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• New exhibit puts focus on Gordon Parks
WILMINGTON, Del. - From the streets of Harlem to the pitiful slums of Brazil, Gordon Parks focused his lens — and his life — on subjects that many people would prefer to ignore. But the images that Parks captured as one of the most accomplished ...
• Mexican pot cartels sully U.S. forests, parks
PORTERVILLE, Calif. - National forests and parks — long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels — have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America because of the toxic chemicals used to eke lucrative harvests ...
• Bikes left on Cap Metro buses remain lost
Scott Parks is also an avid cyclist, who cannot believe owners would forget about their bikes. "It sounds pretty crazy to me," said Parks. "It sounds like kinda a silly mistake to me." Owners have 10 days to claim their bicycles before they are ...
• Body in suitcase contained 50 heroin packets
There was no outward sign of violence or trauma. The man probably died a day or two before he was found, the spokesman said. The body was discovered when a parks worker went to remove the abandoned black canvas suitcase near the park's entrance and the ...
• Cash woes 'devastating' to science
In a new book, Leakey offers a stark warning for the planet, saying global warming could wipe out endangered species living in national parks and refuges throughout the world. He said the extinction of a few species could destroy food chains ...