just like -- life on the planet next to water...

>> theres only so much you can take as a small business person when this is... this keeps happening over and over and over again. >> reporter: lake travis is not just for recreation, its part of a network of reservoirs that supplies water to one million people in central texas. now its more than half empty. nearly 30 feet below normal july levels. what are the consequences for you here as a marina owner? >> huge financial consequences. everything you can imagine from loss of customers, loss of c...

Mandela. >> cordes: a giant solar flare that erupted earlier this week could interfere with electrical grids and radio transmissions this weekend. images from the orbiting solar dynamic observatory shows the burst of x-ray and ultraviolet radiation traveling toward earth at the speed of 85 850 miles per second, the flare could trigger a spectacular northern lights show as far south as california. finally, tonight, south africas first black president, nelson mandela turns 94 next wednesday, four ...

>> reporter: this is janet shamlian. nowhere is the drought worse than here in arkansas. >> woo, come on. come on, girls. >> reporter: its a routine karen is used to -- feeding her cows -- but this usually happens later in the year -- october or november -- after the grass is gone. her pastures have never been this brown and barren this early. >> its just devastating. it looks like what i count the desert. >> reporter: she has sold off 100 of her 250-head herd because she cant afford to feed the...

Us in true western style, a pose of unlikely allies has come to the rescue. >> reporter: western wyoming is cowboy country and rancher gary is cowboy to the core. >> you are a stewart to the land. its part of our life. >> reporter: his ranch lands are also home to the greater sage grouse, a large ground dwelling bird with a declining population. he wants to save them. >> were trying to increase the habitat for the sage grouse. >> reporter: a century ago an estimated 16 million grouse roamed the ...

Second time. which is why its unclear why he entered the no-go area where he was attacked by two male chimps. it lasted around 20 minutes before staff was able to scare them off. this is as close as we can get to the scene of the attack. the park says the chimps were reacting to what they saw as a breech of their territory. this wasnt a freak act of aggression. the chimps wont be euthanized. >> chimps are fiercely territorial. theyre seven times stronger than humans. in this animal plant et epis...

Africa. he is now in table condition after surgery and this evening a much clearer picture of what it took to get those chimps off him. abcs bazi kanani back with more on this story. its becoming a little more clear what really happened. >> were learning more about those 30 frightening minutes. this is the setup right here. the grad student tanning between two fences when a chimp reached through the fence and grabbed him by his feet. the attack may have started as a territorial dispute. >> they ...

Sprawling sanctuary where across 2,000 acres chimpanzees from around africa have been given a safe home american student was mauled. today his doctors say he is stable. >> after six hours in the operating room the doctors have attended to some fractures and attended to some of the wounds. >> reporter: oberle was on a study trip, an anthropology student from the university of texas. just before the attack he was giving a lecture about their behavior to a group of tourists and then went across the...

i tell mike what i can spend. i do my best to make that work. were driving safely. and sue saved money on brakes. now thats personal pricing. colorado on fire. 17,000 acres burned. more than 300 homes destroyed. now, at least two dead. we are putting the inferno in focus. later, a massive blackout leaves millions powerless. a dangerous heat wave scorches the central and eastern u.s. no air-conditioning and no refrigeration could prove deadly. plus, tomcat split, elmo gone wild and ...

Challenger overcome president obama in an important category. >> buoyed by winning the may donation race against president obama, romney at a manufacturing plant in st. louis accused the president of breach of faith with the american people over the economy. >> there is something fundamentally wrong when there are over 23 million americans who are unemployed, underemployed or stop looking for work. yet, the president tells us he is doing a great job. i will not be that president of doubt and dec...