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Ex-NSA chief: Huawei spies for China, Snowden security leak 'most destructive' in U.S. history
2013-07-19 16:40:53| InfoWorld: Top News
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Wildfire Season So Far: Tragic, Destructive And Below Average
2013-07-03 00:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: It may seem like wildfire Armageddon out there, given the tragic deaths of 24 wildland firefighters this year, more than 800 homes and businesses burned to the ground, nearly 1.6 million acres scorched and over 23,000 blazes requiring suppression. But as dramatic as it's been, the 2013 wildfire season has yet to kick into high gear. The 2013 Wildfire Season By The Numbers (as of July 2) Acres burned to date: 1,592,042 Wildfires to date: 23,389 Ten-year average for acres burned to date:...
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Mother is relieved and frustrated after "destructive device" charges are dismissed against daughter
2013-05-17 20:30:00| American School & University
Florida high school student had been charged with felonies after science experiment caused a small explosion. Safety at School read more
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Help Stop Destructive Feral Swine
2013-05-01 16:14:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Feral swine are not native to the United States. They are a cross between feral domestic swine introduced by Spanish explorers in the 1500s and the Eurasian boar, blogs Gail Keirn of USDA’s Animal and Plant Inspection Service. Feral swine have been called the “rototillers” of nature. Their longs snouts and tusks allow them to rip and root their way across America in search of food. Unfortunately, the path they leave behind impacts ranchers, farmers, land managers, conservationists, and suburbanites alike. read more
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New metric to measure destructive potential of hurricanes
2013-04-26 23:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Researchers at Florida State University have developed a new metric to measure seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity that focuses on the size of storms in addition to the duration and intensity, a measure that may prove important when considering a hurricane's potential for death and destruction. The 2012 hurricane was only a Category 2 storm on the often referenced Saffir-Simpson scale when it became the largest hurricane on record, killing 285 people in its path in seven different countries...
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