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South Africa's Western Cape: Savoring the bounty
— One night as my sister and I walked across the rugged yet strangely delicate terrain of a place called Farm 215, the path to our cottage lighted only by the stars and a flashlight, the wine-wobbly beam suddenly illuminated several sets of legs....
Tags: Alternative Energy, Cape Town (South Africa), Trips and Vacations, John Ford, Breads
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Teenager scales heights in South Pole
Danger may not be his middle name, but adventure certainly seems to be in the genes of 18-year-old Taylor Sweitzer. Sweitzer, of Wilmette, skied to the South Pole and reached the summit of Mt. Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica, on Jan. 19. At...
Tags: Antarctica, Bodies of Water
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Still recovering from Sandy, Crisfield braces for next storm
— Hazel Cropper, for years the fastest crab picker in this city built on its seafood industry, worries about the storm drain a few feet from her living room. As volunteers assessed the damage Superstorm Sandy caused to her home, the 74-year-old...
Tags: Republican Party, Justice System, Bodies of Water, Lifestyle and Leisure, Natural Disasters
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Ravens also must deal with Broncos' secret weapon — high altitude
Jimmy Smith knew it was real the first time he walked up the big hill to football practice, his 18-year-old lungs unable to find enough air. In the years that followed, the images of husky linemen, gasping on the sidelines, only confirmed the potency of...
Tags: Domonique Foxworth, John Harbaugh, Denver Broncos, Bodies of Water, Champ Bailey
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Perth, Australia's coastal boomtown
ReutersPERTH (Reuters) - The hometown of Australia's richest citizen, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, Perth is the centre of the country's iron ore and oil and gas boom, with some of the largest resources firms churning out billions in profits here. But Perth has...Tags: Australia, Music, Steaks, Mining, Bars and Clubs
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Strong earthquake shakes parts of Alaska, Canada
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated. The magnitude 7.5 quake and tsunami warning that...
Tags: Earthquakes, Canada, U.S. Geological Survey, Vancouver (Canada), Tsunamis
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EPA cites Shell Arctic drilling rigs for air emissions violations
SEATTLE — Adding to the troubles plaguing Shell Alaska and its drilling program in the Arctic, the Environmental Protection Agency announced late Thursday that it had issued air pollution citations to both of the company’s Arctic drilling rigs...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Los Angeles Times, Bodies of Water, Standards
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Shell drilling rig runs aground in heavy Alaska seas
Days of efforts trying to guide a mobile offshore drilling rig through stormy Alaska seas hit a crisis Monday night when crew members were forced to disconnect the rig from its last remaining tow line and the vessel went aground on a small island south of...
Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Meteorological Disasters, Wildlife, Bodies of Water, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Colder than average winter predicted for northeastern South Dakota
Brookings - The chance of a colder than average winter for much of northeastern South Dakota increased last week, as the Climate Prediction Center released its update to the winter season outlook. "This is change from the winter outlook that has been...Tags: Pacific Ocean, Droughts, Bodies of Water, Natural Disasters
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Connecticut Coast Must Prepare For The Sea's Advance
When the General Assembly was looking at how to protect the Connecticut shoreline from rising sea levels and violent Atlantic storms just months after Hurricane Irene struck in October 2011, a bill surfaced calling for the state to begin planning for a...
Tags: Water, New York City, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Ecosystems
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Glen Phillips, of Toad the Wet Sprocket fame, to headline Sea Level festival
Here's a piece of music news I missed in the pre-holiday scramble. Glen Phillips, the songwriter known for his work with the band Toad the Wet Sprocket, will play Norfolk April 4. His set will kick off this year's Sea Level music festival. Phillips will...
Tags: Music, Water, Environmental Issues, Bodies of Water, Music Industry
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State building changes ordered to avert flood damage
Declaring that Maryland's coastal areas are increasingly at risk from a rising sea level, Gov. Martin O'Malley has ordered state agencies to weigh the growing risks of flooding in deciding where and how to construct state buildings. "Billions of...Tags: Science, Barack Obama, Natural Resources, Government, Environmental Issues
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