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Puyallup man charged with workers comp fraud... Briejer says he has a permanent back injury. He says he tries to stay in shape and last climbed Mount Rainier in 2008 saying, " it doesn't take a back to climb a mountain, it takes legs." Information from: The News Tribune ,... |
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Skiing: The best of the slopes in Spain...energy, warmth and exuberance of the visitors were unlike any I had experienced. I had to agree: Sierra Nevada es fiesta. More information on Sierra Nevada and Formigal Thomson Ski (0871 971 0578; www.thomsonski.co.uk) offers one week at... |
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JPost.com Israel | 2 days ago
Latest ancient finds to go display in J'lem
The Israel Antiquities Authority is presenting a new exhibition which includes ancient coins uncovered at the Temple Mount and a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus lid. The new display will open on November 11 at the Davidson Center and in the...
In this article: Jerusalem, Temple Mount, and The Jerusalem Post
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New York Times | 2 days ago
Audi TTS Takes on Pikes Peak... Without at Driver
Audi TTS Takes on Pikes Peak … Without at Driver A robotic Audi TTS built by a research group from Stanford on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The 12.4-mile Pikes Peak International Hill Climb up winding mountain roads near Colorado Springs ,...
In this article: Stanford University, Pikes Peak, Volkswagen, Audi, VW, Passat, and Electronics Research Laboratory
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 2 days ago
Mt. Lebanon board OKs building panel
Search post-gazette.com: Mt. Lebanon board OKs building panel The Mt. Lebanon School Board has voted to create a community advisory committee to review the design plan for the pending $113 million high school renovation project and make...
In this article: Mt. Lebanon and School board
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Mount Rainier plans parking lot in formerly troubled spot
Plans to open a commuter parking lot in Mount Rainier within six months are rekindling concerns that the vacant parcel, now fenced off, could attract crime. The city bought the property, at 3208 Rhode Island Ave., last year after waiting...
In this article: Mount Rainier, Revenue, Rhode Island Avenue, and Bankruptcy
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Winston-Salem Journal | 3 days ago
Appalachian 's Hillary suffers season-ending injury
CoCo Hillary will miss the rest of the season becaue of a knee injury. Hillary , one of Appalachian State 's leading receivers and the top kickoff returner in the Southern Conference this season, tore ligaments in his right knee during a...
In this article: Appalachian, Surgery, and Edgefield, S.C
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CNN | 3 days ago
Ice vanishing from Kilimanjaro
...it's the glaciers in New Guinea. We are losing all those glaciers in today's world." A snowless Mount Kilimanjaro also could have economic effects. Kilimanjaro is a tourist attraction and a crucial revenue generator for Tanzania , one of...
In this article: Mount Kilimanjaro, Lonnie Thompson, Africa, U.S., Tanzania, Revenue, E mail, Climate change, and Oxygen
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AP Online | 5 days ago
Snow cap disappearing from Mount Kilimanjaro
WASHINGTON (AP) - The snows of Kilimanjaro may soon be gone. The African mountain's white peak - made famous by writer Ernest Hemingway - is rapidly melting, researchers report. Some 85 percent of the ice that made up the mountaintop...
In this article: Mount Kilimanjaro, Lonnie Thompson, Ohio State University, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. National Science Foundation, Ernest Hemingway, Mount Kenya, Rwenzori Mountains, and South America
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washingtonpost.com | 5 days ago
Global warming: Nepali Cabinet to meet on Everest
KATMANDU , Nepal -- Nepal 's Cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming , which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas , an official said Monday. The Cabinet will meet at the Everest base...
In this article: Global warming, Mount Everest, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Climate change, Copenhagen, and Forest
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The Seattle Times | 7 days ago
Swimmers pool their support for Mount Rainier facility
...there a measure before Normandy Park voters, also labeled Proposition 1, that would contribute toward the Mount Rainier Pool. The Mount Rainier Pool was built in 1975 through funds from a long-term King County tax plan established in...
In this article: Mount Rainier, Revenue, and Tax
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Idaho Statesman | 7 days ago
Eagle, Rocky Mountain advance to semifinal
...to find businesses in southwest Idaho. Find maps and driving directions. Read others' reviews, and submit your own. Eagle, Rocky Mountain advance to semifinal The 5A District Three rivals square off Saturday afternoon at Lake City...
In this article: Rocky Mountain, Idaho Falls, Post Falls, The Patriots, and Lions
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Pttisburgh Post-Gazette | October 30, 2009
Mt. Lebanon to form committee to review school renovation plans
Search post-gazette.com: Mt. Lebanon to form committee to review school renovation plans The Mt. Lebanon school board last night voted 5-3 to create a community advisory committee to review the current design plan and provide...
In this article: Mt. Lebanon and Post-Gazette
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The Washington Post | October 29, 2009
Mount Rainier store worker shot in robbery attempt
A Mount Rainier grocery store employee was shot and wounded during a botched robbery attempt Thursday, police said. Just after five 5 p.m., two men, both wearing some sort of mask and one carrying a handgun, entered the store in the 3800...
In this article: Mount Rainier
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fresnobee.com | October 28, 2009
Sierra Nevada pops with fall color
Every fall, Mother Nature unpacks her easel and paints the Sierra Nevada in a kaleidoscope of color. Oaks, aspens, cottonwoods and willows become yellow, orange and brown. Dogwoods turn crimson. Getting into the spirit, even meadow grasses...
In this article: Sierra Nevada, Quaking Aspen, Madera County, Merced River, Kaweah River, Bishop, and Shaver Lake
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The Washington Post | October 26, 2009
Dozens 'Thrill the World' in Mount Rainier
...united homage to Michael Jackson. Brooke Kidd , executive director of Joe 's Movement Emporium, a nonprofit community organization in Mount Rainier , registered the location as one of about 300 official sites in various countries around the...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Mount Rainier, Jennifer Garner, and Thriller
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Seattle Times | October 25, 2009
Magma pool under Cascades may link Mt. Rainier , St. Helens
...that some of the explosive peaks are connected via a massive body of magma that stretches between Mount St. Helens , Mount Adams and Mount Rainier. In Native American lore, the volcanoes of the Cascade Mountains chatted with each other like...
In this article: Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, Nature Geoscience, E mail, and Electrical conductivity
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washingtonpost.com | October 25, 2009
Appalachian conference studies energy help
CINCINNATI -- Appalachian leaders are seeking ways to use alternative energy initiatives to spark the 13-state region's long-sluggish economy. The annual Appalachian Regional Commission conference, held in Athens, Ohio , will focus this...
In this article: Appalachian, Ted Strickland, Recession, Ohio, Coal, Appalachia, Unemployment, and Bankruptcy
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | October 25, 2009
3 policemen lightly wounded as Temple Mount clashes resume
...Chief Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitz recently reiterated that Halacha prohibits Jews from "even touching the Temple Mount ," much less entering it , based on laws of ritual purity. During the heightened tensions in the capital over Succot, Rabbi...
In this article: Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Islamic Movement, Shimon Peres, Waqf, and Maimonides
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USA Today | October 22, 2009
Memo details Mount Rushmore security lapses
By Kate Davison , Greenpeace , via PR Newswire Activists unfurl a banner down the side of Mount Rushmore in Keystone, S.D., on July 8. National Park Service officials are looking at deterrents to keep people from accessing secure areas of...
In this article: Mount Rushmore, National Park Service, Greenpeace, South Dakota, John Thune, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, and Justice Department


