Rosanna Pulido, a Latino women, self-defined Conservative, and head of the Illinois Minuteman, a group that opposes illegal immigration, attended a June 18 meeting in which John McCain spoke to an audience of...
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" DALLAS - Seventeen weeks premature, our twin sons were so small, so fragile. And already they'd been through so much.Josh had had heart surgery, Jake a life-threatening bowel operation -- and that was just in their first week. They'd received blood transfusions, endured...
After what started off looking like a boring NFL draft, along came some deals to shake things up a bit."Things were going so normally, so predictably at Saturday's NFL draft. All six players the league invited to the...
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Clinton Camp Threatens to Boycott NBC Debates Because of Comments About Chelsea Being "Pimped Out"
February 08, 2008 2:09 PM - On a conference call Friday afternoon, Clinton campaign communications director...
"A boy of ten claims he was beaten around the head with a pipe by a Slovakian immigrant after he threw a berry at her and told her to 'go back to her own country'.
Jake Stedman was found in a pool of blood after insulting the woman in her 20s, who is believed to have a child...
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(AP) A black Labrador that burrowed through smoking debris after Sept. 11 and flooded rubble after Hurricane Katrina in search of survivors has died after developing cancer.
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" May 16, 2007 Massachusetts - A Newton firefighter suffered serious injuries yesterday when a fire truck apparently slipped out of gear and rolled over him in a freak accident at Boston College that union jakes say exposes the city's aging fleet of trucks. Lt. Richard Geary...
"The Ethics of Everest...
Another Everest season has just come to completion. As usual, it was filled with stories of success and failure, grand achievement and broken records. But, with all the fantastic news coming from the mountain this spring - including Apa Sherpa...
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"The Sherpas (and sherpas) of Everest
It's that time of year again - another Everest season has begun, and the presses are churning. (Be sure to visit Explorer's Web for coverage and information.) For me, I am...
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"Mountaineer Jake Norton in Crested Butte next week
On Friday, February 16, the Crested Butte Ski & Snowboard Club will bring mountaineer Jake Norton to the Crested Butte Center for the Arts to present his slideshow and lecture. The evening will begin with a silent...
With the popular press these days loving to insinuate that climbing Everest in the 21st Century is about as difficult as, say, shoveling your driveway, I thought I would share this excellent narrative by my friend...
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"The Summit Perspective...
Think for a moment about a big goal or objective you accomplished in your life. Maybe it was a financial goal, a physical, emotional, or spiritual one. Maybe it was buying a new house,...
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"Feature article on Jake Norton in Nikon World Magazine
I am quite honored to have been featured in the Winter 2007 issue of Nikon World Magazine in an article entitled Jake Norton: Top of the World. The article,...
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"March 7, 2007
Climbing Everest
Speaker: Jake Norton - www.jakenorton.com
At age 31, Jake Norton is one of only a few people to reach the summit of Everest twice – via the Northeast and Southeast Ridges – in...
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"Where IN THE World IS Jake Norton?/ Colorado climber-photographer
Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), Feb 8, 2003 by DEB ACORD
Jake Norton has stood on the summit of Mount Everest. But ask him about the best moments of his life and he doesn't mention it, even though fewer...
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