More than 7,000 of Kenya's zebras are being moved from private game conservancies to Amboseli National Park, which has been depleted of the grazing animals by a severe drought. The zebras will be released in the park to take their chances against hungry lions.
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A mysterious image of a coiled snake has appeared in a 16th century painting of Queen Elizabeth I, according to the National Portrait Gallery.
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Mono Lake has a bizarre, extraterrestrial beauty. Just east of Yosemite National Park in California, the ancient lake covers about 65 square miles. Above its surface rise the twisted shapes of tufa, formed when freshwater springs bubble up through the alkaline waters.
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The Republican National Committee plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on "fear" of President Barack Obama and a promise to "save the country from trending toward socialism."
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On March 17, the Federal Communications Commission will present the U.S. Congress with its National Broadband Plan, a set of recommendations for bringing high-speed Internet access to the millions of Americans who don’t yet have it. pa href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Democratic_Internet"Digg/a | a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/fcc-broadband-0303.html"Original/a/p
The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth's axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said.pa href="http://digg.com/world_news/Chilean_Quake_Likely_Shifted_Earth_s_Axis"Digg/a | a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-01/chilean-quake-likely-shifted-earth-s-axis-nasa-scientist-says.html"Original/a/p
In 2003 a document surfaced in a National Archives traveling exhibit that stirred no great interest, Wayne’s application to the O.S.S. There is no doubt it is Wayne, he uses his birth name of Marion Robert Morrison. Here is the first hard evidence that Wayne volunteered for potentially dangerous service with the equivalent of today’s CIA.pa href="http://digg.com/celebrity/John_Wayne_World_War_II_and_the_Draft"Digg/a | a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dgagliasso/2010/02/28/john-wayne-world-war-ii-and-the-draft/"Original/a/p
No black turtleneck. (Source: National Geographic Magazine. October, 1982.)pa href="http://digg.com/apple/When_Steve_Jobs_Rode_a_66_BMW_pic"Digg/a | a href="http://imgur.com/fjArJ.jpg"Original/a/p
A visitor to the National Museum of Singapore relaxes on a furniture installation by designer and architect Verner Panton of Denmarkpa href="http://digg.com/world_news/National_Museum_of_Singapore_4"Digg/a | a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/06_02/singapore0806_650x470.jpg"Original/a/p
The National Archives and a watchdog group sent letters to the DOJ Thursday demanding an investigation into the destruction of John Yoo’s emails in the summer of 2002 when he and other government attorneys prepared and finalized legal memoranda for the CIA that redefined torture and authorized interrogators to brutalize "war on terror" detainees.pa href="http://digg.com/politics/Archives_Demand_Probe_Into_Destruction_of_John_Yoo_s_Emails"Digg/a | a href="http://www.truthout.org/national-archives-watchdog-demand-doj-probe-destruction-john-yoos-emails57202"Original/a/p
The National Rifle Association said former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will make the keynote speech at the group's annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C.pa href="http://digg.com/politics/NRA_Palin_to_Make_Meeting_Keynote_Speech"Digg/a | a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/02/26/NRA-Palin-to-make-meeting-keynote-speech/UPI-53751267208009/"Original/a/p
The intriguing remark was made by Lord Martin Rees, one of the world's leading cosmologist and astrophysicist. Rees, who last month hosted the National Science Academy’s first conference on the possibility of alien life, said he believes the existence of extra terrestrial life may be beyond human understanding.
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There's only one way to test a bulletproof vest: with bullets. Of course, any vest worth its hefty price tag has already been certified by the National Institute of Justice
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Homeopathic remedies work no better than placebos, and so should no longer be paid for by the UK National Health Service, a committee of British members of parliament has concluded.
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