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Photographer: Neil Cowburn

Monday, August 27, 2012

Gelmanov, Stohr Win Bouldering World Cup



Rustam Gelmanov and Anna Stohr took first place overall at this year's bouldering World Cup, locking up their wins on Sunday at the series' final event in Munich, Germany. Gelmanov had been tied for first with Austrian Kilian Fischhuber leading into the final boulder, but took top honors with a fourth-place finish in the last event after Fischhuber failed to qualify for the semi-finals. On the women's side, Anna Stohr took her third overall win with a second-place finish behind Japan's Akiyo N... Read More

Photographer: Coleen Whitfield

Friday, August 24, 2012

$1 Billion in Pot Seized on Public Lands



Federal agents have seized over $1 billion worth of marijuana in an operation on public lands in California and six other western states. The two-month operation, dubbed Mountain Sweep, netted over 550,000 pot plants and eight firearms and shut down more than 96 grow sites, including many in several different National Parks, such as Death Valley, Sequoia, and Mendocino National Forests. "Marijuana trafficking organizations seek to turn our nation's parks and public lands into their own drug ha... Read More

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Photographer: Courtesy of the Pippin Family

Friday, August 24, 2012

Have the Remains of Noah Pippin Been Found?



Nothing has been confirmed yet, but Rosalie and Mike Pippin believe that there is a strong likelihood that the human remains found in the Bob Marshall Wilderness on Friday evening belong to their son, Noah Pippin, a 30-year-old Marine who disappeared in September 2010 while hiking in Montana. The remains were discovered by a search party of volunteers, border agents and a sheriff's deputy who set out on Wednesday to look for the three-time Iraq War veteran. "People who saw Noah Pippin on a tra... Read More

Photographer: U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Tabitha M. Mans/Wikimedia Commons

Friday, August 24, 2012

Nike Will Stand by Armstrong



Sportswear company Nike Inc. renewed its support for Lance Armstrong on Friday after the seven-time Tour de France champion was stripped of his titles and banned for life for doping. "Lance has stated his innocence and has been unwavering on this position. Nike plans to continue to support Lance and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a foundation that Lance created to serve cancer survivors," Nike said in a statement. The world's largest sportwear company, Nike has helped Lance Armstrong's founda... Read More

Photographer: Polar Cruises/Flickr

Friday, August 24, 2012

Search for Franklin's Lost Ships Begins



The Canadian government has launched the largest search in history for the lost ships of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 failed quest for the Northwest Passage. The expedition is the fourth government-led search in five years for the ships that were trapped and destryoed by ice in 1846. While three corpses were exhumed on Beechy Island in the 1980s, the rest remains a mystery; nobody knows where the ships lie or exactly what happened to the 128 men on board. Since the ships’ disappearance... Read More