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New fossil reveals evolutionary history of Jurassic dinosaurs
Zee News
Washington: New fossil material found in Patagonia has shed light on the evolution of dinosaurs in the Jurassic age. When Tyrannosaurus and its relatives roamed North America and Asia, the abelisaurids occupied a similar niche in Patagonia and other

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Synnott Mountain Guides Announces Katahdin Alpine Rock Climbing Course in Maine
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
New England's premier climbing guiding service expands its summer rock climbing courses to include alpine rock climbing on Mt. Katahdin and Baxter Peak in Maine Mt. Washington Valley, NH (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 Synnott Mountain Guides, a New Hampshire

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Wash. Investment Board Hires Security Firm After Close Calls Overseas
OPB News
A series of close calls on overseas trips has led the Washington State Investment Board to contract with a top global security firm. One incident even had the potential to turn into a kidnapping. From China and India to remote mining areas in Patagonia

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Fellow Travelers, Explorers and Photographers - Show Us Your Untamed Americas
Sacramento Bee
By National Geographic Channel WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Geographic Channel spent more than two years in the field, traveling thousands of miles from Alaska to Patagonia, to capture the extreme wildlife of the

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Book review: 'These Girls' by Sarah Pekkanen
Washington Post
Both young women are nursing a crush on Trey Watkins, a star reporter who's a cross between Jon Krakauer and a Patagonia model. How big is this crush? When Trey's sister Abby, who has fled her position as a DC area nanny, needs a place to stay,