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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Deadly Petersburg Crash
Channel 2 NewsThe pilot in last week’s deadly flightseeing plane crash near Petersburg says the aircraft didn’t show any major mechanical problems before it slammed into a mountain, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A preliminary NTSB...Tags: Mountains, Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, U.S. Coast Guard, Air and Space Accidents
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Seventeen Shockers to Play Summer Ball
Eyewitness SportsSeventeen student-athletes on the Wichita State baseball team will be playing on teams this summer. Following is a list of the athletes with their teams. Tyler Baker – Rochester (Minn.) Honkers Garrett Bayliff – Santa Barbara (Calif.)...Tags: Wichita State Shockers, Landforms
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Glacial glassware
These eco-friendly products will up the entertainment ante. These tumblers and highball glasses are part of the Glacier Glass collection by Rolf Glass, based in the glassmaking town of Mount Pleasant, Pa. The products are made of recycled wine bottles and...
Tags: Landforms
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Jaap Van Zweden once again proves his musical mettle with CSO
Jaap van Zweden's progression from pinch-hitter to honored guest to esteemed member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's extended family has been one of the most encouraging developments Chicago music has seen in years. The superb Dutch conductor has...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Music, Entertainment
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Len Frenkel: Higher CO2 levels sound new global warming warning
There is some bad news. Very bad news. Very, very bad news. In a recent issue of The Morning Call, there was a short item telling how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released information that, for the first time since records have...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Environmental Issues, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Science and Technology, Global Warming
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Frozen zombie plants from Little Ice Age revived after 400 years
Given the short half-life of DNA, we may never have a Jurassic Park – but could we one day boast of an Ice Age Garden? Scientists have brought back to life a collection of roughly 400-year-old frozen plants recovered from melting glaciers in the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Landforms
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News to use
Here are some of the more interesting deals, websites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently: The Online Vacation Center is offering a 17-night November cruise on Celebrity Cruises from Honolulu to Sydney from $1,899 per person...
Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Ceremonies, Cruises, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Climate change may be baring Mount Everest
A warming climate is melting the glaciers of Mount Everest, shrinking the frozen cloak of Earth’s highest peak by 13% in the last 50 years, researchers have found. Rocks and natural debris previously covered by snow are appearing now as the snow...
Tags: Mountains, Environmental Issues, National Parks, Nepal, Science and Technology
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Humpback Whales Spotted in Glacier Bay
Channel 2 NewsVessels operating inside Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Southeast Alaska are being required to slow down in order to protect humpback whales from injury. Park Superintendent Susan Boudreau announced Tuesday that vessels will be restricted...Tags: Bay National Corporation, Landforms
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Round 2: Big Sky vs. Big Shoulders
Do I hear a bison chortling? Yes, it's a laugh a minute these days in Montana. The bears are slapping their grizzly knees; the bighorn sheep are high-hoofing the pronghorn antelopes; the glaciers are splitting their sides. And my attempt to rally...
Tags: Navy Pier, Tourism and Leisure, Chicago Transit Authority, Politics, Human Interest
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Climbers Recover Body of 9-Year-Old Boy from Glacier Crevasse
Channel 2 NewsThe body of a 9-year-old boy has been recovered from a crevasse in an Alaska glacier. Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters says the body of Shjon Brown, of Fairbanks, was recovered at 12:40 a.m. Monday. The boy was on a snowmobile outing...Tags: Landforms
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Body of 9-year-old recovered from 200-foot crevasse in Alaska
Officials have recovered the body of a 9-year-old boy who died over the weekend after crashing his snowmobile through a glacier in Alaska. Shjon Brown’s body was recovered around 12:40 a.m. on Monday, Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters...Tags: Landforms, U.S. Army
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