Brazil's Rousseff vetoes part of controversial Forest Code revision

Source: Mongabay.com

mongabay.com May 25, 2012 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff today rejected 12 of 84 articles in a controversial bill that aims to relax restrictions on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. The Bra ...
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Frankford repeats in Public League

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Frankford didn't take a ho-hum approach to capturing its second straight Public League baseball championship. The players mobbed winning pitcher Rafael "Omar" Cruz after the final out, coach Juan Namnun received a watercooler dousi ...
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Grand StaircaseEscalante

Source: Travel Blog

Thursday, May 17, 2012 We made the short trip to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument this morning. We camped at Kodachrome Basin State Park. We had the best site in the park (number7) and was amazingly the ...
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Source: BCR News

PRINCETON — The Princeton High School Board continues to get its staff in place for the coming year. At this week’s meeting, the PHS Board approved several personnel appointments, including hiring Jesse Brandt as the assistant principal an ...
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Double steal spurs Babylon past C. Moriches

Source: Newsday

With his team trapped in a pitchers' duel, Babylon coach Rick Punzone thought he needed to get a little imaginative offensively.He did in the bottom of the fifth as he called for a double steal. The move worked as Kayla Yantz stole home successf ...
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Body found in Lake Winnebago

Source: The Appleton Post-Crescent

A $5.7 million expansion is in the works for the Timber Rattlers' Fox Cities Stadium.- 5:28 pm The city turned over documents and paid The Post-Crescent more than $4,000 in a settlement reached...- 4:50 pm At a time when many are still feeli ...
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Meares in search of diamonds

Source: The Age

Anna Meares says there is nothing like a Games to rock body and mind. Photo: Lee Besford A STAR player in the high times for Australian track cycling, Anna Meares was also there when the bubble burst at the Beijing Olympics. ...
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Three-alarm fire severly damages home near Turner

Source: Salem Statesman-Journal

When Amanda Matlock read a news story of a body of a man found lying on the side of the road in...- 3:17 pm Until recently, the Hales didn't think they could save $1,000.- 3:17 pm Salem police confirmed Thursday ...
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Snap Concert Pics, Even Away from the Show

Source: PC World

Music fans can now take photos at live concerts and share them online, even if the performance happens to be thousands of miles away. YouTube's Frontrow camera app lets you play director by zooming in and out to change view ...
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