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File - A bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) on the ice in the Arctic Ocean, September 2006.
Climate   Environment   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Climate change in the Arctic  
 Independent online 
Arctic sea ice likely to hit record low
Washington - Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is likely to shrink to a record small size sometime next week, and then keep on melting, a scientist at the US National Climate Data Centre said on Monday. | &... (photo: NOAA / Mike Dunn, NC State Museum of Natural Sciences)
Tree top - environment - air around us
Environment   Japan   Life   Photos   Wikipedia: Atmosphere of Earth  
 Japan Times 
The air around us is teeming with life — it's just too tiny to see
| As I approached the top of Mount Tarumae's western peak, located in Hokkaido's Shikotsu-Toya National Park, for a brief moment I thought an early reward was awaiting me in the form of clusters of ri... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Fabric displays in a fair - textile  San Francisco Chronicle 
Vintage fabrics at Urban Burp
| Vintage fabric collector Electra Skilandat reopened her Urban Burp store in Point Richmond recently after a rent increase forced her to shut down her San Francisco shop last year. | Her new shop, in... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Customer   Hollywood   Photos   Textile   Wikipedia: Textile  
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally with vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.  BBC News 
Romney's 'birther' jibe upsets Obama campaign
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has referred at a campaign rally to a discredited theory that President Barack Obama was not born in the US. | Speaking near his childhood home in Michiga... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci)
Election   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Mitt Romney  
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Apple iPhone - Smartphone Business Journal
Facebook releases faster apps for iPhone, iPad
| FaceBook has released new iPhone and iPad apps it says will boost speeds and deliver better performance. | The move is designed for the growing number of Facebook users... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Facebook   Iphone   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Facebook  
Target Store Display on a recent coupon shopping trip for Hot Coupon World Business Journal
Target edges Walmart on pricing in latest survey
| In the battle for consumer pocketbooks, Target Corp. scored a victory on pricing over rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the latest survey by Bloomberg. | The report, which ... (photo: Creative Commons / Julie Parrish)
Business   Food   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Target Corporation  
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) competes against Klara Zakopalova (CZE) during the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center Key Biscayne, Florida March 26, 2011 Sky Sports
Jankovic sets up Vinci final
| Jelena Jankovic will tackle Roberta Vinci in the final of the Texas Open in Dallas after the pair claimed strikingly different semi-final wins. | Serbian second seed Ja... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert)
Photos   Serbia   Sport   Tennis   Wikipedia: Jelena Jankovi  
A man with his pet horse - domestic animal The Examiner
Can you see what your horse can't see?
Related topics | horsemanship advicestallionsHorse Training advice | Advertisement | A recent experience with a pushy and dangerous stallion has caused me to rethink my t... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Animal   Health   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Horse care  
Barack Obama Detroit Free Press
Barack Obama, Mitt Romney locked in tight race, polls show
| It was close, and it still is. | A slew of poll results Thursday show that after choosing his running mate, Republican Mitt Romney narrowly trails or is virtually even ... (photo: Creative Commons / Ragesoss)
Election   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
Rick Snyder Addresses the Michigan Municipal League Board of Trustees and League Staff Jan. 21, 2011 Detroit Free Press
Michigan to ask U.S. to run health insurance website
| Michigan is likely to ask the federal government in November to run a Web-based state health insurance shopping site, Gov. Rick Snyder said Thursday. | Michigan still h... (photo: Creative Commons / Michigan Municipal League)
Business   Health   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Rick Snyder  
Barack Obama Indian Express
Texas judge warns of civil war if Barack Obama re-elected as President of USA
| A Texas county judge is using the threat of a possible civil war if President Barack Obama is re-elected to argue for a tax increase to hire more sheriff's deputies. | ... (photo: Creative Commons / Ragesoss)
Election   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
Local farmers markets The Examiner
Local farmers markets can help you stay healthy in the Fall.
Related topics | fallfarmers marketvegetabesfruithealthy | Advertisement | Fall is coming and with that the summer crops start to die out and the fall crops become plenti... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Crop   Fruit   Photos   Vegetable   Wikipedia: Farmers' market  
An earthen cooking stove in the open air for cooking meal in rural part of India New Straits/Business Times
When cooking dinner is a matter of life and death
| WASHINGTON: For millions of women around the world cooking the family meal is a daily, dangerous chore. Sweating over smoky open stoves, they put their lives and their ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Cooking   Health   Life   Photos   Wikipedia: Cooking  
Southwest Airlines Austin American Statesman
SW Airlines flight diverted after passenger fight
| NEW ORLEANS — A Southwest Airlines flight made an unscheduled stop at New Orleans' international airport after an unruly passenger got in a fight with another pas... (photo: Creative Commons / ackook)
Airlines   Photos   Police   Transport   Wikipedia: Southwest Airlines  
Water of river in between the mountain hills Austin American Statesman
Texas State University planning $10 million water-research center
| Texas State University will expand its research and teaching related to drought, rivers, springs and other water matters under a $10 million plan to be announced today.... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Photos   Research   Texas   Water   Wikipedia: Texas University  
Politics Telecom
- Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Night' game
- 2012 Election Alaska Native and Native American History in t
- Romney in Crisis: Two Dark Spots in Fortunate Life
- Seventy percent of Obama's Twitter followers are fakes
Target Store Display on a recent coupon shopping trip for Hot Coupon World
Target edges Walmart on pricing in latest survey
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- Man spared death, gets life in recruit's death
- Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Night' game
- Nation Digest: Court rules against graphic cigarette warning
- 2 killed, 9 wounded in shooting outside Empire State Buildin
Southwest Airlines
SW Airlines flight diverted after passenger fight
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- Upcoming events for Rescue Ur Forever Friend
- Peplum tops for fall
- ArenaNet debuts the Deluxe Edition items for Guild Wars 2
- Chargers win field goal fight with Vikings 12-10
native plants displays for sale in a nursery - nature - environment
Maryland green events: native plant sales
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- Facebook envisions swanky new digs as shares sink
- Space and science featured at exit 15 of Interstate 565
- Romney in Crisis: Two Dark Spots in Fortunate Life
- Apple triumphs over Samsung in landmark patent case
Corn growing at Grafton, Annapolis Valley in October 2011. Today, the Valley is still largely dominated by agriculture but also has a growing diversity in its economies, partly aided by the importance of post-secondary education centres provided by Acadia University in Wolfville, and the Nova Scotia Community College campuses located in Kentville, Middleton, Lawrencetown, and Digby.
Calls to lower ethanol quota rise as U.S. corn crop withers
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Energy & Oil Business
- Bloomberg Backs ‘Responsible’ Extraction of Gas and Pays
-  Romney energy plan offers few rewards for Texas oil bu
- Sincere discussion about energy: Jobs depend upon it
- Local firms adding jobs to serve shale gas industry
Corn growing at Grafton, Annapolis Valley in October 2011. Today, the Valley is still largely dominated by agriculture but also has a growing diversity in its economies, partly aided by the importance of post-secondary education centres provided by Acadia University in Wolfville, and the Nova Scotia Community College campuses located in Kentville, Middleton, Lawrencetown, and Digby.
Calls to lower ethanol quota rise as U.S. corn crop withers
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- Best Buy pays up to lure new CEO
- Otakon to produce first ever convention video game
- Facebook envisions swanky new digs as shares sink
- Political committee soliciting money for medical school tax
A hen picking grains in a poultry farm
Poultry producers should come clean about rules
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