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McCain: 'Ready to lead,' but where?
The Swampby Mark Silva ST. PAUL - Not since Democrat John Kerry, a Swift boat commander during the war in Vietnam, stepped onto the stage of his presidential nominating convention four years ago with a salute and said, "I'm John Kerry......Tags: Marsha Blackburn, Mel Martinez, Armed Forces, Ohio, Political Candidates
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State track honor roll
Sentinel Staff WriterAs of June 15 -- please e-mail updates to bbuchalter@orlandosentinel.com or fax to 407-418-4050 BOYS 4x800 Relay Leader: Northwestern, 7:47.66 (SC-4A) Chasers: Colonial, 7:47.87 (4A-RU); Winter Park, 7:49.74; Fort Lauderdale, 7:51.36 (SC-3A);...Tags: Sean Young, Roman Catholicism, Tourism and Leisure, Rivers, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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Red Sea, blue and yellow tropical fish
The Swampby Mark Silva, notes and photos SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt -- The Red Sea is really aquamarine. And salty as can be. Electric-blue and yellow tropical fish shimmer across the live coral reef that lines the beach at Sharm el......Tags: Bodies of Water
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Bush: 'It breaks my heart'
The Swampbv Mark Silva SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- A dozen young people -- Jews, Israeli Arabs, Palestinians and an Ethiopian -- gathered around President George W. Bush the other day for a rare moment of candor and questioning at the Bible......Tags: George W. Bush, National Government, Mahmoud Abbas, Hamid Karzai, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Nature- and bird-watching sites
Sun-SentinelSouth Florida is a bird-watching mecca, between the colorful and distinctive natural population of wading birds, hawks, eagles and subtropical birds, combined with the winter migration of flocks from up north. These sites in and around South Florida are...Tags: Vehicles, Marathon, Road Transportation, Petroleum Industry, Florida's Turnpike
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Feeding the world, poisoning the planet
Sun StaffFirst of five articles AASEN, Netherlands -- Leopold Hendrick admits a visitor through the locked doors of the world's first bureaucracy dedicated to tracking and taxing animal waste, a kind of manure IRS. The government administrator apologizes for...Tags: Minnesota, Death, Internal Revenue Service, Population, Louisiana
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Falling for fossils
Special to the TribuneHere, at the Falls of the Ohio State Park, an ancient fossilized coral reef sprawls along the north shore and extends into the Ohio River. Bizarrely configured, dun-colored and flat, pocked with odd shapes, and blistered with gray-brown lobes, globs and...Tags: Ohio, Caves and Caverns, Road Transportation, Landforms, Paleontology
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Key Largo: Glass-bottom boat opens coral reef to kids
Associated Press WriterKEY LARGO -- You don't have to snorkel or scuba dive to visit the famous coral reef three miles from the shores of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. The turquoise sea, the green mangroves, and the brilliant colors of tropical fish and other marine...Tags: Florida's Turnpike, Sushi and Sashimi, Australia (movie), Tourism and Leisure, Boats
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Face to Face: A Conversation with Kristin Jacobs
Former Broward County Mayor Kristin Jacobs discusses her hopes as she starts her tenure as the commission's leader.
Q. Mayor Jacobs, there's talk that the Air & Sea Show won't be able to be back here in the future. It has a fairly large economic impact...Tags: Death, California, South Florida Water Management District, Everglades, Southwest Ranches
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Inside the aquarium: Great Barrier Reef
Tribune staff reporterThis one isn't quite like the first six. You can see the world's other natural wonders from the road or from the deck of a boat or the innards of a Land Rover. You can get a better look at them with a hike or a trek or maybe from the back of a mule. You...Tags: Ecosystems, Australia (movie), Tourism and Leisure, Diving, Idaho
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Nothing but paradise
Tribune staff reporterNATIONAL PARK OF AMERICAN SAMOA -- As soon as she figured out what I was doing, Diana Richardson insisted that I tell readers how awful this place is. She meant the islands of Ofu and Olosega, two green spikes of volcanic land covered with palms and rain...Tags: Vehicles, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tourism and Leisure, U.S. Army, Hotels and Accommodations
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Dangerous cloud hangs over Great Barrier Reef
Sun StaffTOWNSVILLE, Australia -- Diver, champion spearfisherman and underwater filmmaker for 50 years, Ben Cropp has looked long and closely into the crystalline waters surrounding the famed Great Barrier Reef. Four years ago, Cropp filmed a documentary, "The...Tags: Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Education, Rivers, Iowa
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