A race that can stop the nation

The financial runners are in the starting gates as David Potts dusts off his binoculars and climbs into the caller's seat.
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Down the tubes

Could any scarier news come this Halloween? Kimberly-Clark says it will test-market a tubeless roll of toilet paper. How will children make elephant trunks, jungle binoculars and miniature windmills? What will the moms have to remember their child's early days by?
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Women seek to crack down on abuse, neglect at the source, keep pets out of shelters

Cindy Sanders spends hours one late-summer night sitting in her car behind a building. She's armed with high-powered binoculars, a video camera and gumption, hoping to record a horrifying blood sport called "trunking."
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Police confiscate bootleg discs and dope

About 7:05 p.m. Oct. 5 an officer was watching through binoculars when a man approached patrons leaving a beauty supply shop in the 6300 block of Miramar Parkway.
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Mystery Bird, Greater Black-winged Lapwing, Vanellus melanopterus

This lovely bird is distinguished from its sister species on the basis of field marks and habitat preferences Greater black-winged lapwing, also known as the black-winged lapwing, Vanellus melanopterus , photographed at Ngorongoro Conservation Area , Tanzania, Africa. Image: Dan Logen , 22 January 2010 [ with binoculars ]. Nikon D300, 600 mm lens x 1.4 extender, ISO 400, f/5.6 1/1600 sec. This ...
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Weiss: Vols can't even win war of words

Times are tough at Tennessee, but Volunteers first-year coach Derek Dooley did not help the situation this week when he compared his young team's struggles to that of the German army when the Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy.
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Halloween Sky Promises Spine-Tingling Cosmic Treats

The Halloween night sky has it all for skywatchers.
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Crime Scenes: Arrest OK, but drug case still gets thrown out

'Inflammatory statements' by prosecutor win drug defendant a new trial It was the most routine of drug arrests.
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Dooley uses war analogy for Vols

Derek Dooley’s never-dull analogies to his first-year struggles with the Tennessee football team took another interesting turn Monday.
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Derek Dooley compares own team to WWII Germany

Derek Dooley compares own team to WWII Germany
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CFT: Dooley compares Vols to WWII Germans

It's been a rough first year for the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, Derek Dooley. Depth issues through either injury or attrition have left the Vols woefully undermanned and struggling through what's currently a 2-5 season that will likely end without a bowl berth.
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Fulton site starts birding club

Students compete to join organization
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OUTDOORS: Taking your best shot

Just a tiny bit of movement stopped me in my tracks. I stepped into the shade of a juniper tree and pulled small binoculars from my pocket. The sun was out in front of me, about 10 o’clock in the sky. The action had come from a patch of bright green grass about 50 yards away. I focused the glasses and realized two mule deer fawns were lying there, soaking in the warmth of the morning rays on an ...
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Comet, Meteor Shower Visible This Week

The Hartley 2 comet and Orionid meteor shower will both be visible this week. It is recommended you use binoculars or a telescope.
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Elusive green comet Hartley 2 will be visible today

Washington, Oct 20 : Hartley 2, the comet that was discovered in 1986 by Australian astronomer Malcolm Hartley, has been shrouded in mystery for a very long time, but today it will make its closest pass, offering prime viewing via binoculars and telescopes.
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Comet Hartley 2 Visible In The Night Sky

Backyard stargazers with a telescope or binoculars and a clear night's sky can now inspect the comet that in a little over two weeks will become only the fifth in history to be imaged close up. Comet Hartley 2 will come within 17.7 million kilometers (11 million miles) of Earth this Wed., Oct. 20 at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT). NASA's EPOXI mission will come within 700 kilometers (435 miles) of ...
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Mystery Bird: Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus

This demystified mystery bird species is both dichromatic and dimorphic Montagu's Harrier, Circus pygargus , photographed at Mikumi National Park , Tanzania, Africa. Image: Dan Logen , 8 January 2010 [ with binoculars ]. Nikon D300s, 600 mm lens, ISO 1000, f/8, 1/320 sec. Question: This lovely mystery bird has such a large range that it can be seen throughout Europe (even in the UK) as well as ...
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Countering the masculine security mind-set

What actually is security? Pot-bellied generals with a big pair of binoculars, missile bases, fully stocked weapons warehouses. These images come to mind upon hearing this question. This is how we are used to thinking about this concept.
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Interaction between right whales, offshore anglers to be studied

Late next month, a festival crowd will cluster at Jacksonville Beach to celebrate the right whales headed to the area. For months after that, volunteer whale-watchers will stare through binoculars from shore, scanning the ocean for glimpses of the endangered mammals wintering offshore. But boaters sharing the coastline with them may not realize they're around whales until a jolting crash ...
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Helicopters spraying for insects, not searching for convicts or pot growers

People around Bogalusa have been reporting an increase in helicopter activity in the area, and some are concerned it might be a sign that there are either criminals on the loose or growing crops of marijuana hidden somewhere in the woods.
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Strange hunting experience in Alberta, Canada

I spent last week on one of my favorite bowhunting trips, spot-and-stalk mule deer hunting. I love the challenge of using binoculars and spotting scopes to locate a good buck, watching him bed down and then planning the strategy of crawling into bowrange.
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Fall brings spectacular colors and sights to Western North Carolina as the leaves change and the air turns cool. The unusually cold winter and hot summer has many here in the mountains speculating on the intensity of this year's hues.
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Starwatch: Comet Hartley

Jupiter, resplendent low in the ESE at nightfall and climbing into the S by midnight, is the only bright planet on view tonight. Through binoculars view a dim star just a Moon's width above and to its left, while the planet Uranus stands three moonwidths away in the same direction. Binoculars should also reveal a comet swooping within 19 million km of the Earth on the 20th on its way to ...
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Seahawks new, trying to be improved

Since GM Ruskell departed and joined Bears, only 19 players remain from his tenure Dan Pompei: When Bears personnel director Tim Ruskell looks at the Seahawks, he might find himself adjusting his binoculars.
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Great Time to Observe the Moon and Its 'Seas'

The best time to observe the Moon is during its first quarter phase. Along the line dividing day and night on the moon, shadows are long and its features stand out.
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A great day for watching bird migration

This fall has been one for the record books as far as niceweather is concerned. While balmy calm days are not the best forfinding those rare, off-course birds, they are the favorite of thisfair-weather birder.
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Mystery Bird: Dark chanting goshawk, Melierax metabates | GrrlScientist

This African species closely resembles Saturday's mystery bird but it is actually a different species! Dark chanting goshawk, Melierax metabates , also known as the chanting goshawk, photographed at Serengeti National Park , northeastern Tanzania , Africa. Image: Dan Logen , 20 January 2010 (a glimpse through binoculars ). Nikon D300, 600 mm lens with 1.4 extender, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/500 sec ...
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Today's Mystery Bird For You To Identify

This stunning North American species has experienced a migratory taxonomic history that rivals its seasonal migrations. Can you tell me a little about that? Mystery Bird photographed at Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary , Brazoria County, Texas, United States. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 29 September 2010 [would you like to see this bird with ...
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