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What’s That Building? Shabbona Lake State Park
The land was given to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, only to be sold out from under them. Now, Gov. JB Pritzker has ...
Promise kept: A waterfront vision opened Seattle’s ‘front door’
The connection between the Convention Center, Pike Place Market and the transformed waterfront provides energy for a rebirth ...
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Mandatory evacuation order issued for parts of North Carolina, as crews battle 600-acre fires, burn ban issued statewide
It has maintained a size of about 200 acres and is now 100% contained. It burned on private land near Lake Adger, about five miles northwest of Mill Spring. All evacuations related to the Fish ...
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In Japan, an Iceless Lake and an Absent God Sound an Ancient Warning
They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa, Japan For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have ...
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Back in the pink: Senegal salt lake gets its colour back
The waters of Senegal's Lake Retba are back to their famous pink hues three years after floods washed away their rosy tinge -- and businessfolk and tourists are thrilled. No sooner had the news hit ...
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Statewide ban issued as wildfires burn over 1,000 acres in Polk County: 3 homes lost
Most recently, a wildfire erupted from a downed power line near Lake Adger, which officials are calling the ... Areas around Asheville and up into Yancey, Mitchell and Watauga counties appear to be ...
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Statewide ban issued as wildfires burn over 1,000 acres in Polk County: 3 homes lost
Most recently, a wildfire erupted from a downed power line near Lake Adger, which officials ... Areas around Asheville and up into Yancey, Mitchell and Watauga counties appear to be the most ...