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Tiger Reserve Has No More Tigers Posted: 4 months ago by pocksucket
Six years ago, Panna Tiger Reserve in India had 40 tigers roaming freely within the grounds. Now there are none.
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Handle with care: The dollar as a reserve currency Posted: 8 months ago by Bornbad
China suggests an end to the dollar era.
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Homeowner Equity Is Lowest Since 1945, Dipping Below 50 Percent, the Lowest on Record Posted: 2 years ago by 2longdogs
Americans' percentage of equity in their homes fell below 50 percent for the first time on record since 1945, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. That marks the first time homeowners' debt on their houses exceeds their equity since the Fed started tracking the data in 1945.
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Ron Paul’s Bill To Audit The Federal Reserve Now Has 242 Co-Sponsors Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
An independent audit of the Federal Reserve is probably long over due. Thanks to a bill submitted by Ron Paul, it just may happen.
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AIG: More Money Please! Posted: 1 year ago by JoshSF49
Update (sorta) to this.
The New York Federal Reserve is lending up to $37.8 billion to American International Group to give the troubled insurer access to much-needed cash.
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Rare white lions released into the wild Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
The reserve is believed to be the only home to free-roaming white lions in the world.
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Man tries to break into KC's Federal Reserve Bank with a screwdriver Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
MORON UPDATE: A Kansas City man allegedly scaled a fence, squirmed under a second fence and tried to break into the Federal Reserve Bank over the weekend — using a screwdriver.
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Join The Naval Reserve Posted: 2 years ago by buddha
Simpson's classic naval reserve commercial
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A million acres of Amazon rainforest declared a national reserve in Peru Posted: 3 months ago by nateebiinature
September 2009. World Land Trust (US) and their partner CEDIA (Center for the Development of the Indigenous Amazonians) are proud to announce that the Matsés National Reserve has been approved by the Peruvian national government. This will help ensure the protection of 1,039,390 acres of pristine Amazonian rainforest as well as the Matsés indigenous Amazon tribe.
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Senate votes 97-1 to halt oil reserve shipments Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
The Senate voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve. Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oil is costing more than $120 a barrel.
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Barney Frank says Ron Paul's 'Audit the Fed' bill will pass Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
Ron Paul's legislation to audit the Fed will come out of committee in October. Today, the Government Accountability Office has no power to audit the Federal Reserve. Mr. Paul's bill which is expected to pass would empower the government watchdog to do so and make their findings available to the public.
edit:perhaps we are celebrating too soon
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Visit Idaho's Famous City of Rocks National Reserve Posted: 3 years ago by Zoock
One of the extraordinary geological sites on earth, the City of Rocks National Reserve, remains one of Idaho’s major attractions.
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US Senator serves military duty in Afghanistan Posted: 12 months ago by tigertony
Lindsey Graham, the only U.S. senator in the military's Guard or Reserves, donned the Air Force's camouflaged uniform for five days last week to serve in Kabul.
FIVE WHOLE DAYS!
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Sidney Crosby Out Of All-Star Game Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
The Pittsburgh Penguins placed their captain on the injured list Monday, meaning he will be sidelined at least through the All-Star festivities scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Atlanta.
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Reservist is told to get landscaping or face legal action Posted: 1 year ago by arsphidius
Lt. Burke Jensen has been ordered to Kuwait, leaving behind a pregnant wife, a young son and a 2.5-acre lot with not a spot of landscaping. But he's been told to get lawn and an irrigation system -- or else! "I really don't give a [expletive] where he is or what his problem is," says the subdivision developer.
(theme pic not related)
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Officer Shaq helps nab hit and run driver. Posted: 3 years ago by tomphoolry
Sounds like the plot of a new TV series. Professional basketball player by day, crime fighter by night.
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Some hotels that don't fit the norm Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Some of them look really interesting, some of them need to be more bricks and mortar (and glass) than CGI before you could stay in them. The Wild Canopy Reserve looks amazing
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A Conservation Dilemma Posted: 8 months ago by pocksucket
A programme to protect endangered condors in Luanhe River National Nature Reserve in Hebei province of China has been so successful that so far this spring they have killed and eaten over 100 young spotted deer.
The problem is that the spotted deer is also endangered.
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Images show monarch butterflies' habitat loss Posted: 2 years ago by bevissimo
MEXICO CITY - Satellite images show illegal loggers have clear-cut large swathes of trees in the heart of a monarch butterfly reserve in Mexico, threatening the entire population with extinction, according to a leading researcher.
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The Mom Who Said No to the Army Posted: 9 months ago by Bornbad
Lisa Pagan is a member of the Army's individual ready reserve troops (part of the Army Reserves, this a group that is not paid, is not obligated to train, but can still be activated).
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