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Five for your planner: Sunday, May 5
1. Food, music and prizes Bonanza Extravaganza will be Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, at Hagerstown Speedway, 15112 National Pike, west of Hagerstown. Food, prizes and entertainment. 2 p.m. Friday, parking gates open, event opens at 5 p.m.; 8 a....
Tags: International Association of Fire Fighters, Entertainment, Little League Baseball, Movies
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Events set to mark bird day anniversary
The Potomac Valley Audubon Society has teamed with other organizations to put together a special series of local events in May to mark the 21st anniversary of International Migratory Bird Day. All but one of the local events will be free, and anyone...Tags: Wildlife, Mother's Day, Zoology
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Tags: Rachael Ray Show (tv program), John Kasich, Wildlife, Farms, Firearms
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Villages in Trinidad embrace threatened sea turtles, spark tourist boom
Associated PressGRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad (AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in...Tags: Windsurfing, Caribbean Sea, Fishing, Tour Operations Industry, River Surfing
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: No need to leave Fido behind Vacationers traveling to Orlando don’t have to leave Fifi or Fido behind with Rosen Hotels & Resorts’ VIP ¿ Very Important Pet ¿ package...Tags: Richard Petty, Petroleum Industry, Bars and Clubs, Environmental Pollution, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Alarm among activists after Malaysia kills nearly 100,000 monkeys
Tourists adore them. Homeowners bemoan them. And the Malaysian government has killed them –- by the tens of thousands. They are macaca fascicularis, mischievous monkeys with unusually long tails that give them their common name: long-tailed...
Tags: Science and Technology, Wildlife, Malaysia, Activism, Endangered Species
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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: Coca-Cola, Greenpeace, Nature Conservancy, Conservation, Staten Island (New York City)
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Award recognizes landowners who exemplify outstanding stewardship
PIERRE - Sand County Foundation, the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association and the South Dakota Grassland Coalition are proud to announce The Guptill Ranch as the recipient of the 2013 Leopold Conservation Award, which honors South Dakota landowner...Tags: Human Interest, Ethics, Family, Health Insurance Cost, Religion and Belief
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Chinese poaching of rare mammal exposed by boating accident
A boating accident off the Philippines coast has exposed Chinese poaching of a protected species of scaly anteater, or pangolin, prized in traditional medicine. A 500-ton Chinese fishing vessel, the Min Long Yu, crashed into a coral reef April 8. When...Tags: UNESCO, Wildlife, Philippines, China, Malaysia
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Net Xpress: Microsoft suite now can be transferred
sheila@amnews.comConsumer response plays a major role in nearly any business plan. Take, for instance, Microsoft’s original licensing for its new 2013 office suite. Microsoft thought it was a great idea to put strict limits; the consumers did not. Multitudes of...Tags: Animal Planet (tv network), HGTV (tv network), Microsoft Corporation, Entertainment, Food Network (tv network)
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Ten strategies for wise water use through food and agriculture
Chicago, Ill. - March 22, 2013, is the 20th anniversary of World Water Day. Although about 70 percent of the earth's surface is covered by water, only 0.001 percent is fresh and available for human consumption. The largest portion of this-70 percent-is...Tags: Research, Weather, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Politics
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Saving Cameroon's elephants
Check off another majestic animal species your kids will probably never get to see: The forest elephant of Cameroon. Smaller than savanna elephants and with straighter tusks, the intelligent behemoths are being cut down by poachers at a horrifying pace....Tags: Yingluck Shinawatra, Wildlife, China, Wars and Interventions, Endangered Species
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Mar 15, 2013
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