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CHICAGO — While the weekend’s icy and snowy weather forced many delays and cancellations, it was something other than snow running across the runways at O’Hare International Airport that caused big problems for pilots trying to land airplanes.

Another interesting article by Bill Schneider.

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“I watched from the inside as Rey’s tragic policies unfolded on a daily basis,” Artley claims in his “Open Letter to All Americans,” which has been posted on several environmental websites.

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Unlike Old Faithful, the Steamboat geyser erupts irregularly, with its last major eruption coming in 2005. After a quiet period that lasted from 1991 to May 2000, the geyser has had seven major eruptions in as many years.

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As a candidate, Ritter also vowed to lock down protections for roadless areas in national forests until a legal pendulum stops swinging.

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Two brothers and a nine-year-old boy were rescued Monday morning after getting their pickup stuck in the snow, becoming lost as they walked ten miles in a circle, and spending a cold night huddled in their snowbound vehicle in the Ochoco National Forest, authorities reported.

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It had been covered over by ice for many millennia — a sprawling and remote part of the marine world that had remained a science mystery.

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The blossoming of cherry trees is a traditional sign of spring that draws thousands of visitors to Washington, but you could avoid the crowds by taking in another marker of the change of seasons – the natural show of redbud trees spreading a blush of pink across the scenic hills and hollows of southeastern Kentucky.

They claim to be “flying in” and that no new roads would be built. You have to wonder if this will be occurring in roadless land that is now afforded some protection by the roadless rule. In fact, this area you are looking at in the above photo is the same area mentioned in this drilling plan, so it’s likely it will occur in roadless areas.

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The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment on the drilling proposal. The agency would require that drilling take place well away from streams, and that crews follow all food-storage and garbage-handling rules to avoid problems with grizzly bears.

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NORTH COUNTY — Federal officials Monday opened a second public-comment period to give rock climbers, hikers, scientists, environmentalists and others more time to weigh in on a proposed seasonal closure in the Cleveland National Forest.