 Calif. river restoration begins amid debate
 02.10.2009 23:21  26 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
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GARANCE BURKE The Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. - When Darrell Imperatrice was a boy, California's San Joaquin River teemed with so many King salmon his father could catch 40-pound fish using only a pitchfork. Then the salmon vanished from the icy river for nearly 60 years, after a collosal federal dam built to nurture the croplands below dried up their habitat. Now, as federal officials try to bring the fish back through a sweeping restoration program of the state's second-largest river, those who know it best are debating its value and its virtue. "There were so many salmon back then, you could fish any way you wanted, even dynamite. But when they built that dam, thousands of fish lay...
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| Widow sues chopper owner, maker over Hudson crash
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02.10.2009 20:58 20 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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 AP - The widow of the small-plane pilot killed in a collision with a helicopter over the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit accusing the helicopter operators of operating an aerial "bumper car."
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| President, indigenous groups at odds over fatal protest in Ecuador
02.10.2009 20:33 18 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: River, President
On the edge of Ecuador's Amazon Basin, the Upano River gives life to a vibrant agricultural sector that keeps the economy of the southeastern city of Macas beating. Bananas, papayas and coffee are some of the foods farmed by the largely indigenous population. Czytaj więcej »
| Widow of small-plane pilot sues helicopter owner, maker over deadly Hudson River crash
02.10.2009 18:10 24 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The widow of the small-plane pilot killed in a collision with a helicopter over the between and has filed a...
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| US Airways Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger returns to cockpit
02.10.2009 2:49 25 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
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US Airways Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles were reunited in the cockpit Thursday for the first time since Sullenberger safely landed a disabled passenger plane in the Hudson River in January. Czytaj więcej »
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