Word: forested
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Sparkman's body was found on Sept. 12 near a small family cemetery in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Clay County, about 18 miles south of the county seat of Manchester. According to published reports, Sparkman died of asphyxiation. Kentucky state police, who are in charge of the investigation, with FBI assistance, have not determined whether the death was a homicide, suicide or accident, but an assistant director at the Census Bureau's southern office says the police have told them it is an apparent homicide. (See pictures of this summer's tea-party protests...
Cross points out that the economically distressed area's drug activity - from marijuana grown in the national forest to methamphetamines and prescription drugs found elsewhere - is often intermingled with political corruption and that "in the last several years, the Justice Department has won indictments and convictions of officials and other local residents for vote fraud, other corruption and other crimes." The area is within the jurisdiction of the Appalachian High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force, which eventually created another task force to take on political corruption. (See the top 25 crimes of the century...
...Harvard men’s soccer team (6-0-0) knocked off New Hampshire, 1-0, yesterday afternoon in Durham, N.H. to preserve its perfect record ahead of the much-anticipated matchup with No. 3 Wake Forest this weekend. The kicker: according to Crimson coach Jamie Clark, the team didn’t even play well. “Today’s game was a worry for the whole team,” Clark said. “Just getting through the game was a victory…It is nice to know that we’re finding...
...change on Sept. 22, it is China that has managed to seize the moral high ground - fairly or not. President Hu Jintao told the U.N. that by 2020 China would increase the share of renewable and nuclear power in its energy supply to 15%, plant 40 million hectares of forest, increase investment in a greener economy and reduce its carbon intensity - the amount of economic value it gets per unit of power - by a "notable margin." Many of those domestic goals had already been announced, but the tone of Hu's speech made an impact on his audience. "I think...
...continue the pattern in this week’s two matches. Harvard is taking on New Hampshire (2-3-1) at 4 p.m. this afternoon in the second of four straight road games. Saturday will be a battle between top ten teams as the Crimson challenge No. 3 Wake Forest (3-1-1) in Winston-Salem, N.C., at 7 p.m.Harvard has earned its national ranking with a perfect non-conference record so far this year. Most recently, the team defeated Fairfield last Saturday in a 4-1 decision. Co-captain and Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week Andre...