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Water hogs: Central Florida's celebrities, average Joes waste supply
Sentinel Staff WriterTiger Woods used 107,000 gallons of water at his south Orange County home in April. Grant Hill used 263,000 gallons in May. Lawmaker Chris Dorworth was billed for 79,900 gallons in June. And the Magic's Dwight Howard was charged for 189,000 gallons...Tags: Dwight Howard, Laws, Water Supply, Orlando Magic, Lawyers
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Broward County parks that may close on Tuesdays
WHAT WOULD CLOSE Beginning Oct. 1, if commissioners agree, these regional parks, nature centers and natural areas would close on Tuesdays: Boaters Park, north side of the Dania Cutoff Canal, west of Ravenswood Road/Anglers Avenue, Dania Beach Brian...Tags: Rivers, Deerfield, Cooper City, Beach Vacations, Ravenswood
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Town official calls rifle hunt 'a scary thought'
Associated Press WriterA change that allows rifles to be used instead of shotguns to hunt deer in more areas of southern Wisconsin this fall has some local officials fearful that safety is being compromised. "It's a scary thought," said Robert Kwiatkowski, chairman of the...Tags: Firearms, Defense, Hunting, Energy Resources, Pennsylvania
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State braces for Hanna
Marylanders were tying down and tightening up yesterday as they braced for the heavy wind, torrential rain and high water predicted to arrive today with Tropical Storm Hanna, the first such storm to menace the state since Ernesto in 2006.
Forecasters...Tags: Thurgood Marshall, Public Employees, Fishing, Natural Disasters, Weather Warnings
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California revives program to buy water from farmers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSaying California's water reserves are all but gone, state officials on Thursday announced the revival of a dormant 17-year-old program to buy water from Sacramento Valley farmers and sell it to the thirstiest Southern California agencies in case this...Tags: California, Water Restrictions, San Diego (San Diego, California), Ventura (Ventura, California), Los Angeles
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Public Enemy No. 1? The great grass debate
Special to The TimesIt's just grass, but don't tell Sheldon Lodmer, for whom the sight of a well-kept lawn borders on the transcendental. "It's very peaceful. It reminds me of openness and cleanness," says Lodmer, whose home in the hills above Malibu's Zuma Beach is...Tags: National Football League, Water Restrictions, Dietary Supplements, Botany, Plant Openings
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Divers seek occupant of boat found in Bear Creek
Divers searching the waters of Bear Creek in Baltimore County yesterday for the missing occupant of a 16-foot aluminum motorboat, which was spotted circling in the water with no one on board shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday, will continue their search...Tags: Baltimore County, Rivers, Maryland, Bodies of Water, Natural Resources
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Broward County: A listing of events
Today's highlights British Woman's Club, 7 p.m. at Gateway Terrace Community Room, 1943 NE Sixth Court, Fort Lauderdale. Call 954-942-4131. Dancing in the Moonlight, featuring Larry Roberts, 7:30-9 p.m. at Hollywood Beach Theatre, 100 Johnson St.,...Tags: Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs, Beach Vacations, Broward County, HealthSouth Corp
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Song, natural beauty draw visitors to Suwannee
Associated PressFANNING SPRINGS, Fla.—Drawn by an old familiar song, growing numbers of travelers are seeking out the tea-colored waters of the Suwannee River. And galvanized by the song, environmentalists and legislators are fighting to keep the stream unspoiled...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Academic Progress, Water Restrictions, Georgia, Music
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Foresters: Cutting trees helps keep planet green
Associated Press WriterStanding by stacked 16-foot logs that hours earlier were 100-foot Norway spruce, foresters tried to explain why cutting down these old trees was an essentially green activity. Slender, bespectacled Paul Trotta framed the counterintuitive crux of the...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Conservation, Randy Wood, New York, Interior Policy
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Gov. Sarah Palin has put drilling above environment
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have swept into office as an independent thinker willing to challenge the establishment, but she has fallen in line with other Alaska politicians when it comes to environmental policies, according to interviews and a review...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Endangered Species, Sarah Palin, Nature, State Budgets
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J. Lee Majeskie
J. Lee Majeskie, a retired professor in the department of animal and avian sciences at the University of Maryland and an internationally known dairy cattle judge, died Friday of a heart attack at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The...Tags: Heart Disease, College Park, Puerto Rico, Teen-agers, Colleges and Universities
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