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...year struggle to recover wildlife habitat from urbanization, ranching and agricultural clearing, over 95% of the native brush land has been erased. The area is home to a necklace of salvaged brush habitat known as the Lower Rio Grande Wildlife Refuge, 115 tracts along 70 miles of river front, purchased with $70 million in federal funds. "One of the ironies of this proposed fence is it flies in the face of 30 years investment in 100,000 acres on the border," said Carter Smith, head of the Texas Nature Conservancy. Some 82 miles of fence is supposed to be built...
Leaving home in Rocky River, Ohio, was hard for Daniel Scherry. His mother and two sisters were in tears when his Marine Corps recruiter, Staff Sergeant Eric Evans, went to pick him up for basic training in the spring of 2006. Soon Scherry was crying too. "His sisters were his world," says Evans. Their names, Kacie and Lauren, were tattooed on the inside of his arms. To console Scherry, Evans told the young Marine the recruiter would be there for the sisters while he was away...
...conceptualized the site as kind of the birthplace of their new government.” Part of the group will travel to Belfast next month to present their findings to their sponsors. In addition to proposing the new parliament building, the class will also suggest that river landscapes be extended to allow more waterfront space to be developed. “First we recast the image of the city for them, second we propose some very select but provocative changes in the form of the city,” Sommer said. Sommer said that the focus of the class, sponsored...
...casino is located on a 24-hectare strip of land on the southern shore of Marina Bay, not far from the city's growing financial district at the mouth of the Singapore River. In February American casino operator Las Vegas Sands broke ground there on what will be the city's first integrated resort, scheduled to be completed in 2009. Beyond gambling, the Marina Bay Sands-composed of three nearly identical 50-story towers-will offer 2,500 hotel rooms, 93,000 sq m of convention space, two theaters, an ice-skating rink, shops and restaurants. A revitalized waterfront will...
Shaun Blue was a philosophy student from Indiana who used to read the encyclopedia. Mario De Leon re-enlisted in order to support his new family in California. Aaron Genevie, from southwest Pennsylvania, said his mom was his greatest inspiration. Daniel Scherry of Rocky River, Ohio, always wanted to be a Marine. Illinois native Lucas Starcevich helped outfit his platoon when equipment ran short. Jesse De La Torre was a jazz-playing Bible student from Illinois. They had some things in common: several were in Iraq for their second tour of duty. One begged Army doctors just...