| Wed, 16 May 2012 The snow must go on, Mt Hutt says
| Mt Hutt was to be the first ski area in New Zealand to switch on its snowmaking guns for the 2012 season last night. | A pre-winter chill in the air signalled to Mt Hutt's snowmaking crew members that their moment had arrived. | General manager operations James Urquha... | Upset over cop accused of quake theft
| Earthquake-battered Christchurch residents are upset that a police officer is suspected of stealing from a quake-affected business, saying it tarnishes the disaster response by other officers. | Police revealed yesterday the constable, from the North Island, resigned ... | Quake city shock over cop accused of stealing
| Earthquake-battered Christchurch residents are upset that a police officer is suspected of stealing from a quake-affected business, saying it tarnishes the disaster response by other officers. | Police revealed yesterday the constable, from the North Island, resigned ... | Dialogue is key in Yemen
| Yemen is struggling to find solutions to the various problems it faces — the dire state of the economy, political instability, the Southern movement, Al Houthis and Al Qaida. But bold steps are being taken by Prime Minister Mohammad Salim Basindwah to build a ne... | Extreme rain doubled in Midwest: climate study
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of extreme rainstorms - deluges that dump 3 inches or more in a day - doubled in the U.S. Midwest over the last half-century, causing billions of dollars in flood damage in a trend climate advocates link to a rise in greenhouse gas em... | Odds against another quiet hurricane season, Florida governor says
| FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Don't let six hurricane-free years in Florida fool you into thinking the upcoming season will be a cakewalk. | That was the message of Florida Gov. Rick Scott and other officials at the Governor's Hurricane Conference in Fort Lauderdale on Wed... | Australia's Koalas: Threatened By Urban Sprawl, The Marsupial Struggles To Survive (PHOTOS)
| From Susan Kelly for National Geographic: | Koalas going…going… | One of the world’s most adored animals is now officially in peril on our rapidly changing, human-oriented planet. | What’s causing their demise? No great surprise. | Us. | As their forests fall ... | City of Palm Coast offers emergency information through CodeRED
| The City of Palm Coast offers all residents the ability to be notified swiftly and efficiently in case of a critical emergency. Palm Coast has activated a CodeRED system to deliver pre-recorded emergency messages to homes and businesses, dispatching information on cri... | |
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