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Study: Much Alaskan Permafrost Gone by 2100

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Climate change could melt the top 11 feet of Alaska permafrost by the end of the century, according to a new study. The federal study applied one supercomputer climate model to the future of permafrost. Under the most extreme scenario outlined, warming temperatures could thaw the top …

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Bird Lovers Defend Conn. Parakeets

HARTFORD, Conn. – Julie Cook came home from work Wednesday night to find utility crews tearing down a parakeet nest from a pole and taking the birds away to be killed. “I couldn’t NOT do anything,” said the 37-year-old West Haven woman. “So I started yelling at them and standing …

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Murtha's District Mixed Over Lawmaker's Positions

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The John Murtha who came home from Vietnam as a Marine hero deeply impressed Bob Krug, a Korean War-era vet. Today, Rep. Murtha is advocating that American troops be brought home from Iraq and Krug, 70, feels betrayed. “I believed in him all these years, but I …

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