An effigy of US President Barrack Obama was found over the weekend hanging in Plains, GA, home town of former US President Jimmy Carter. The effigy, a black doll hanging by a noose, was found hanging from a building...
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One more lesson that nature is still strong and that we cannot control nature. It also shows that winter and cold weather are facts of life for many people. " Residents in the Northern Plains bundled up as a blast...
"Mission managers said Monday that they had not heard from the NASA spacecraft for a week and that they thought it had probably fallen quiet for good.“At this time, we’re pretty convinced that the vehicle is...
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"New weird news related to cows: Researchers discovered that cattle have a good sense of direction and tend to point in a northerly direction. It has long been observed that cows appear to have a talent for weather forecasting and are able to predict when rain is on the way,...
" LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported Monday. ...
"GREELEY, Colorado (AP) -- A dog stood guard over her owner's body for up to six weeks after the man committed suicide on the remote northeastern Colorado plains, authorities said. ...
Great news for the Black Rhino. Sometimes private enterprise can work hand in hand with conservation as this scheme shows."A pioneering scheme which allows private landlords to own and breed wild rhinoceroses has...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 406 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Soil...it's the building blocks of life. It's also a guide to history, both through archeology and in learning how the earth was formed, as well as what happened to it over time. And for the first time ever,...
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Beichuan, the most seriously damaged town in the Sichuan earthquake, will become a museum and memorial to the now 55,000 people that were killed in the disaster. The death toll is still rising however."The local...
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The...
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This story is in relation to Greg1USA's covering of the story on the tragic fire at Quebecs Historic Armoury, the Armoury's Regiment have vowed to rebuild the armoury stone for stone to it's former glory.I have...
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In a land that once thrived on tourists coming to see the wild game of Africa up close and personal, Kenya's tourism industry has felt the brutal effects of war and hatred sweeping the country. The economy...
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Temperatures continued to drop and cold weather storms intensified across much of the U.S. today. Is the weather strangely freezing where you are? Send us your photos of the wild weather in your region."Bitter cold gripped most of the United States on Monday, with...
"MILWAUKEE - Highways remained slippery for some holiday travelers Monday in the upper Midwest in the aftermath of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of homes and businesses and snarled air travel.
At least 19 deaths were linked to the weekend-long blast of ice...
Also see member PEP's great first-hand coverage of the storm.More icy grief for the residents of the middle US -- almost one million people are without power, and another (thankfully much less severe) ice storm...
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