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17 hrs ago | The Southbridge Evening News

Happy Fourth of July

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is investigating its joint police raid on a gay bar that left one man hospitalized with a head injury and sparked claims of brutality and procedure violations.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Drug Enforcement Administration, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

Love or confusion ... sabre-toothed squirrel Scrat gets a girl. THE first Ice Age opened with a truly great running gag in which a rodent holding tight to an acorn took on an avalanche and won.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Family, Ice Age, Adventure, Paleontology, Dinosaur, Science, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Life, Hobbies, Spelunking

Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

3 stars: Ice Age 3

Love or confusion ... sabre-toothed squirrel Scrat gets a girl. THE first Ice Age opened with a truly great running gag in which a rodent holding tight to an acorn took on an avalanche and won.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Family, Ice Age, Adventure, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Paleontology, Dinosaur, Science, Life, Hobbies, Spelunking

Daily Camera

Hiker's death memorialized

University of Colorado student Justin Colonna went missing in a snowstorm on South Arapaho Peak in December 1999; his body was found six months later.

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Related Topix: Blizzard, Boulder County, CO

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Sietch Blog

Desert Dust Does Damage

It would seem that desertification caused by water shortage, or poor land usage hurts more than the immediate area around the environmental degradation.

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Related Topix: Silverton, CO

Mon Jun 29, 2009

KHWB-TV Houston

Mountain snow melts earlier, changing growth patterns, due to blowing dust

Dust in the wind is rewriting the cycle of life in the mountains. Throughout memory the warmth of spring has begun the mountain snowmelt, bringing life-giving water to greening plants so they can blossom and renew their species.

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Related Topix: Silverton, CO

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Tacoma News Tribune

a sharp eye on the slopes Mount Rainier climbing facts Behind the Award meet the rangers

In 1992 when Mount Rainier National Park hired Stefan Lofgren to keep climbers safe on the upper mountain, his climbing resume could be summed up in one line: Mount Anderson, Olympic National Park, 7,321 feet.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park

Sat Jun 27, 2009

TechCrunch

Ita s Kill Feature Time Again At Twitter To Stay Afloat

Twitter has a history of killing off features in order to stay up. And it looks like it had to do that again today , in the wake the avalanche of tweets that are flowing in following Michael Jackson's death .

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Related Topix: Twitter

Thu Jun 25, 2009

CW Arkansas

Lohan and Seacrest hatch plans for reality TV series

It's an avalanche of laughs as hard-partying snowboarders have a ball working at a raggedy Alaskan resort.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Thriller, Hotel!, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Lee Majors, Lindsay Lohan, Pop/Rock, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Entertainment

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Chowrangi

Qari Zainuddin Mehsud shot dead; Another Blunder

The usb samsung best cell phones on our growing dvr i got fell of chance for dtv to optional up the usb flex and fish hmo.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Kokomo Tribune

KPD, sheriff seize marijuana

Howard County Sheriff Marty Talbert said deputies had to use a hacksaw to open a package containing five pounds of marijuana, after drug dealers shipped the pot encased in PVC pipe.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Howard County, IN, Kokomo Metro, Kokomo, IN, Russiaville, IN

Sun Jun 21, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - Opinion

Sino-Thai relations: not only about panda and longan

On the surface, the resident status of a three-week old unnamed baby panda born in Chiang Mai will be the most visible barometer of the state of Sino-Thai relations in weeks to come.

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Related Topix: Thailand, Opinion

Journal of Statistical Mechanics

Predicting the drag coefficient of a granular flow using the discrete element method

Abstract. Passive-protection structures, against snow avalanches, are designed with rough estimates of the drag coefficient, depending straightforwardly on the obstacle's geometry.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Cuba Journal

Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens is most famous for its catastrophic eruption on May 18, 1980, at 8:32am PDT which was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Canada.com

Search and rescue liability the 'tipping point': B.C. groups

VANCOUVER a ' Many veteran B.C. search and rescue volunteers have reached a "tipping point" as they face liability issues that could hamper their ability to do their jobs, a member of North Shore Search and Rescue says.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Northfield News

Carleton climber found dead

Carleton College will hold a memorial service in honor of graduate Wade Johnson, a climber and film-maker who went missing while on a mountaineering expedition in China on May 20.

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Related Topix: Carleton College, Denver Metro, Boulder, CO, Boulder Metro

Sun Jun 14, 2009

SavannahNow

Toxic TVs

Upgrading to a digital television? Don't dump your old TV, recycle it. THE TRANSITION from analog broadcasts to digital television, slated for today, will render obsolete millions of older TV sets across the country.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics

Sat Jun 13, 2009

WTVY Dothan

Search for 3 Missing US Climbers in China

The body of an American mountain climber has been found after an avalanche in an isolated part of southwest China, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News, Blog News

Fri Jun 12, 2009

KMGH-TV Denver

Report: Search Ends For Missing Boulder Climber

Rescuers ended the search for Boulder climber Micah Dash Thursday on Mt. Gongga due to bad weather, according to Xinhua, China's government-run press agency.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Daily Camera

China: Search called off for missing Boulder climber

"Weather condition is quite bad, with fog, rain, snow hampering the work," said Lin Li, general secretary of the Sichuan Mountaineering Association, according to Xinhua News.

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Related Topix: Boulder, CO, World News, Asia, China,

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