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...Though the descent ended in a face-plant, Sprague’s completion of the Antarctica marathon in March highlighted the global nature of her philanthropic mission to run a marathon on all seven continents. Beginning in Beijing in October 2006 and ending in Queensland, Australia this past July, Sprague holds the record as the youngest person to run 26.2 miles on every continent...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long Distance Runner Covers the Globe | 11/25/2008 | See Source »

...photograph of her: hair pulled back, minimal make-up, and a simple white blouse. The portrait captures Clinton's confident spirit, yet her tentative smile reveals a touch of vulnerability. I have never seen a more pleasing and honest image of the former First Lady. Jack Cameron, Mount Mellum, Queensland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...Queensland's chief wildlife manager, Mike Devery, defended the costly operation, saying the animals were listed as vulnerable under the state's Nature Conservation Act, which labels crocodiles over 13 feet long as "iconic." But the kid-glove treatment outraged many locals, including Federal Parliamentarian Bob Katter, a cowboy-hatted, blunt-spoken cattle rancher whose 218,000 square-mile electoral district is home to thousands of wild crocodiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Soft on Crocodile Crime | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...like to see that croc is through the sights of my rifle." Once, if a crocodile ate a human, all crocodiles in the area would be shot immediately, he says. "Now they are getting X rays. You've got patients who can't get X rays or endoscopies in Queensland's hospitals, but a crocodile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Soft on Crocodile Crime | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...called for a cull. "They're wandering into people's backyards," he says. State Environment Minister Andrew McNamara says numbers have increased only slightly since the ban on hunting was imposed, and that for safety's sake, animals over six-foot-six long are relocated out of urban areas. Queensland crocodile expert Gordon Grigg says culling is futile: "You can never be sure you've got them all, and it risks giving people a false sense of security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Soft on Crocodile Crime | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

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