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DesertArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlLos Angeles TimesAs it prepares to expand training operations at Ft. Irwin in the Mojave Desert, the US Army is again proposing to move more than 1100 threatened California Battle Brewing Over Giant Desert Solar Farm - 05 Aug 2009 New York TimesTessera Solar plans to plant 34000 solar dishes — each one 40 feet high and 38 feet wide — on 8230 acres of the Mojave Desert in Southern California. Longtime Palm Desert real estate attorney dies - 05 Aug 2009 The Desert SunChristopher Moffatt Blaisdell, a Palm Desert real estate attorney who represented celebrities as well as area residents and officials in the Coachella Hydrating Phoenix: Quenching a city in the desert - 05 Aug 2009 Mother Nature NetworkFolks like Washington Post columnist Neal Peirce talk of imminent disaster: Arizona might run out of water and dry up like the desert surrounding its Desert Hot Springs City Council bans firearms, ammo on city property - 05 Aug 2009 The Desert SunStarting next fall, most Desert Hot Springs residents, visitors and employees will be prohibited from either possessing or selling firearms and ammunition Ruling could be calm before the desert storm - 05 Aug 2009 Toronto StarThe NHL, Jim Balsillie, various bidders, creditors and other interested parties with a stake in the Phoenix Coyotes are today waiting for a ruling from Rock the Desert: "Las Brisas Community Center" - 05 Aug 2009 KOSADoug Tull with Rock the Desert says they've set a goal of $40000. That will cover the basic needs and get the center up and running. JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Luxury Hotel in Phoenix, AZ Chef ... - 05 Aug 2009 PR Web (press release) (press release)In addition to the grand prize, Team Chowdhury of the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Luxury Hotell in Phoenix, AZ took the top award for Best Taste and Flavor. Trial in the Desert - 05 Aug 2009 Jackson Free PressThe British formulate an audacious plan: to send the Long Range Desert Group, a special-forces unit that conducts raids and reconnaissance deep behind enemy Officials scour E. Valley desert after several flee from van - 05 Aug 2009 ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)APACHE JUNCTION, AZ – Law enforcement officials are scouring an East Valley desert for several people who apparently fled from a mini-van in the desert this Procter & Gamble feeling the pain as shoppers desert brands - 05 Aug 2009 This is LondonProcter & Gamble saw fourth-quarter profit slump by nearly a fifth to $2.47 billion (£1.46 billion), the household goods giant said today, as customers For digestive health, look no further than the Arizona desert - 05 Aug 2009 Examiner.comIf you are looking for natural ways to be well, you may just find what you are looking for in a little desert plant called Aloe vera. Cricket gains desert following - 05 Aug 2009 Casa Grande Valley NewspapersOne of those schools is Desert Sage Elementary School in Glendale. Maridell David, plant foreman, remembers when the cricket players contacted her three High Desert Paper Site Begins Charging - 05 Aug 2009 LA Weekly...Say it ain't so! The Antelope Valley Press, that breathless spinner of news about meth-lab busts and County Fair fashions, Arrest of Harvard professor sparks debate in desert - 05 Aug 2009 Hi-Desert StarFormer Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency President Phil Johnson disagrees. At first, Johnson thought of the case as a freedom-of-speech issue, The Hi-Desert Star's View - 05 Aug 2009 Hi-Desert StarSince the program began, faltered and then showed new life, we have heard several staunch conservatives in the Hi-Desert disagree with Republican lawmakers Palm Desert OKs two-year extension for list of projects - 05 Aug 2009 The Desert SunThe Palm Desert Planning Commission on Tuesday put its stamp of approval on a state-mandated, two-year extension on previously approved projects slowed or Iraqi's childhood memories solved pilot mystery: US senator - 05 Aug 2009 AFPActing on a tip from local Iraqis, US Marines stationed in the western Iraqi province of Al-Anbar in July recovered human remains from a desert grave and The smell of summer: Holiday-makers desert Isle of Sheppey over ... - 05 Aug 2009 Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter Summer on the Isle of Sheppey has long been a favourite for campers and caravanners. But this year many are turning on their heels Occupational Therapist - 05 Aug 2009 ADVANCEOccupational Therapist sought to work in a Home Health environment in sunny Palm Desert, CA. This is a full-time, day shift assignment, Monday through Supervisors want input on Helicopter buffel-spraying - 05 Aug 2009 KVOA.comBoth sides agree non-native buffelgrass is taking over parts of the Sonoran desert. But spraying chemicals from the air has residents debating. Peace 101: What peace groups are active in Phoenix? - 05 Aug 2009 Examiner.com..."We embrace an action plan that includes movable desert camps, support of migrant aid centers, maintenance of water stations, Samaritan patrols that search Border Patrol adds 209 agents to secure Arizona border - 05 Aug 2009 ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)Operation Guardian complements Operation Desert Shield which began June 1st. Operation Desert Shield added 20 additional Border Patrol Search Trauma and Ken Burns promotes park series at Acadia - 05 Aug 2009 Bangor Daily NewsThey were on Mount Desert Island to promote their documentary on the national park system. The 12-hour, six-episode series, “The National Parks: America's Snakes move into Valley neighborhoods with hot weather - 05 Aug 2009 ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)It's the society's busiest time because reptiles move from the hot desert terrain and head to the cool grass and water near homes. And Marshand says all too Police: Man changing magazine shoots girlfriend in head - 05 Aug 2009 AZ Central.com5, 2009 05:20 PM A 21-year-old woman survived a gunshot to the head after her boyfriend accidentally shot her in a desert area in Phoenix Tuesday evening, Seven arrested after brawl erupts in Marriott lobby bar - 05 Aug 2009 The Desert SunSeven people were arrested after a bar fight at the JW Marriott- Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert, police said this week. The disturbance in the 74-800 Police officer treated for smoke inhalation after extinguishing ... - 05 Aug 2009 The Desert SunThe officer was transported to Desert Regional Medical Center. The bike, one of four police motorcycles used by the department, was destroyed in the fire. Only one Valley post office in danger of being closed - 05 Aug 2009 KTNV Las VegasThe Garside, Huntridge and King Station offices along with the inn retail unit at Desert Inn and Eastern have been removed from consideration. Desert Schools launches campaign aimed at current financial worries - Aug 3, 2009 Bizjournals.comDesert Schools Credit Union officials are hoping its latest campaign, geared at addressing financial concerns in this unsettling economy, will help capture Pesky burros to be removed from desert Army base - Jul 31, 2009 The Associated PressBureau of Land Management officials say as many as 100 wild burros will be rounded up in the Mojave Desert next month and put up for adoption because they 18 years on, body of US pilot is found in Iraq desert - Aug 2, 2009 guardian.co.ukThe remains of US navy Captain Michael 'Scott' Speicher were found in desert sands in Anbar province in western Iraq by military searchers acting on a July HS football preview: Desert Ridge Jaguars - Aug 4, 2009 Arizona Republic4, 2009 05:08 PM In his first three years at Mesa Desert Ridge, coach Jeremy Hathcock never had a returning quarterback. But despite the revolving door Palm Desert juvenile arrested on suspicion stealing flat screen TV - Aug 4, 2009 The Desert SunA 17-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of stealing a flat screen television set from an office building at the Canterra Apartments in Palm Desert High Desert man found dead took taxi to corner where he was found - Aug 4, 2009 San Bernardino SunA man who was found dead on a Victorville corner Monday morning apparently took a taxi to the area where he was found, authorities said. Police Identify Body In Desert As Gloria Marmolejo - Aug 4, 2009 KFOXtv.comEL PASO, Texas -- El Paso police confirmed Monday night that a body found in the Santa Teresa desert is that of missing El Paso real estate agent Gloria Palm Desert councilman accused of domestic violence - Aug 4, 2009 The Desert SunThe wife of Palm Desert City Councilman Jim Ferguson filed charges of domestic violence against him in Indio Superior Court on Wednesday and was granted a Woman, 86, dies after stranded in SoCal desert - Jul 30, 2009 San Jose Mercury NewsAn 86-year-old woman who was stranded in the Mojave Desert with her husband has died. The San Bernardino County coroner's office says Guadalupe Meisenhelder Hidden Gobi Desert relics found - Aug 1, 2009 BBC NewsRare Buddhist treasures, not seen for more than 70 years, have been unearthed in the Gobi Desert. The historic artefacts were buried in the 1930s during Desert mine helped win WWII - Aug 3, 2009 Inland Valley Daily BulletinFoshay Pass in the Providence Mountains is about as far away from anywhere as you can get in the eastern Mojave Desert. Along a washed-out road about Rock the Desert - "Shoes for Orphans Souls" - Aug 4, 2009 KOSAIt's the message the Rock the Desert volunteers want to share with the people of Honduras who fight a daily battle to survive. Most of the children near San 8/7-10/11: 'The Fantasticks' musical at Desert Stages - Aug 4, 2009 AZ Central.comWhen Valley actress Jacqui Notorio, who has been with Desert Stages for 15 years, learned of the play, she immediately wanted the part of the Mute. Oil in a week - Europe Harnesses the Desert's Sun for Electricity - Aug 3, 2009 دار الحياةWhile there is an increased trend of programmed and frequent power outages in many Arab cities in this hot summer, - mainly because of the augmented use of Mayor lauds potential of Desert Falls project - Aug 4, 2009 Desert Valley TimesThe Desert Falls project has the potential to generate a better future Mesquite, with little risk to the city, Mayor Susan Holecheck said Friday. Taking Arabic Learning to the Moroccan Desert - Aug 4, 2009 MoroccoBoard.comNSLI-Y participants took their language learning on the road to Zagora, a small town in the Draa Valley. Twenty American students participated in the six Alert: FD: 1 rescued after vehicle overturns in desert mineshaft - Aug 3, 2009 ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)Air15 video showed the vehicle turned upside down inside the large hole just off a desert trail. See more pictures from the scene in the attached photo Couple found dead at home in Apple Valley - Aug 3, 2009 San Jose Mercury NewsAuthorities are investigating the deaths of a couple found in their home in the Mojave Desert town of Apple Valley. San Bernardino County sheriff's High Desert gets back on track - Aug 2, 2009 Victorville Daily PressADELANTO • The High Desert Mavericks started the game with five straight hits on the way to an easy 10-2 win over the Lake Elsinore Storm on Sunday Search crews find body of unidentified hiker in desert near Palm ... - Jul 19, 2009 Los Angeles TimesThe male hiker was part of a group of trekkers who were visiting the desert on Saturday, said Palm Spring police Sgt. Mitch Spike. Apache builds Egypt Western Desert capacity - Aug 3, 2009 PennEnergy3 – Apache Corp. reported a string of oil and gas-condensate completions including a new field discovery on its concessions in Egypt's Western Desert. 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