WASHINGTON — The last frontier on Earth is out-of-this-world, desolate, foreboding, and moon-like, James Cameron said after diving to the deepest part of the ocean. And he loved it. Cameron, who knows a little about alien worlds having made the movie “Avatar,” said when he got to this strange cold, dark place 7 miles below the western Pacific Ocean that only two other men have been to, there was one thing he promised to himself: He wanted to drink in how unusual it is.
Mar 26 2012 | Posted in
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NEW YORK — Watching the numbers on the gas pump tick ever higher can boil the blood and lead the mind to wonder: Why are gasoline prices so high?
Mar 22 2012 | Posted in
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Super Comp racer Samantha Coughlin is a bona fide national event winner who has proven to be absolutely lethal on the racetrack in her JEGS.com dragster. But when the helmet comes off, Coughlin is quick to flash a pretty smile that usually disarms even the most hardened of opponents.
Mar 8 2012 | Posted in
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Five-time world champion drag racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. enters this weekend’s 42nd annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals with two chances at winning a coveted Wally trophy from one of the crown jewels on the NHRA schedule.
Mar 6 2012 | Posted in
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WICHITA, Kan. — Extreme drought withered grain across the Great Plains. Flooding from the Mississippi and Missouri rivers drowned corn and other crops from Nebraska to Louisiana. A tropical storm on the East Coast submerged Carolina tobacco fields and New Jersey blueberry bushes.
Nov 11 2011 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON — Dermatologists will soon get some high-tech help deciding which suspicious-looking moles should be removed and checked for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a first-of-its-kind device, called MelaFind, that makes detailed, digital images of skin growths and uses a computer to analyze them for signs of cancer, offering a sort of second opinion to doctors. The device is approved only for dermatologists and only for use on growths that don’t have obvious signs of cancer but still have one or two worrisome traits.
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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The number of identity theft victims in Delaware City has nearly doubled in the span of one day, officials with the Delaware City Police Department said. Delaware City Councilwoman Lisa Keller was among the victims. She said her bank account was drained, with a debt of $200, before she learned of the suspicious purchases.
Oct 19 2011 | Posted in
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SPRING LAKE, N.J. — If you fix it, they will come. That’s the mantra — and the desperate hope — of tourism-dependent towns along the East Coast as they deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, which hit just eight days before Labor Day. Places that lost boardwalks, restaurants, roads and other fixtures in the storm are terrified the tourists will simply call it a season and stay away until next summer.
Aug 30 2011 | Posted in
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