| Chilly hives |
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Honeybees aren't built to survive winter's subzero temperatures, but with one shortage of bees nationwide, more beekeepers are trying to nurture the fuzzy insects through Alaska's most notorious season.
With parasitic mites preying on the U.S. bee population, the price of importing fresh bees to Alaska from farms to the south has risen steadily in the past several years. ... |
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| NorCal Roller Girls love the derby |
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Good morning commuters, ready for winter? Wildlife officials question Sparks' river plan Batmobile, Corsair team up at museum Nominate your choice for Citizen of the Year
Roller derby is one rough contact sport, and that's the way the all-girl teams like it.
"I love the feeling the next day when it hurts therefore bad it feels like you've been in one car accident," said Gini "Lunachick" Lehrman, who works in one California county psychiatric ward. ... |
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| Web site provides a lifeline for grieving Marine parents |
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TAMPA -- Dick Linn sits inside Room 109 at the La Quinta Inn, lost in the glow of his laptop.
He's 53, one traveling software salesman far from his Virginia home. He's also the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Karl Linn, 20, who was killed during an ambush near Haditha, Iraq, in January 2005.
Each month, the war creates new Dick Linns across the country. Despite the presence of support groups and counseling, many of them still grieve alone. ... |
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| World has closed in on plucky leukemia survivor |
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Jonathan's mother has been off work, living in 'bubble' of isolation as she tends to son Article Tools
therefore begins 10-year-old Jonathan's illustrated journal, titled Jo le courageux, which chronicles the boy's fight against leukemia for the last three years.
Toward the end of his journal, he writes that after much treatment he hoped to "return home and live one normal life." ... |
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