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Texas ranchers fight to breed, hunt endangered antelope
The scimitar-horned oryx was listed as endangered seven years ago, but a special exemption from the federal Endangered Species Act allowed breeders of the rare African antelope to nonetheless sell and hunt the animals -- at $5,500 a head. As a result,...
Tags: Endangered Species, Natural Resources, Hunting, Environmental Issues, Justice System
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Hunters need a permit to kill endangered species in Texas, judge rules
Hunters in Texas will no longer be able to shoot down three endangered species of antelopes without a federal permit, a judge ruled Tuesday. A special federal exemption had previously allowed breeders of the scimitar-homed oryx and two other endangered...
Tags: Conservation, Endangered Species, Trials, Hunting, Natural Resources
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Helen Frankenthaler dies at 83; abstract painter
Helen Frankenthaler, a New York artist whose bursts of color achieved by pouring thinned paint onto canvas from coffee cans helped point art in fresh directions after the initial post-World War II explosion of Abstract Expressionism, has died. She was 83....Tags: Obituaries, Upper East Side, Artists, Arts, Kenneth Noland
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PASSINGS: Edmund Pillsbury, George Schwartz, Dorothy Kemps, Stanford Parris, Harold McGraw Jr.
Edmund Pillsbury
Ex-chief of Fort Worth art museum
Edmund Pillsbury, 66, who turned Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum into a world-renowned institution during his 18 years as director, died Thursday, according to the Kaufman County Sheriff's Department....Tags: Jacques-Louis David, Auction Service, Libraries, Television Stations, Heart Attack
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Break the ice with an arctic cruise
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterVisit Antarctica's eastern coastline during the austral summer when the sun never sets aboard the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov. The 38-day voyage will depart from the Falkland Islands and end in Australia, with copter rides and landings in between at...Tags: Australia
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Solo travelers often pay a hefty price for going it alone
Times Staff WriterFor solo travelers, dining alone can feel awkward. But at least they pay the same price for their salads and steaks as the twosome seated at the next table. Imagine being charged twice as much. That's what can happen when trip operators impose extra...Tags: Personal Service, Tour Operations Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Services and Shopping, Tourism and Leisure
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Ground Zero
Times Staff WriterOne of the first things you see when you approach the viewing platform that overlooks ground zero, the site where the World Trade Center once stood, are the thousands of messages written on flags, bedsheets, planks, teddy bears, T-shirts, hats--anything...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Stamford, Memphis, Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge
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Latest Confirmed Casualties and Missing Persons in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
The following is a list of confirmed dead as of Monday. List compiled from sources including Pentagon websites, New York Coroner's Office, and Times wire services, by Times researchers Cary Schneider and Kent Coloma and Times staff writer Myrna Oliver....Tags: Middletown, Bloomfield (Staten Island, New York), Springs, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Marlborough
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Wednesday's Results
CIAC Tournaments Baseball CLASS LL Second Round Upper Bracket Greenwich 4, Conard 1 East Hartford 2, Fairfield Prep 0 Shelton 5, Newtown 0 Ridgefield 6, Staples 2 Lower Bracket Southington 3, Pomperaug 2 Amity 4, Xavier 3 Bristol Central 4,...Tags: Kraft Foods, Inc., Stamford, Montville, Stafford (Tolland, Connecticut), Windham (Windham, Connecticut)
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Girls Lacrosse: Tournament Previews
Over the last eight seasons, we've amassed a small but elite list of champions in girls lacrosse. But only one of them has managed to pull off back-to-back championships. That's Darien. And wasn't just back-to-back titles. It was four in a row. So can...Tags: Weston (Fairfield, Connecticut), College Sports, Waterford, Simsbury, Haddam
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CIAC Girls Lacrosse Tournament Seedings, Schedule
CLASS L Teams in the field: 16 Top four seeds: Cheshire; Newtown; Greenwich; Staples-Westport Qualifying Round – Tuesday, 5 p.m. New Milford (7-8-1) at Conard (7-8-1); Southington (6-7-1) at Trumbull (8-8-0); Norwalk (7-9-0) at Shelton (8-8-0)....Tags: Stamford, Waterford, Simsbury, Danbury, Haddam
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CIAC Boys Lacrosse Tourney Seedings, Schedule
CLASS L Teams in the field: 16 Top four seeds: Simsbury; Newtown; Ridgefield; Norwich Free Academy Qualifying Round – Friday, 7 p.m. New Milford (7-9) at Cheshire (7-9), 5/25, 7:00 First Round – All games Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. Upper...Tags: Weston (Fairfield, Connecticut), Bacon, Norwich, West Haven, Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut)
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