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2 hrs ago | National News

Vermont man pleads not guilty to charge he killed son while hunting

ST. JOHNSBURY, VT.: A Vermont man charged with killing his son on the first day of spring turkey hunting season has pleaded not guilty.

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6 hrs ago | wcbstv.com

NJ Kayaker Fastest To Paddle 740-Mile Trail

A New Jersey man has become the fastest solo kayaker to paddle 740 miles over the Northern Forest Canoe Trail from New York to Maine.

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10 hrs ago | KFBB

Sheriff: Man killed in Flathead boating accident

A Flathead County man was killed and his wife was injured in a Fourth of July boating accident on Flathead Lake.

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15 hrs ago | KSL TV

1. Bear killed after threatening campers

A bear caused an uproar at a campground full of kids over the weekend. The campground host finally killed the animal, after it ignored repeated efforts to scare it away.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

KTVU

Paraglider Rescued From 200 Ft. Cliff

A California Highway Patrol air operations unit rescued a paraglider pilot Friday evening after he crashed into a cliff and became trapped hundreds of feet above the Daly City coastline.

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KXMC-TV Minot

Man loses foot in SD boating accident

A man lost a foot in a boating accident in southwestern South Dakota. Officials say the man was swimming near the east end of Sheridan Lake on Saturday when the accident happened around 5 p.m. The man was hit by the propeller of a boat that passed too close, and the man's foot was severed above the ankle.

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Hattiesburg American

Waveland girl dies in boating accident

WAVELAND - Authorities are investigating the death of a 10-year-old Waveland girl killed in a boating accident on the Jourdan River in Hancock County.

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Register-herald.com

Putnam man drowns in New River

A Putnam County man spending the Fourth of July weekend camping with friends on the New River drowned Saturday after he slipped while fishing and was swept downstream, National Park Service officials said.

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KansasCity.com

Coast Guard plucks French kayaker from Bering Sea

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a French kayaker who became fatigued in the Bering Sea during his quest to circumnavigate the world.Jean-Gabriel Chelala contacted authorities from his kayak Saturday after he encountered several days of rough waters and became too weak to paddle through the currents.A Jayhawk helicopter airlifted Chelala ...

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Adventurous in Wash. paddle from atop surfboards

Megan Adams eyed a 12-foot-long surfboard and a long canoe-style paddle. She watched other stand-up paddle surfers easing over the glassy water just off Owen Beach at Point Defiance Park.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Man Dies In Stone Mountain Park Lake

A 68-year-old Snellville man died while kayaking on Stone Mountain Park lake. Stone Mountain police told Atlanta television stations that Belton Dykes drowned after falling out of a kayak between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Friday.

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Sunherald.com

Movement to shut down shark tours in Hawaii grows

Three women donned scuba masks and jumped into the waters off Oahu's North Shore, floating inside a submerged cage as about a dozen sharks glided toward bloody fish scraps tossed into the water by a tour company.

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WTKR-TV Norfolk

Inspectors weed out toxin-laced fish from Southern California's Asian communities

John Fallan's trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of seafood lovers.

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WAAY-TV Huntsville

Man charged in fatal boat collision in Tennessee

A man has been charged in a boating collision in Henry County that killed one woman and injured her daughter.

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6 ABC

Search for 2 in the Delaware

The U.S. Coast Guard, Philadelphia police and others are searching for a man and a child missing in the Delaware River.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

More people camping permanently amid recession

The recession is helping create a new lifestyle in Alabama: Permanent camping. Campgrounds across Alabama are filling with permanent residents seeking less-stressful, less-expensive lifestyle.

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WDBO-AM Orlando

Governor Palin To Resign

Why join? Yes, it was a holiday weekend political stunner, as Gov. Sarah Palin announced today that she was not only not going to run for another term, but she would resign on July 26.

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Nelson County Life Magazine

Search continues for missing Wintergreen property owner, President of Glenmore Country Club

Browse> Home / Top Story / UPDATE: Search continues for missing Wintergreen property owner, President of Glenmore Country Club Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks tells us his department has yet to find any conclusive evidence that Comer indeed went hiking.

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WSBT - News - Regional

Deer hunts planned in 17 Indiana state parks

State parks natural resources chief Mike Mycroft says hunters culled enough deer from the park along Lake Michigan last year to make a 2009 hunt unnecessary.

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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Boy, 16, found dead on Alaska's Mount McGinnis

A teenager reported missing on Mount McGinnis was found dead on the back side of the mountain after an apparent fall, authorities said Thursday.

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