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Emergency Response: The Great Southern California Shakeout - Los Angeles Weekly
on nov. 13, los angeles was chosen for the biggest earthquake destruction simulation ever conducted in the u.s., based on a potential magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the southern san andreas fault. these photos are from simulation sites in encino, van ...
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Moderate Earthquake Shakes Nicaraguan Pacific Coast
a moderate earthquake of 5.1 magnitude shook on thursday the nicaraguan pacific coast without causing victims or material damages. nicaraguan institute of territorial studies (ineter) said the earthquake struck the southern coasts of the pacific ocean. "the earthquake was felt 68 km deep in the pacific ocean," ineter said in a statement. ineter added that the earthquake occurred at 3:29 a.m. ...
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Union Pacific Gaining Steam Again
after losing a thrid of its value in just six weeks, union pacific is chugging higher in fits and starts.
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The Hardest Work Imaginable: Bukowski's Wine-stained Notebook - Popmatters.com
fear, one must understand, is the lubricant that keeps the wheels of human progress greased. charles bukowski understood this concept all too well. did george w. bush, the 43rd president of the united states, preside over a nation motivated by fear ...
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Election Update: Rutherford, Warren Are Reelected To Fontana City ... - Fontana Herald News
another portion of the abandoned southern pacific electric rail that traverses through the city has become yet another mile of a 15-foot-wide paved, lighted trail that will ultimately extend 21 miles from rialto to claremont. city officials, local ...
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Massive Earthquake Drill Conducted In Southern California
los angeles — people across southern california on thursday looked like they had stepped out of a disaster movie. children ducked under their desks. victims with fake blood lay on the ground. first responders sprang into action to treat the "wounded.
www.montereyherald.com

(afx Uk Focus) 2008-11-12 05:32 Canada Tvi Pacific In Deal For Philippine Mine Copper
manila, nov 12 (reuters) - canadian mining firm tvi pacific inc said on wednesday it had signed a five-year agreement with mri trading ag for the swiss company to buy all the copper concentrate produced by tvi at its philippine mine. tvi said in a statement that construction of its sulphide plant at the canatuan mine in the southern zamboanga del norte province is nearing completion and that ...
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Winter Weather Preview - Denver Channel
with the approach of winter, we thought a preview of what we might expect would be in order. klaus wolter of noaa's earth system research laboratory says the late-fall season (now - december) looks somewhat dry for arizona, new mexico and colorado ...
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Pacific Office Cites Positive Cash Flow - Honolulu Advertiser
pacific office properties trust inc., an office real estate investment trust with most of its portfolio located in honolulu, said a key measure of cash flow was $1.06 million, or 6 cents per share/common unit, in the quarter ended sept. 30. the ...
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Better Whey Of Life Expands Into Whole Foods Market
tula foods has announced that better whey of life, a line of whey protein-enhanced yogurt, has been selected by whole foods market for distribution in the midwest, southern pacific and northeast regions of the us.
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Court Lifts Restrictions On Navy Sonar In Pacific Exercises
washington (ap) _ the supreme court ruled wednesday that military training trumps protecting whales in a dispute over the navy's use of sonar in submarine-hunting exercises off the coast of southern california.
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Less Amount Of Snowfall Expected This Winter - Craig Daily Press
leaves at loudy-simpson park sit below a small amount of ice in the pond. craig resident joe byrd said he was glad to see snow falling, if only to get the county’s big game herds moving around to where hunters can find them. other residents may not ...
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Korean Air Has Biggest Loss In 10 Years On Fuel, Won (update2) - Bloomberg
nov. 14 (bloomberg) -- korean air lines co. , south korea's largest carrier, posted its biggest loss in 10 years as it paid more for fuel and a weak won inflated foreign-denominated debt. the 684.1 billion won ($493 million) loss in the three months ...
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News Asia-pacific
a brown cloud of soot and pollutants floating over asia is killing thousands of people and damaging crops, the un says.
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Flooding, Landslides Threaten Northwest; Fire Threat Climbs In Southern California
wet northwest -- rainfall in the pacific northwest has been heavy overnight and will continue through the afternoon before slackening this evening. heaviest rainfall is expected for west-facing slopes of the olympics and cascades, with lesser amounts expected (due to the rain shadow effect) in lower areas in the vicinity of the puget sound. some west-facing slopes in the olympics received over 3 ...
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Rapid Rebound Brings Ice Back To Levels From The 1980s. - Dailytech
an abnormally cool arctic is seeing dramatic changes to ice levels. in sharp contrast to the rapid melting seen last year, the amount of global sea ice has rebounded sharply and is now growing rapidly. the total amount of ice, which set a record low ...
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Discord Threatens Colton Crossing, A Major Inland Railroad Overpass ... - Riverside Press Enterprise
slow negotiations and other delays involving an overpass to separate two of southern california's busiest railroad tracks could cost the project $97 million in state funds. but not everyone is lamenting the loss, most notably local transportation ...
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Australia Facing Tough Battle At England While Canada Meets Wales
london - the southern hemisphere's big three teams aim to continue perfect records on their tours of the north on saturday with australia's run seemingly most at risk when it comes up against england and a powerful front row at twickenham.
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Kazakh Comedy Wins Asia-pacific Best Movie Award
a kazakh comedy about a family coping with the harsh life of sheep and goat herding on a barren landscape took top honors at the second annual asia-pacific screen awards on tuesday.
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Raiders Take On Another D-i Opponent - Medford Mail Tribune
ashland — southern oregon comes off a bye week with the momentum of having won two straight games as it visits ncaa division i south dakota saturday. the game is at 1 p.m. pacific. when, where: saturday, noon pacific, dakotadome in vermillion, s.d ...
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