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Problem linked to unusual weather: Icy menace rattles drivers on Skyway, Ohio

David Patch
Toledo Blade
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:01 UTC
Skip Honsperger was headed to a Toledo hospital to visit his mother late last month when he saw a sheet of ice drop into the Veterans' Glass City Skyway's northbound left lane while he drove in the center lane.

Moments later, another chunk dropped from the I-280 bridge's stay cables right onto his MazdaSpeed 6's windshield, smashing it.

"It sounded like a big shotgun going off in the car," Mr. Honsperger recalled of the 2:30 p.m. incident on March 28.

The windshield didn't shatter or collapse into his car, but it was so cracked up that Mr. Honsperger had to peer through "an area the size of a pie plate" to drive home to Fremont.

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Skip Honsperger had to drive to Fremont with a broken windshield after an ice chunk hit his car as he drove across the bridge.
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Snowman

Snowstorms leave Britain waking up to a flaky sort of spring

Kristina Pedersen
Times Online
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:50 UTC
The heaviest spring snowstorms for almost 20 years blanketed much of the country yesterday, hampering transport and causing flight cancellations.

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Heavy snow fall in London this morning
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Butterfly

American Songbirds Are Being Wiped Out by Banned Pesticides and Loss of Habitat for Biofuel Corn Crops

Leonard Doyle
The Independent
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:34 UTC
The number of migratory songbirds returning to North America has gone into sharp decline due to the unregulated use of highly toxic pesticides and other chemicals across Latin America.
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Bizarro Earth

Report: West warming faster than the rest of country

Bob Berwyn
Summit Daily News
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:55 UTC
Summit County, Colorado - The Colorado River Basin is heating up faster than nearly any other part of North America, with potentially serious consequences for the region's economy and environment.
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Better Earth

Climate Change: BBC censors Harrabin

John Ray
Stop the Aclu
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:24 UTC


Climate Change
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What is the truth about Climate Change?

Comment: Read also:

Climate Change Swindlers and the Political Agenda

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Happy birthday! Alaska Volcano Observatory celebrates 20 years

Sean Doogan
KTUU NBC News
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:57 UTC
The Alaska Volcano Observatory marks its 20th anniversary this year, commemorating its contribution to the safety and well-being of the state's residents while studying the natural science and wonder of volcanoes.

KTUU-TV
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Mt. Spurr eruption of 1992
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Frog

Creature feature: At Crossroads of Compass - Costa Rica

Chris Welsch
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:13 UTC
Arenal National Park, Costa Rica - A crown of streaming clouds flowed off the cone of Costa Rica's Arenal volcano. A sound like thunder shook the air.

Standing in a lava field about three kilometres from the mountainside, I watched boulders the size of Chevy Suburbans fly out of the clouds and tumble down the grey and black slope.

Kelly Burns
©Rural Costa Rica
The Arenal Volcano during a sunset.
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Bizarro Earth

U.S. Forest Service: Colorado aspen trees are 'starving to death'

Bob Berwyn
Summit Daily News
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:35 UTC
Summit County, Colorado - Growing evidence shows drought conditions are killing Colorado's aspens at an unprecedented rate.

More than 56,000 acres of aspens have recently died in the state, according to a paper published by a group of Forest Service scientists last year.

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Aerial view of a forest of Aspen trees, Aspen, Colorado, USA
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Cloud Lightning

India: Lightning kills two troopers in Tripura


IANS
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:17 UTC
At least two paramilitary personnel were killed and eight injured in separate lightning strikes in the north-eastern state of Tripura, officials here said Saturday. "A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan Subhash Singh, 48, of Allahabad died on the spot and three troopers were seriously injured when lightning struck at Bhabanipur, 60 km west of here," an official said.

He said another lightning strike killed a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel Dhirendra Malakar, 45, and injured another jawan at the Dhalai district headquarter town of Ambassa, 90 km north of here.
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Question

US, North Carolina: Mysterious disorder impacts some area beekeepers, others faring well

Colin McCandless
The Franklin Press
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:39 UTC
Beekeeping hobbyist Tom Hill's eight hives have faired poorly this year. Only three survive and two of those are not strong.

In the hives that are weakened, no dead bees are actually found in the hive and not all the bees have died. A tiny cluster of living bees survives, but they are lethargic.

For example, Hill said the bees would not sting you if you stuck your hand in the hive.

They could recover if there is no big freeze this year. If a freeze does occur though, there are not enough bees for the hive to stay warm and the rest will die.

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Property across the road from Franklin High School will be the site of Cross the Road Ministries Youth Center
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