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Louisiana Indian Village Holds Out Against Plea to Move
Offbeat  (tags: island, Native Americans, won't leave, water )

Lone
- 7 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, La. - A day in the life of Edison Dardar starts with a caterwaul of a shout. A yawlp. His chest puffs up: "Yay-hoooo!" Morning cries down the road greet him.
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Hero Kid Saves Pal From Perishing in Icy Pond
Offbeat  (tags: pond, freezing, water, children, news, hero )

Lone
- 10 days ago - parentdish.com
A California boy is being hailed as a hero after saving the life of a young friend who fell through the ice and into a man-made pond.
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Pictured: The White Bengal Tiger Who Likes Nothing Better Than to Eat Meat Underwater
Offbeat  (tags: animals, tigers, food, water, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 169 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
While most cats fiercely recoil from the mere thought of getting wet, this tiger proves there is always an exception to the rule.
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Lockport Twp. Firefighters Save Deer
Offbeat  (tags: deer, buried in mud, water, rescued, fire fighters )

Kathy
- 188 days ago - suburbanchicagonews.com
Battalion Chief John Kure said personnel at the powerhouse called the fire department around 7 a.m. after finding the animal stuck in the mud near the high side of the lock. The rescue was completed around 9:30 a.m.
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I'M First in the Pecking Order Round Here, Deer! Angry Swan Sees Off Young Fawn
Offbeat  (tags: young fawn, territorial swan, water, hot weather, territory )

Simone
- 209 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Even the wildlife were feeling the heat yesterday as Britain basked in sunshine. As the temperature hit 79F (26C), a young deer ventured down to a pond in London's Richmond Park for a dip. Unfortunately, as these amazing pictures show, a resident
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Cleansing Toxic Waste With Vinegar
Offbeat  (tags: Recycling and Waste, Water, Hazardous Waste )

Kekuhouma
- 292 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Engineers and environmental scientists at the University of Leeds are developing methods of helping contaminated water to clean itself by adding simple organic chemicals such as vinegar.
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Ink & Water - Abstract Shapes
Offbeat  (tags: art, ink, water, amazing, off-beat, interesting, bizarre, unusual, performance, odd, culture, design, society, world )

Nikola
- 328 days ago - night4joy.com
Ink in water to create a sense of colour, paint and movement.
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Anatomy of a Miracle: How Captain Chesley Sullenberger's Skill Saved 155 Lives
Offbeat  (tags: airplane, jet, hudson river, sullenberger, airbus, ditching, emergency, water, freezing, life rafts, exit, plane, goodnews, good, hero, takeoff, landing, captain, unusual, lucky, skill, miracle, passengers, laguardia, new york, new jersey, ice, winter, cold )

Catherine
- 339 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
The last out was Captain Sullenberger after walking twice the length of the cabin to ensure no one was inside ~ too sweet to miss ~
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Weird Al' Amish Paradise   video
Offbeat  (tags: Weird, Al's, Amish, Paradise, Music, Video, environment, garden, food, eco-friendly, healthy, sustainable, water )

Gregory
- 527 days ago - youtube.com
I never wear buttons but I do wear a hat...
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Before It's Time...
Offbeat  (tags: climate-change, globalwarming, endangered, nature, oceans, weather, water, environment )

Monica
- 528 days ago - news.xinhuanet.com
However, millions more have been able to see on the Internet (www.epatagonia.gov.ar/glaciar) the moment when the huge ice wall more than 50 meters long collapsed, making a tremendous noise amid shouts and applause from the people present.
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DARING DOG RESCUE - VIDEO
Offbeat  (tags: rescue, dog, ice, water )

Sc
- 639 days ago - rochesterhomepage.net
A dog is safe and back with its family after falling into Eastman Lake. Tracey the golden retriever was on a walk with her owners when she went out onto the lake and fell through the ice. She was trapped 50-feet from the shore. Her owner called 9-1-1 and
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Algae to Blame for Red Rivers in China
Offbeat  (tags: humans, nature, pollution, water, china, health, humans, investigation, news )


- 667 days ago - news.yahoo.com
"An algae bloom, not chemical pollution, was to blame for red and foamy water in parts of a major river system in central China, environmental officials said Thursday." (AP)
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Let Them Eat Cake, If They Can Find It
Offbeat  (tags: food, walking, healthy, water, unusual, society, off-beat, interesting, news, odd, bizarre, culture, funny, design, custom, humor, usa, humans )

Suzybell
- 672 days ago - reuters.com
Maryland, which already has jousting as its official sport, is considering adopting something called the Smith Island Cake as its official dessert. Seriously, you can read about it.Official desserts aren't unusual. Florida has key lime pie, seen in the
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Deer Caught 1 1/2 Miles From Shore
Offbeat  (tags: deer, odd, bizarre, ocean, water, nature )

Kristy
- 678 days ago - rgj.com
Two fishermen coming across a deer 1 1/2 miles off the Maryland coast. They pulled the exhausted deer aboard and took him to the nearest shore, where they left him barely able to stand, promising to come kill him on the opening day of hunting season. (Rea
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Lawmakers Seek to Redraw Tenn. Border to Access Water
Offbeat  (tags: Lawmakers, ClimateChange, water, environment, politics, law, state )


- 687 days ago - ajc.com
A couple of state lawmakers want to annex a piece of Tennessee to get more water for Georgia. State Sen. David Shafer (R-Duluth) and state Rep. Harry Geisinger (R-Roswell) on Wednesday introduced companion resolutions to stake a claim on a one-mile....
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