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Climate change still threatens key US river after wet winter
Flagstaff, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — Snow piled up in the mountains across the U.S. West last winter, leaving enough to thrill skiers into the summer, swelling rivers and streams when it melted, and largely making wildfire restrictions unnecessary. But the wet weather can be misleading.
Parks Canada says American camper injured in wolf attack
Toronto, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — A wolf attacked campers at Banff National Park and tried to drag an American tourist away before being driven off, the agency overseeing Canada's national parks says.
Nike track shoes used in 1972 Olympic trials sell for $50K
Sacramento, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — A pair of handmade Nike track shoes from the 1972 Olympic trials has sold for $50,000.
Man dies after competing in California taco-eating contest
Fresno, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — A man died shortly after competing in a taco-eating contest at a minor league baseball game in California, authorities said Wednesday.
Rare Amur leopard cubs go on view at zoo; no names yet
Syracuse, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — Visitors may now get a look at two rare leopard cubs at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York.
Pure as snow? Scientists say air carrying plastics to Arctic
Berlin, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — Scientists say they've found an abundance of tiny plastic particles in Arctic snow, indicating that so-called microplastics are being sucked into the atmosphere and carried long distances to some of the remotest corners of the planet.
Not just Bali: Indonesia hopes to develop more tourism sites
Indonesia, Aug 13 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of tourists, many of them young Westerners, sat on gray stone steps atop the world's largest Buddhist temple, occasionally checking cellphones or whispering to each other as they waited for daylight.
All hands on duck!
Biddeford, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — Dozens of ducklings have made a bid to create the world's cutest traffic jam in a Maine city.
Bear falls on Northern California patrol car
Hoopa, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — They probably don't train people for this at the Sheriff's Academy.
441-year-old stone tablet discovered in north China
Shijiazhuang, Aug 8 (Xinhua/UNB) -- A stone tablet dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1384-1644) has been discovered in northern China's Hebei Province, according to local authorities.