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Meteor explodes over Russia, injuring about 1,100 people
Associated PressA meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring about 1,100 people. The spectacle deeply frightened many Russians, with some...Tags: Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dmitry Medvedev, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Weaponry
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Young chef's creative juices flow in center for Jewish communities
chrisc@herald-mail.comEditor's note: This is part of an occasional series of profiles of local restaurant chefs. Chris Carp has been executive chef of Capital Camps & Retreat Center, a conference center and summer camp, for three years. Founded as a rustic retreat center for...Tags: Top Chef (tv program), Dining and Drinking, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants, Health
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Protesters urge Tribune Co. not to sell newspapers to Koch brothers
Tribune reporterAbout two dozen protesters staged a rally in front of Tribune Tower Wednesday as part of a "national day of action" to dissuade Tribune Co. from selling its newspapers to brothers Charles and David Koch, conservative billionaire industrialists who are...Tags: Bruce Karsh, Tribune Tower, Newspaper and Magazine, Activism, AFL-CIO
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The climate change guilt trip
A friend recently returned from a camping trip in the Sierra Nevada. His eyes shone as he described the opalescent sky, the vitality of wildlife in spring and the fun he'd had playing with his two young daughters during the mellow evenings. It had been...
Tags: Duke Energy Corporation, Global Warming, Conservation, Hybrid Vehicles, Ecosystems
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Review: 'The East' a complex, provocative morality tale
"The East" is a provocative industrial espionage thriller that pits counterculture revolutionaries intent on exposing corporate villainy against the undercover intelligence specialists paid exceedingly well to keep their compromised clientele clean. By...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Values, Movies, Sundance Film Festival, Another Earth (movie)
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Consumer question: When is 'green' logging really green?
SEATTLE — The seal looked appealing, a daisy on a field of green, with the words “Tested Green.” It was issued to more than 120 products as a guarantee of environmental responsibility. The problem, federal trade regulators announced in...
Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Consumers, Forestry and Timber, Advanced Training, Conservation
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Conservation groups challenge 'green' forest product certification
SEATTLE -- When an intense storm pounded southwestern Washington in 2007, mud poured down from the mountainsides, logging debris choked streams and the Chehalis River flooded much of the region, causing $57 million in damage. Almost immediately,...
Tags: Avalanches and Landslides, Forestry and Timber, Advanced Training, Conservation, Forests
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Emotions Dance presents 'Element Earth'
WHAT: Emotions Dance Company, which focuses on social and environmental awareness, will present the fourth installment of its "Element Earth" program during the next two weekends. "Element Earth" uses the four natural elements — fire, air, earth...
Tags: Fringe Festival, Arts and Culture
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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Richard Nixon, U.S. Supreme Court, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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Connecticut Beekeepers Worry About Pesticide Use
As part of the ongoing battle against Lyme and other tickborne diseases, public health organizations are asking residents in 11 Fairfield County towns to participate in a study to see if wiping out the ticks on rodents will help rein in the illnesses in...
Tags: Lyme Disease, Stafford (Tolland, Connecticut), Health, European Union, Health Organizations
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The Goldman Sachs banker turned Nature Conservancy chief
Mark Tercek had some horribly awkward moments after he left Goldman Sachs to run a U.S. environmental charity, the Nature Conservancy. At one of his first big staff meetings, he committed a total eco no-no by drinking from a plastic water bottle. When...
Tags: Staten Island (New York City), Environmental Issues, Nature Conservancy, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Conservation
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European Union to clamp down on pesticides thought to harm bees
The European Commission will tightly restrict for two years the use of pesticides suspected of harming bees, despite opposition from some of the 27 countries that make up the European Union. The European Commission, the EU's governing body, announced...Tags: Science and Technology, European Union, Politics, International Organizations, Barack Obama
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