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Officials: Small plane crashes in Puerto Rico mountains; 2 Americans killed
Associated Press WriterSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) _ A small plane with three people on board — including two American tourists — crashed into a fog-shrouded mountain in a national forest east of San Juan on Wednesday, emergency officials said. The twin-engine plane...Tags: Puerto Rico, Air and Space Accidents, Emergency Planning, Fires, Rockwell Automation Incorporated
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Christmas tree shopping: artificial vs. fresh, farmed
Chicago TribuneIt may be the season of kindness and generosity, but there's a civil war raging within the Christmas tree industry. Artificial tree companies have been known to perpetuate the myth that once-living Christmas trees contribute to deforestation. Tree farmers...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Allergies, Asthma, Forests, National Government
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Official state Christmas tree to be presented Thursday
Sentinel Staff WriterThe official state Christmas tree will be presented to Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday at 11 a.m. The tree was grown by Tony and Debbie Harris, operators of Ergle Christmas Tree Farm in Dade City. The state's official tree was selected by a kindergarten...Tags: Christmas, Natural Resources, Charlie Crist, Religious Festivals, Florida
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Letters to the editor
The biblical Barak Re “Say it loud and proud,” editorial, Nov. 30 So much has been made out of Barack Obama's Muslim middle name, "Hussein," but little or nothing has been said about his first name. Biblical Israel's famed Deborah, a...Tags: Colin Powell, Santa Monica, Woodland Hills, Road Transportation, Forests
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Forest journal: Twelve days in the jungle
Photos by Antonio PerezScreaming monkeys, falling trees, chainsaw loggers, village chiefs and a nation's president are on the docket as Tribune chief business correspondent David Greising takes to the Amazonian rainforest. -------------------- Along the Essequibo River,...Tags: Caves and Caverns, John Keats, Landforms, Forests, Tourism and Leisure
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Brazil outlines new plan to slow Amazon destruction
Associated Press WriterSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) _ Brazil plans to boost spending and programs to significantly slow destruction of the Amazon rain forest by 2017, aiming to reduce global warming by slashing the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when trees are burned. The plan...Tags: Delaware, Global Warming, Natural Resources, Forests, Internet
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Canada Conservatives expected to lose power
The Associated PressCanada's opposition parties signed an unprecedented agreement Monday to topple the Conservative government with a no-confidence vote next week and form a coalition government less than two months after national elections. The three parties in the...Tags: Parliament, Elizabeth II, Government, Parties and Movements, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Christmas trees are yearlong labor on Mich. farm
Kalamazoo GazetteCold. Gray. Early. While other teens may have been cozy in their warm beds on a recent Saturday morning, Matthew and Ben Janke were hard at work. The brothers were doing what they have done every November weekend since they were old enough to carry a...Tags: Christmas, Farms, Michigan, Natural Resources, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Simple changes that won't overwhelm
Green is everywhere. It's the "new black." It's a mantra heard from the grocery store to the gas pump to the automobile showroom. Given so much advice, where should we start?
Our choices may depend on our own personal styles. Some people are more...Tags: Food Safety, The Clorox Company, Forests, Arable Farming, Dining and Drinking
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Canadian opposition to discuss who leader will be
Associated Press WriterCanada's main opposition party said Stephane Dion will become the next prime minister of the country and said all the opposition parties have agreed to topple Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government. The opposition Liberals, New...Tags: Heads of State, Economic Policy, Parliament, Elizabeth II, Regional Authority
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A party 275 years in the making
Of The Morning CallBrian Altemose sat at a table Monday afternoon twisting homemade spaghetti with sauce on a spoon. Because the 10-year-old fourth-grader had a half-day of school, his mom, Antoinette, took him out to lunch at one of the family's favorite eateries -- My...Tags: Daniel Craig, Natural Resources, Restaurants, Walt Disney World Resort, Forests
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'A Passion for Nature' by Donald Worster
A Passion for Nature
The Life of John Muir
Donald Worster
Oxford University Press: 536 pp., $34.95
Glaciers advance and retreat, but the joie d'esprit of John Muir is eternal. Anyone who today hikes the Sierra Nevada -- or, for that matter, their...Tags: Walt Whitman, Florida, Religious Texts, Landforms, Forests
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