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Shell shock: A fossil rises: 30-million-year-old prize discovered in

The State
June 15, 2007 - ...plastic bag and a handwritten index card in a recloseable bag reading, "Do Not Touch," marked the spot where amateur fossil hunter Paul Bailey made the discovery of a lifetime -- the intact shell of a 30-million-year-old leatherback turtle.Thursday, a team of experts and volunteers, led by Jim Knight, director of collections at the State Museum, worked to excavate the fossil for further study.This ancient shell, about 5 feet by 4 feet, is smaller than modern leatherback......
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Driver chokes on dope without inhaling

The Wichita Eagle
June 15, 2007 - ...a plastic bag far enough up for the officers to see, so Mains put on plastic gloves and pulled it out while Nixon held the man's mouth open.The 20-year-old had swallowed a plastic bag of marijuana in an attempt to hide it from the officers, Nixon said.It was 2 Â½ inches around and 3 inches long, and contained what turned out to be 33 grams of marijuana."I couldn't believe he would attempt to swallow something that large," Nixon said.The......
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Shell shock: A fossil rises

The State, South Carolina
June 15, 2007 - They then bailed water with yellow and white buckets and empty Gatorade bottles. ...
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ConCom questions safety and effectiveness of bluff terracing

Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror
June 15, 2007 - “One of my concerns is often it (the debris) gets buried before it can be found is uncovered during another storm,” said Andrews. ...
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A good fixEven NRA favors bill on background checks

San Diego Union-Tribune
June 15, 2007 - Even NRA favors bill on background checks Take special note of Wednesday's date. The new bill would require states to automate lists of those who fall under the prohibition and to forward those records to the FBI's database. ...
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TV, monitor dumping ban begins July 1

Union Leader
June 15, 2007 - Recently, office supply retailer Staples announced it will recycle some types of electronic waste at stores, DES said. There also are a number of commercial recycling centers available to state residents, which are listed on the NHDES Web site. Recently, Texas, Oregon, and Connecticut have passed legislation requiring recycling of electronics, joining Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, California, Maryland and other states with recycling or disposal ban laws. ...
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Wal-Mart cutting energy use: Rethink, reuse, reduce waste - Changes affect stores worldwide

The News & Observer
June 15, 2007 - ...bottle but takes up less space, meaning Unilever saves gas and can fit more bottles on each truck, and stores can fit more on the shelves.It's exactly the type of product that Wal-Mart was hoping its suppliers would invent when it introduced its environmental initiative, and it has had an effect on the laundry industry."What's great is that it's moved down the supply chain," Mills said last week, giving a tour of the Wal-Mart SuperCenter near Brier Creek in Raleigh....
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Illegal dumps leave toxic consequences

Seattle Times
June 15, 2007 - Fires routinely sent poisons into the air; more than 34,000 square feet of arsenic and chromium ash littered the place. The 40-acre site has mountains of debris 50 feet high and 1 million tons of buried waste. Three years after Ibanez opened her dump, fellow Torres Martinez member Kim Lawson started a "recycling center." Little if any recycling went on, investigators said. ...
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Hit the road, Jack: WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS

Houston Chronicle
June 15, 2007 - Another good idea: a refillable plastic bottle, preferably shatterproof plastic, for each person in the car. ...
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