In the next 2 months, 15 U.S. States will be experiencing an event that hasn't occurred since 1987. An invasion, an invasion of a swarm of insects known as the Cicadas. The largest group, or brood, of...
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At the Brookfield Zoo, cicadas are a lot more than just really noisy insects: They're delicious treats.These days, a host of animals from bearded dragon lizards to African wild dogs to white-creste...
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Moganshan, China (dpa) The deafening hum of Shanghai with its
incessant jack-hammering and honking cars, both designed to prevent
people sleeping, can be heard in the...
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A never-before-exhibited collection of letters from Vincent van Gogh to a colleague reveal the beliefs and mundane challenges of the artistic genius _ from his beliefs about sex to keeping his ease...
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Lady Bird Johnson saw the world in her travels as first lady. But in her mind, none of it compared to the grandeur of the Texas Hill Country, where she was buried Sunday next to her husband on the ...
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Sarawak, Malaysia (dpa) - The bus edges its way along a narrow,
bumpy path, flanked by thick forest and soaring coconut trees, before
halting in a sudden clearance, scatteri...
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For 15-year-old Issa, days of summer start when the sun rises over a northern Israeli hill, shining on a garbage dump, a thorny field and then the dirty mattress that is his bed.Issa is among hundr...
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Continuing to walk away with an apologetic shrug, arms raised to heaven as a witness to the inevitability of his statement, the man turned down the call from the ambassador's wi...
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The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom From My Father on How to Live, Love, and See, by Naomi Wolf. Simon and Schuster, 278 pages, $24.Naomi Wolf is one lucky lass. Oh, she's had her share of troubles-lik...
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Cicada's
Cicadas a tasty treat for zoo animals
