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...August 17, Harris promoted a major campaign event at the Orlando Executive Airport hosted by top party officials including Sen. Mel Martinez and Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings. When none of the dignitaries and no elected officials showed up, Harris said they were probably lost when a tree fell on the original hangar and the event was moved. However, airport officials said no hangar had been damaged and the event was held where originally scheduled...
...Sonny says a FEMA inspector cried when he saw the devastation of Holly Beach. Yet, his claim was ruled "insufficient damage." His wife, Loretta, says they have appealed four times, but she's giving up. She sits on the steps of their trailer, drowning a new avocado tree with water from a garden hose. There used to be 40 palm trees bordering the property, she says. Now there are two. Loretta says she's having a bad day. All she can think about is moving - but they don't have anywhere else to go. "Hurricane Rita never happened," Sonny says...
...perhaps too good to be true. Doubts were raised from the start about whether the findings really represented an unknown branch on the human family tree, but none of the opponents had a chance to base their critiques from first-hand examinations of the Flores bones. That changed in a paper published in the current issue of the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). A team of researchers from the U.S., Indonesia and Australia report on their own investigation of the Flores bones and conclude that the so-called hobbit isn't a separate species, but just...
...year-old's commanding frame is the gravitas of tradition. Considered by many to be the world's oldest wind instrument, the didgeridoo has been played at Aboriginal ceremonies for thousands of years. But what Barton calls "the most simple instrument in the world-just a branch of tree minus termites," is radically new to the classical stage. "It's one of those things where, if you put something out in the universe and you really, really want it, it eventually comes back," says the northwest-Queensland-born, Brisbane-based Barton. "I remember sitting in the old car in Mount...
...earth. While taking a break from recording in Sydney earlier this year, Barton sipped chai tea while reminiscing about his newfound love of Guinness-drinking in Ireland. "Sweet like nectar," he says. The same could be said of the sublime sounds from this new branch of an old musical tree...