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...fishermen, who catch only wild salmon at sea (fish farms are prohibited in the state), are being hammered by farm-raised salmon from Chile and Canada. "In 1988 I got $1 a pound for pink salmon. Now I get 7¢," says Scott McAllister, steering his boat past Alaska's Glacier Bay. He believes labels will help. "[People] will think it's cool to buy Alaska salmon from a wild and grizzly guy out here," he says. "And they will pay more for something healthy." Under the new rules, seafood must be labeled FARMED or WILD. Scientists say farmed seafood...
...glacier-scarred landscape of the Finger Lakes region in northwestern New York is a great place to hike, ski, fish and swim. It's also the source of a number of excellent wines to quench your thirst. The sloping terrain and complex soil are hospitable to more than 80 wineries, many of which have sprung up in the past decade. And the growing wine culture has spawned quite a few decent dining possibilities. You may even find the region reminiscent of the budding Napa Valley of the late 1970s...
...proves a challenge for most hosts. Atlanta had its share of delays and construction snafus before a last-minute frenzy snapped its facilities into place in time for the 1996 Games. But the Greeks have brought their own special brand of drama. Work stoppages, the sacking of organizers, procrastination, glacier-speed planning and now a breathless dash to the finish have already made these Olympics memorable for the wrong reasons. "Let's not kid ourselves. These are the Greek Games and they're being done the Greek way," says a Greek project manager overseeing several venues south of Athens...
When they first pulled his frozen body from a glacier on the Italy-Austria border in 1991, after some 5,300 years on ice, most experts thought the prehistoric hunter who came to be known as Otzi the Iceman had simply died of exposure. Then came the news two years ago that foul play was involved: an arrowhead embedded deep in his shoulder proved he had been shot from behind...
...time to go." AMY VANDERBILT, spokeswoman at Glacier National Park in Montana, where wildfires threatened the edge of the park and prompted the evacuation of thousands of campers...