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Memorial Day freebies, discounts for vets, active military
South Florida Sun-SentinelHundreds of retailers offer discounts for Memorial Day of 10 percent or more to active duty and retired U.S. military, National Guard and reservists and veterans. In some cases, spouses and families members are included, too. Many military discounts aren’...Tags: Busch Gardens Tampa, Anheuser-Busch, Memorial Day, Armed Forces, Human Interest
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Freedom's flag is flying again over Freedom's Fortress
HAMPTON — Just one month into the Civil War, Union soldiers stationed at Fort Monroe would have raised a 34-star American flag over the stone fort on the morning of May 24, 1861.
Even though 11 states had recently succeeded from the Union, you...Tags: Slavery, Arts and Culture, Library of Congress, Human Interest, Travel
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Mountain lion killed in Santa Monica was probably seeking a home
In the end, the mountain lion was probably looking for a place to call his own. Scientists believe the male mountain lion roamed his way down the Santa Monica Mountains early Tuesday, likely following a runoff channel. When daylight broke, he found...
Tags: Natural Resources, Science, The Getty, Biology, Wildlife
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Mountain lion killed in Santa Monica was wild, not exotic pet
L.A. NOWThe mountain lion that was shot and killed Tuesday in downtown Santa Monica was not one of the handful of animals that biologists have tracked in the Santa Monica Mountains.... -
Death of Two Denali Park Wolves Has Biologist Asking For More Protection
Channel 2 NewsThe trapping death of two wolves that belonged to one of Denali National Park's largest and most-seen wolf packs, in an area directly adjacent to one of the park's boundaries, has a conservation biologist calling for action. Rick Steiner says he...Tags: Science, Biology, Science and Technology, Hunting, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Trapper who killed Denali wolves scoffs at notion of buffer zone
Todd Hardesty/Alaska Video Postcards Inc. One of the Grant Creek pack's two primary breeding females during the 2009-10 season at Denali. The wolf died of natural causes this spring, while the other female was snared in a trap. SEATTLE — The prime...
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New Santa Monica Mountains visitor center to open in June
Los Angeles Times staff writerThe words "government efficiency" may seem like an oxymoron, but not in the case of the new Santa Monica Mountains interagency visitor center, set to open June 9 at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas. The new headquarters for the Santa Monica Mountains...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Renewable Energy, State Parks, Travel, Mountains
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Letters: Gay marriage and states' rights
Re "Gay marriage clause added to defense bill," May 19 Conservatives recently pushed legislation through the House that would prohibit same-sex marriages from being performed at military chapels. This prohibition would even apply to chapels that are...Tags: Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Google Inc., Facebook
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Trapper lures wolves from Denali, kills 2; pack's future in doubt
The two primary breeding females from the best-known wolf pack at Denali National Park — a pack viewed by tens of thousands of visitors each year — have been killed, one of them by a trapper operating just outside the boundary of Alaska’...
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Mt. McKinley Fatality: First 2012 Climbing Victim Identified as Steffen Machulka of Germany
Channel 2 NewsThe Denali National Park Service identified the first 2012 Mt. McKinley fatality as Steffen Machulka of Halle, Germany on Monday. Machulka, 49, died in a climbing fall on the West Buttress route of Denali while attempting to retrieve a backpack on May...Tags: Germany
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Ecuador's remote ecolodges put the lush, tropical woodland right outside
EL ORIENTE, Ecuador — This is one rain forest the world has saved. After donors around the globe pledged $116 million by the December 2011 deadline to prevent oil drilling in the biologically fragile Yasuni National Park, the Ecuadorian...Tags: Natural Resources, Science, Malaria, Forests, Vaccines
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Eastern Ecuador's ecological diversity means marvelous creatures at every turn
Imagine palm trees 10 stories high. Imagine lakes with paiche fish that are 6 feet long. Imagine rivers with stingrays, caimans, catfish, neon tetras and electric eels. The lake where La Selva Amazon Ecolodge is located, Lake Garzacocha, looks...Tags: Monkey (animal), National Government, Natural Resources, Ecuador, Forests
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