2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (651+ words) NEW YORK " Millions across the northeastern United States on Tuesday contended with treks to school and work as they dug out from a major " in some areas record-breaking " storm that blanketed the region with snow, canceled flights, disrupted transit and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (811+ words) Is a long-dead whale buried on Livingston Mountain in east Clark County? The short answer is yes. The long answer involves a series of events that eventually became a dimly remembered local legend, passed on from generation to generation. The…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (1277+ words) WALDEN, Colo. " Hydrologist Maureen Gutsch trudged through the mud and slush to confirm a grim picture: Colorado just had its worst snowpack since statewide record keeping began in 1941. Even more troubling, mountain snow accumulations peaked a month early and contained…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (828+ words) NEW YORK " When household batteries die, it's hard to know what to do with them. So they get shoved into a junk drawer or sheepishly thrown into the trash. But dead batteries aren't quite finished. They can leak heavy metals…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (663+ words) There are lots of things that can be planted. You can plant flowers, bushes, trees and other plants. You can plant your feet. You can plant an idea or a kiss. You can plant doubt or, worse, evidence. But did…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (809+ words) ILULISSAT, Greenland " Fisherman Helgi "argil no longer knows what to expect on Greenland's fjords, where he spends up to five days at a time on his boat with his dog, Molly, and the ever-changing northern lights in the sky as…...