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• Suicides in national parks increased in 2008
SALT LAKE CITY - Freshly unemployed, former business executive Bruce J. Colburn flew to the far northwest corner of Montana in search of a place to die. In early October, he paid a hotel clerk to drive him into Glacier National Park. He spent the ...
• Budget Cuts Threaten Egmont Key, Say Environmental Groups
In a cost-cutting move, the state Parks Service has announced plans to end around-the-clock ranger supervision on the island. Such a move would jeopardize the island's bird rookeries, tortoise burrows and sea turtle nests, supporters say. Historic ...
• City Puts Brakes On Cars For Employees
Several city agencies have been ordered to give up about 700 city-owned vehicles in a move that could save $20 million over the next two years, according to a published report. The New York Times reported that the police, parks and health departments ...
• Sail to Asia in luxury for a discount
Afterwards, climbers are transferred by flight to Dalian where beaches, parks, gardens and glassware handicraft factories await. After spending a day here touring the area they will rejoin the cruise and continue on to the final port city in is ...
• Florida town embraces Travolta during tragedy
Mobile home parks, peanut farms and moss-covered oak trees dot the landscape. There is little pretension or glitz. Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston seem to fit in: They appeared on the cover of this month’s Ocala Style magazine with big smiles ...