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Colleen Castille: The right path for Florida's water future
Every day, news outlets highlight Florida's water challenges: Rising sea level, drought, and concerns about water quality. Today, Florida is over-pumping our groundwater aquifer — a finite water source — and consuming water at an...Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Water Supply, Natural Disasters, Droughts, Water
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Flood risk: Bane of Balboa Island's existence
Craig Schusterick, his workman's hands powdery white with construction grit, led the way across Onyx Avenue on Balboa Island to show off his handiwork. His nearly complete three-story home — designed with solid wood paneling to echo the Cape Cod...
Tags: Homes, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Water, Services and Shopping, Environmental Issues
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Experimental aircraft speeds to more than 3,000 mph in test flight
An aircraft resembling a shark-nosed missile detached from a flying B-52 bomber and then shot above the Pacific Ocean at more than 3,000 mph in a historic test flight for the Air Force — and for the future of aviation. The unmanned X-51A WaveRider...
Tags: Pacific Ocean, New York City, Research, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Boeing Co.
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Boeing demonstrator breaks hypersonic flight record
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's X-51A Waverider made history this week when it achieved the longest hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft, flying for 3-1/2 minutes at five times the speed of sound, the U.S. Air...Tags: Technology, Boeing Co., Services and Shopping, Pacific Ocean, United Technologies Corporation
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Winchester native rides cross country to raise money for macular degeneration
The WInchester SunOn the afternoon of April 3, Winchester native Michael McGuire’s friend dropped him off at the pier in Ventura, Calif. There, McGuire dipped his toe in the Pacific Ocean, got on his bike and headed east. On his way, he passed a sign in Bishop,...Tags: Pacific Ocean, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Atlantic Ocean, Bodies of Water
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Developing the deep
A young humpback whale swam less than six feet away from Bryant Austin while he was snorkeling off the Kingdom of Tonga in 2004. Lowering his camera, afraid it would get struck out of his hand, Austin was mesmerized by the marine mammal's subtly hued...
Tags: Pacific Ocean, Rentals, Tonga, Atlantic Ocean, Zoology
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Summer Movie Sneaks complete list
The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...Tags: Alexis Denisof, Paul Walker, Entertainment Events, Theft, Liam Hemsworth
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Earth's greenhouse gas levels approach 400-ppm milestone
The ratio of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere is flirting with 400 parts per million, a level last seen about 2.5 million to 5 million years ago, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The Institution this week...Tags: Al Gore, Environmental Pollution, An Inconvenient Truth (movie), Environmental Issues, Bodies of Water
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Edward Frieman dies at 87; leading figure in American science
Edward A. Frieman, a leading figure in American science for decades as a researcher with wide-ranging interests, a top-level governmental advisor on defense and energy issues, and director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, has...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Princeton University, Research, Technology, Teachers
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Manatees, dying at record rate, need help from humans
This has been a very bad year to be a manatee. More than 550 of the gentle sea cows have died so far in 2013 -- more than 10 percent of the Florida manatee population. In the first few months of this year alone, more manatees died than in all of last...
Tags: Bob Graham, Biology, Conservation, Wildlife, Endangered Species
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Land-locked Alberta mulls oil pipeline to Arctic port
Reuters* Price for Alberta oil has dropped on supply problems * Arctic pipeline would face some serious challenges By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, April 26 (Reuters) - Canada's oil-producing province of Alberta, trying to deal with a lack of pipeline capacity to...Tags: Government, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Keystone XL Pipeline, Enbridge Incorporated, Kinder Morgan Incorporated
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Key West Food and Wine Festival coming in January
Postcards from FloridaSunshine, stellar cuisine and superior vintages will be part of the plan for the 4th Annual Key West Food and Wine Festival, set for Jan. 24-27 in the Conch Republic. Events will showcase local chefs’ culinary flair, indigenous Florida Keys...
May 8, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
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May 1, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Dec 19, 2012
| Orlando Sentinel
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