Keep Your Stick Off the Ice
It may look smooth and slick, but that’s only the surface. While the Christmas holidays may seem like the ideal time to play on the ice, Grand River Conservation Authority staff advise children and adults to resist the temptation and wait until local waters are completely frozen.[...]
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Limits on gray trout the hot topic during cold spell
CAPT. JERRY DILSAVER I really hate talking about the weather at the beginning of this column because that means it has been, or is going to be, extreme. It this case, it has been and is continuing to be unseasonably cold.
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Summit County Weekly Fishing Report
Don’t trust the calendar, because, even though today is technically Sept. 1 and still summer, the signs of fall are everywhere for anglers. “We have colder nights, shorter days and colder water temperatures,” said Adam Nabors, a guide for Mountain Angler in Breckenridge.
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Income in state rose 1.2% in 3rd quarter
The farming, manufacturing and finance sectors helped boost personal income in Minnesota, one of just six states to see a rise.
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Two Sailors Rescued, 25 Still Missing After Vessels Sinks In South China Sea
GUANGZHOU, Dec 17 (Bernama) — Two Vietnamese sailors were rescued Friday after more than 20 hours after their vessel sank in the South China Sea, Xinhua news agency reported, adding that 25 others are still missing.
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in the NEWS
HUMAN GENOME PROJECT YIELDING FRUIT Early data from the 1,000 Genomes Project, an international effort to build a detailed map of human genetic variation, is already offering new clues about human disease, according to findings published in the journal Science.[...]
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China Lashes Japanese Attempt To Mark Seizure Of Diaoyu Islands
BEIJING, Dec 18 (Bernama) — China lashed a Japanese city’s move to commemorate Japan’s “stealthy” occupation of the Diaoyu Islands more than a century ago, saying any scheme to infringe upon its territorial sovereignty is nothing but fruitless labour.
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NEWS BRIEFS – December 18, 2010
In the spirit of the season, students of Hopwood Jr. High School will be sharing Christmas joy with visitors at Saipan hotels today, Dec. 18. The HJHS Angels will start off serenading participants of the Christmas in the Marianas Walk, which kicks off at 4pm at the Hafadai Beach Hotel.
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37 dead in Bangladesh boat sinking: police
Rescuers searched for survivors after an overcrowded boat carrying around 150 people capsized on a river in northeastern Bangladesh leaving at least 37 dead, all of them women and children.
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37 dead in Bangladesh boat sinking: police
Rescuers searched for survivors after an overcrowded boat carrying around 150 people capsized on a river in northeastern Bangladesh leaving at least 37 dead, all of them women and children.
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Chinese fisherman dies after clash with S.Korea coastguard
One Chinese fisherman died and two others were missing after their trawler collided with a South Korean coastguard ship Saturday and capsized, officials and reports said.
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Muck, oil and 30 years of raking
Below the medieval-themed quilts hanging from the walls of the Snow Goose Theater last Saturday night, the acoustic foursome the Whiskeyjacks played a cover of John Prine’s “Whistling and Fishing” at Cook Inlet Keeper’s fourth annual Muckraker’s Ball. About 130 supporters of the conservation group—true-believers, well-known activists, self-identified “progressives” and at least one Republican …
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