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Foot and Paddle: Dawn’s early light on Saddleback Mountain
Daily Bulldog - Maine
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July 19, 2025
The rising sun spills over Sugarloaf, and neighboring high peaks, turning the last moments of night into fresh, new, day. My sunrise vantage point is the summit of 4121’ Saddleback Mountain near Rangeley. The time is just a few moments after 5:00...
Tuesday Talks to feature invasive creatures
The Block Island Times - Rhode Island
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Have you wondered why fried whole-belly clams are so expensive? This is a big reason why... "One Bad Crab,” a provocative new film by Sandy Cannon-Brown will be shown at the Block Island Maritime Institute’s Tuesday Night Talks on July 22 at 7...
Catch the Current episode 26: The tariffs of terror persist but can’t stop a ‘hot lobster summer’
Undercurrent News
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July 18, 2025
Tariff plot twist this week -- US president Donald Trump has agreed to a deal with Indonesia! Catch the Current hosts Amanda Buckle and Lorin Castiglione keep the good tariff times rolling with Undercurrent News editorial director Cliff White, who...
5 ways to attract wildlife to your backyard
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 19, 2025
This story was originally published in July 2020. If you love wildlife and would like to see more of it around your home, you’re in luck. There are many ways to make your yard more attractive to birds, butterflies and a whole host of other wild...
Congress just passed Trump’s massive tax and spending cuts bill. Here’s what to know
The Globe and Mail
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July 3, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson holds up the vote total during an enrolment ceremony for the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The House has passed...
Using 'Florida' as a password? So are nearly 900,000 other people
Leesburg Daily Commercial - Florida
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Common words, names, and places are frequently used and easily guessed passwords. "1234" is the most common password, followed by simple variations and "password" itself. State names like Carolina, Dakota, and Florida are among the commonly used...
NYC is in its quirky bar era — here are 5 to check out with turtle races, horror-fueled dolls, ‘Moby-Dick’ chic and more
New York Post
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July 18, 2025
New York’s nightlife always has flair — but these five boozy, buzzy haunts are taking cool, quirky and strange to new heights. From a Bedford-Stuy dive where turtles race for glory to a Melville-inspired whaling tavern in Fidi where the cocktails...
Although Meth Is Irresistible, The New York Times Says, Addicts Often Prefer Small Cash Rewards
Reason Magazine
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July 18, 2025
In a recent New York Times story, health reporter Jan Hoffman describes methamphetamine as irresistible, suggesting it is so pharmacologically compelling that using it inexorably leads to an addiction that is nearly impossible to escape. She also...
Founder of Adirondack loon conservation nonprofit departs to launch new wildlife initiative
Adirondack Explorer - New York
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July 7, 2025
Dr. Nina Schoch plans to expand wildlife health research, training opportunities in the Adirondacks By Mike Lynch The founder of the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation has left the nonprofit and is now planning to pursue a new project related...
Classic Foods From Every US State You May Have Forgotten About
Mashed
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July 18, 2025
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What makes a state food classic? When learning about old-fashioned foods that have been forgotten from across all 50 states, one must quantify what makes a food regionally famous and then,...
Today-History-Jul19
Cochrane Eagle
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July 19, 2025
Today in History for July 19: On this date: In 1553, 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after only nine days. King Henry VIII's daughter Mary was proclaimed Queen and had Jane executed. Today in History for July 19: On this...
TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for July 18, 2025
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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July 18, 2025
Welcome back to my Friday column. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here. *** 1. STORY OF THE WEEK: Seventeen years ago, during the...
Who is Peter DeJoy? Astronomer co-founder appointed interim CEO after Andy Byron’s ‘ColdplayGate’
Financial Express
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New York-based firm Astronomer’s latest move proves that operations will continue unscathed despite its CEO Andy Byron and HR Head Kristin Cabot alleged workplace affair being unwittingly exposed at a Coldplay concert. The company has already...
Nevertheless, they persist: Why women continue working toward national history museum
Queen Creek Independent - Arizona
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Diane Smith Submitted photo By Diane Smith | Women’s Watch Despite the many Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., that celebrate various facets of American history, none have been solely dedicated to the contributions of American women — a...
Navy’s shipyard revamp strategy evolves amid obstacles, years into $20B effort
Breaking Defense
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July 18, 2025
The Los Angeles improved-class attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN 767) enters Dry Dock 1 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard March 8. (U.S. Navy photo by Branden Bourque) WASHINGTON — When then-Navy Secretary Richard Spencer initially proposed a massive...
Montana waiting for $6.8B in ed funding held by Trump administrat
The Missoula Current - Montana
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July 18, 2025
Darrell Ehrlick (Daily Montanan) On July 1, the start of a new fiscal year for most educational institutions, many school districts anticipated receiving a chunk of federal funding that helps with various programs. That check, so to speak, isn’t...
These 10 states have the worst infrastructure in America in 2025
CNBC
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July 18, 2025
America's infrastructure, long the butt of jokes and the subject of political wrangling that seemed to go nowhere, has just received its best grade ever in the American Society of Civil Engineers' annual Infrastructure Report Card. Unfortunately,...
US Doomsday prepper reveals his fallout shelter stocked with survival gear amid fears of WWIII
Daily Mail
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June 27, 2025
A professional doomsday prepper has opened the door to his fallout shelter to share how he is preparing for World War III. Derrick James, who owns and operates his own doomsday prepping company in Maine, has been interested in prepping for a...
Senate Votes To Claw Back Funding For Propaganda Machines, NPR, And PBS
Canada Free Press
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The U.S. Constitution protects the right of free speech, but it does not require taxpayers to singularly fund liberal programming that divides the country. This was a long time coming, but the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted to cut more...
Nessel joins multistate effort opposing cuts to immigrant children's legal aid
Great Lakes Wire - Michigan
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July 18, 2025
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the case of Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, et al. vs. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al. The...