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Alive after 17 hours under an avalanche

21 years old has been found alive under an avalanche after 17 hours. He was found conscious and with just mild hypothermia according to the rescue services.The man was skiing off piste near Evolène in the Swiss Valais when he was buried by the slide. His family reported him missing at 17h30 and a search found a slide measuring 50 by 150 meters... [Read more of this review]

Coyotes Spotted at New York City Campus

Officials at Columbia University have issued a warning to students and faculty after three coyotes were spotted on the New York City campus over the weekend. The animals were first seen in front of Columbia’s Lewisohn Hall at Broadway and West 116th Street in the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan. Several students and a public safety... [Read more of this review]

Shackleton whisky recovered after 100 years in polar ice

We brought you the story they were going after it, now they have it. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Five crates of whisky and brandy belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered after being buried for more than 100 years under the Antarctic ice, explorers said Friday. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

Rabid Bobcat clobbered with ball bat during attack

Former softball player Scott Bassett showed he maintains a home-run swing last week when he used a ball bat to protect himself from an attacking bobcat he found outside his Montgomery, Mass. home. When the snarling animal leapt at Bassett, he hammered it out of the park, so to speak. The 33-pound carcass tested positive for rabies. Frank Sousa in... [Read more of this review]

Texas: Deer corn may be killing state’s quail

Ray Sasser, the longtime outdoors scribe for the Dallas Morning News, reports anecdotal evidence suggests a toxic fungi that can grow on corn used for deer bait may contribute to declining quail numbers in certain parts of The Lone Star State. Grain that tests more than 20 parts per billion of aflatoxin may not be fed to dairy cattle or used for human... [Read more of this review]

You really can be bored to death

Researchers say that people who complain of boredom are more likely to die young, and that those who experienced ‘high levels’ of tedium are more than two-and-a-half times as likely to die from heart disease or stroke than those satisfied with their lot.  More than 7,000 civil servants were studied over 25 years – and those who said they... [Read more of this review]

Alaska dentist fixes injured eagle’s broken beak

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak – using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter. The bird was found in December with severe damage to its beak, apparently from fishing line that wrapped around it and started cutting into it. [Read more of this review]  Read More →

Michigan renews push to close Chicago ship locks

Michigan wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to close Chicago-area shipping locks in hopes of keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.State Attorney General Mike Cox says justices denied the request without knowing that scientists had detected genetic material from the carp in Lake Michigan for the first time. [Read more of this... [Read more of this review]

Alaska’s Bush Pilots The Real Deal Documentary

Jim Oltersdorf Film Productions is very proud to announce  the world release of the much-awaited Alaska’s Bush Pilots The Real Deal.  A documentary film two years in the making. Available at: www.alaskasbushpilots.com Jim Oltersdorf Film Productions 38410 Salmon Circle Soldotna, Alaska 99669 USA  Read More →

Scientists Raise edible insects in Costa Rica

A dissected Pompilidae-Pepsis sp. is pictured at the laboratory of the National Institute of Biodiversity (INBIO) on February 2 in Santo Domingo de Heredia, on the outskirts of San Jose. In the laboratory of INBIO, with funding from the Netherlands, scientists of Costa Rica, Bhutan and Benin are working on the reproduction of various types of native... [Read more of this review]

NM cops looking for night deposit box angler

Police in Rio Rancho, NM are looking for a man who allegedly used fishing equipment in an attempt to snag and reel-in deposit bags left inside a local bank’s night deposit box on Jan. 26. A department public information officer said the money-bag angler apparently has hit other banks in the Albuquerque area, but did not indicate if he’d... [Read more of this review]

Revealing new boat name makes top 10 list

It’s no secret that the recreational boat industry has been among those hit the hardest during the current economic downturn. Each year since 1991, the Boat Owners of America has revealed the most popular boat names registered by its graphics service. Its Top 10 list for 2009, made public this week, contains a name new to the list that’s... [Read more of this review]

People Lose Weight at High Altitudes without Exercise or Dieting

Forget getting your stomach stapled to lose weight; new research suggests the obese people who want to lose weight should buy mountaintop homes. German scientists have found that obese individual who are moved to high altitudes lose weight without dieting or exercising. This must be what all those late-night infomericals are talking about. The findings... [Read more of this review]

Driver misses deer, punctures gas pipeline

A driver in North Dumfires, Ont. swerved to miss a deer on the road Thursday evening, rolling the vehicle into a ditch and puncturing a natural gas pipleine. A 911 caller to Waterloo Regional Police reported a car in front of his house and the hissing sound of natural gas. The pipe was repaired and no one was injured. The Record.  Read More →

80-pound blue catfish is new Georgia state record

Earnest Timpson of Edison, Ga was night fishing for catfish near the dam at Lake Walter F. George Tuesday night when he caught the fish of a lifetime—an 80-pound, 4-ounce blue catfish that will likely be the new state record for the species upon certification. “When I got it in the boat, I didn’t even get the hook out of it. I didn’t... [Read more of this review]

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