By Sarah Lyall, New York Times Athletes and their families are becoming increasingly anxious about possible terrorist attacks at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, so much so that some families have decided not to attend and others plan to curtail their activities once they get to the Games in Russia. No American athletes have yet […]
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By Macrina Cooper-White, Huffington Post If you thought the polar vortex was bad, get a load of a new climate phenomenon that just might be coming our way. Scientists say we could be headed for another “Little Ice Age,” given how eerily calm the sun has been in recent years. First, a bit of background. […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Where is the carcass of the coyote that was shot in Meyers and who shot it? Those are the questions that are still not answered. Jeff Morales discovered the dead animal Jan. 22 on his routine walk with his dog. “The blood trail intersects my existing trail,” Morales told Lake […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of blurbs about how the lack of winter is impacting the Lake Tahoe Basin. If you have an idea, please email it to info@LakeTahoeNews.net. More dry weather is likely to mean more bark beetles destroying pine trees in the Sierra. “There typically is a one- to two-year […]
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By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal EL DORADO HILLS — A severe drought plaguing much of the West is also bringing bits of its past back to life, as long-submerged historic artifacts and natural features are exposed by receding lake levels. Near this Sacramento suburb, man-made Folsom Lake has receded to less than one-fifth of […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun For years, gaming regulators have created barriers between debit or credit cards and slot machines so that gamblers wouldn’t drain their bank accounts or ruin their credit ratings. While they’ve allowed automated teller machines at casino properties, regulators have never crossed the line of enabling players to put […]
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By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times Never mind the current cold snap in the East or the polar vortex that swept through much of the U.S. in early 2014 — scientists from NASA and NOAA report that 2013 was one of the 10 hottest years on record, and there is a good chance 2014 will […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of blurbs about how the lack of winter is impacting businesses in the Lake Tahoe Basin. If you have an idea, please email it to info@LakeTahoeNews.net. Lack of snow means the ability to do trail work. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday 36 people showed […]
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By Gloria Goodale, Christian Science Monitor As California faces the worst drought in its 163-year history with no hint of relief in sight, some scientists are calling the event a red flag for the future of the nation. Gov. Jerry Brown raised the issue in his State of the State address Wednesday, saying “we do […]
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By Stephen Ceasar, Los Angeles Times Local school districts, state legislators and even a California governor have tried to limit teachers’ job protections, among the most generous in the country. Efforts have all failed to rid public schools of ineffective teachers by making it easier to fire them and tougher for them to gain tenure […]
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