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June 3rd, 2007

Rising sea level redefines N.C. coast

“In North Carolina, global warming isn’t a future worry. It’s already lapping ashore.
Nags Head Mayor Renee Cahoon sees all the proof of climate change she needs at the end of Old Oregon Inlet Road. The street once led to rows of oceanfront houses. Now it ends suddenly in bulldozed piles of sand.
Some beach erosion occurs […]

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May 29th, 2007

Miss USA Rachel Smith at Miss Universe 2007 Pageant

Although the Tennessee native Rachel Smith did not win the Miss Universe Pageant, you have to be amazed at her poise last night. These young women train for months and months and the possibilites of a fall has to be on the minds of every one of those women. It brings to mind a pageant that I was […]

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May 9th, 2007

Georgia wildfire crosses into blaze-weary Florida; hundreds evacuate

 With hurricane season right around the corner, it seems that Florida has been dealt just a bit more to contend with.
Crews already battling more than 200 wildfires across Florida faced a new threat Tuesday as a huge blaze in Georgia moved toward the state line and a smaller fire crossed it.
    Besides the sheer number of […]

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May 8th, 2007

More on the Artic Seal

The last few days, I have been covering the story of the Artic Seal who somehow managed to swim to a Florida river. He was rescued  Monday night and transferred to SeaWorld in Orlando. Unfortunately, we have just learned, that he died earlier today.
“Bearded seals often travel alone and over long distances, Mase-Guthrie said. They […]

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May 8th, 2007

Update on the Arctic Seal

A few days ago, I reported about a seal that had somehow gotten off course and found himself in Fort Lauderdale’s Tarpon River. He has been rescued and is re-couperating at SeaWorld Orlando. He’s not entirely out of the woods as of yet, but Christopher Dold, a staff veterinarian  at SeaWorld has seen an improvement. […]

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May 8th, 2007

Stealing from Wal-Mart in Attalla, Alabama

This is what Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. in Alabama decided was fitting…  either wear the sandwich board on two Saturdays or face the consequences… which just happened to be jail time.  Most of the customers leaving Wal-Mart thought that the punishment was a good one and that it would definitely make them think […]

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May 6th, 2007

Seal in Florida Waters

That’s not something that you expect to see, but apparently one artic seal has somehow found his way to Florida. Unfortunately he is not doing well, but at least he has been spotted and authorities are doing their best to try to find a way to return him home.  Lets all hope for the best. […]

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May 3rd, 2007

Towering Gettysburg painting sold in N.C

“The painting is the size of a football field. It took a team of artists two years to complete the depiction of the battle of Gettysburg, and when they had finished, the work weighed six tons.For four decades, the 124-year-old oil painting has been rolled up in cylinders and stored at Wake Forest University in […]

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April 26th, 2007

Orlando diocese views crying Virgin Mary

Something very strange is happening in Orlando… maybe.
” A representative from the Orlando Catholic Diocese met Wednesday with the proprietor of a business where a Virgin Mary statue apparently cried a tear and said “the phenomenon is an occasion of some spiritual introspection.”
The black tear was just recently noticed at […]

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April 16th, 2007

Virginia Tech campus

 Here are the latest photos coming in…
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Tags: campus-shootings, southern-byways, Virginia-Tech

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