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• High school student Maribeth Flowers heads north for polar bear ...  -  27 Sep 2008
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,And now, after a worldwide competition, she will be one of 17 teenagers taking part in Polar Bear International's weeklong Leadership Camp in Churchill,

Palin, a polar bear jumping from rhetorical ice floe to ice floe ...  -  27 Sep 2008
Thaindian.com,...invoked the image of “a polar bear, jumping from rhetorical ice floe to ice floe, drifting some but eventually managing to get safely to dry land.

Germany in mourning for man who saved a bear  -  27 Sep 2008
Scotsman,Thomas Doerflein, the carer for Knut the polar bear, was discovered dead in a friend's home on Monday, and a post-morten examination the next day found he

What do Shell Oil, Sarah Palin and The Nature Conservancy have in ...  -  27 Sep 2008
Boston Globe,Sarah Palin staunchly opposed listing the polar bear as an endangered species, arguing that the federal designation could hurt drilling such as Shell’s

An Inconvenient Truth  -  27 Sep 2008
Washington Post,The family had previously lived as nomads in the Northern Islands, where Honor saw snow and, once, a polar bear. When she mentions this on her first day of

Polar Bears no match for district foe Italy, stay winless for season  -  27 Sep 2008
Corsicana Daily Sun,Standouts: The Gladiator defensive line led by DE Jonathan Nash and DT Zach Hernandez kept the Polar Bear Wing T to 13 yards rushing in the first half.

Berlin's star polar bear Knut lost his longtime friend  -  Sep 23, 2008
China Daily,A combination of pictures shows Berlin zoo employee Thomas Doerflein as polar bear cub Knut pulls out a bag with animal food out of his pocket during the

Zoo wins award for polar bear ad campaign  -  Sep 25, 2008
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,..."We opened the polar bear tundra in 2006, so our big idea in 2007 was to capitalize on that opening and generate excitement about the opening of the

Blizzcon 2008 PPV Offering Aussies Polar Bear Mount  -  Sep 25, 2008
Kotaku Australia,It's great news for fans they can get their Blizzcon on thanks to Main Event Pay-Per-View here in Australia, but the disappearance of the Polar Bear Mount

Palin’s polar bear fib  -  Sep 24, 2008
Plenty Magazine,...sue] is based on a comprehensive review by state wildlife officials of scientific information from a broad range of climate, ice and polar bear experts.

VP Pick Palin wins environmentalist ‘Dodo’ prize  -  Sep 26, 2008
The Zonie Report,The handsome trophy, pictured above, honors Palin “for seeking to block Endangered Species Act protection for the polar bear, lying about, then suppressing

SOUTH SOUND: Wilson High student to head north for polar bear ...  -  Sep 24, 2008
TheNewsTribune.com,Wilson High School junior Zoe Stoy is headed to the Arctic next month as one of 12 teens from around the world to be chosen for Polar Bear International’s

Knut Keeper's Death Mourned Around the World  -  Sep 26, 2008
Spiegel Online,People around the world are mourning the passing of Thomas Dörflein, who raised Knut the polar bear before dying suddenly on Monday.

Polar bear aware - Canon/WWF tracker project celebrates 10th ...  -  Sep 17, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,The pair have filmed in extreme locations from the frozen Arctic to the plains of Africa and they have now teamed up with the Canon/WWF Polar Bear Tracker

Exploring the land of the polar bear  -  Sep 21, 2008
MiamiHerald.com,By GEORGIA TASKER The polar bear is 3 years old and hungry. Ursus maritimus has spent two years with his mother, and now on his own, he prowls the shoreline

Palin fought polar bear protection  -  Sep 22, 2008
United Press InternationalUS Geological Survey biologists have warned that if current climate-change trends continue, every polar bear in Alaska could be gone by 2050.

Churchill is world's proud polar bear capital  -  Sep 13, 2008
Canada.com,During the bear season, officers of Manitoba's Department of Natural Resources patrol the town day and night and respond quickly to calls on the Polar Bear

'Last Polar Bear' book review and author/photographer  -  Sep 22, 2008
The Current,..."The Last Polar Bear" is a large coffee table-style book filled with exquisite photographs of polar bears and their snowy Arctic habitat.

Loaded for bear on the gridiron  -  Sep 18, 2008
Los Angeles Times,A polar bear was seen walking the football field's perimeter two weeks ago, and outdoor practice was canceled Monday because of sightings.

Going Postal: Ike kills farm animals, fake polar bear meets bomb ...  -  Sep 17, 2008
National Post,A mannequin in a polar bear suit got Washington, DC's bomb squad on alert. Hundreds of people were evacuated, a metro station was shutdown and a bomb

Polar bear claim wins Rubber Dodo  -  Sep 18, 2008
The Age,The Centre for Biological Diversity awarded Mrs Palin its Rubber Dodo award for her insistence — despite evidence to the contrary — that the polar bear

Polar Bear Greets at Alaska House Opening; Where's Sarah Palin?  -  Sep 16, 2008
BloombergOutside the 3200-square-foot, two-level space on Mercer Street, a life-size ice sculpture of a polar bear beckoned. Inside were sculptures of seal skin,

Environmentalists can't corral Palin  -  Sep 4, 2008
The Associated PressSarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne against classifying the polar bear as a threatened species.

Oil Group Joins Alaska in Suing To Overturn Polar Bear Protection  -  Aug 30, 2008
Washington Post,Sarah Palin's administration in trying to reverse the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species. On Aug. 4, the state of Alaska filed a lawsuit

A playground for seniors, this polar bear likes junk food, drug ...  -  Sep 12, 2008
National Post,Assiniboine Park Zoo keepers is feeding an ailing polar bear cupcakes and chocolate to help her gain weight. Debby, the world's oldest polar bear,

Rochester zoo's polar bear dies  -  Sep 1, 2008
Newsday,Officials at Monroe County's Seneca Park Zoo say 18-year-old Yukon died in his sleep on Sunday, apparently from an infection related to pancreatitis.

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS Polar Bears' Plight Doesn't Play With Bomb Squad  -  Sep 16, 2008
Washington Post,A homeless polar bear was rummaging through a trash can. Or rather, a mannequin dressed to look like a bear. The display that caused a ruckus near the

Football vs. Amherst Game Notes  -  Sep 25, 2008
Bowdoin News,The Polar Bear offense proved to be in midseason form last weekend against Middlebury, racking up 409 yards of total offense against a squad that finished

Industry grizzles over polar bear rescue  -  Aug 28, 2008
Adelaidenow,...in Ankara (Turkey)," their lawsuit says. Companies have paid billions of dollars for the right to explore for oil and natural gas in polar bear habitat.

Street art to save polar bears  -  Sep 26, 2008
Greenpeace UK,Attaching heads and paws completed the homeless polar bear look, and accessories such as a trolley full of personal belongings gave the dummies some

Germany: Knut's keeper found dead  -  Sep 22, 2008
The Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — The zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the beloved polar bear Knut was found dead in his Berlin apartment Monday.

Palin Fought Polar Bear Protections  -  Aug 31, 2008
ABC News..."Listing the polar bear as a threatened species [under the Endangered Species Act] will have a significant adverse impact on Alaska because.

Another Polar Bear Protest, But Without the Drama  -  Sep 17, 2008
News Channel 8,Greenpeace erected another polar bear protest in Washington on Wednesday -- but this time the environmental organization sent out a warning.

Polar bear, global food crisis and Ramadan  -  Aug 31, 2008
Jakarta Post,I am a new mom and just like any other parent, I have a deep desire to provide my family with nothing but the best. Days and nights I have images running in

In The Post Apocalyptic Frozen Future, We Will Never Surrender To ...  -  Sep 26, 2008
io9,If this is what our snowed over future holds, then you can count me in. New concept art for big budget movie Wynter Dark is out, and it's more than I could

The Last Polar Bear by Steven Kazlowski  -  Sep 16, 2008
Green Muze,The Last Polar Bear: A Photographic Journey by Steven Kazlowski is a poignant book. Primarily because, at some level, we know that Kazlowski has captured an

Victoria Beckham Tests Our Love With Pantsuits and Polar Bear Rugs  -  Aug 29, 2008
E! Online...day as the jumpsuit incident, this person wears a completely respectable white dress with a cute headpiece but attaches a polar bear rug to her back?

Stop tranquillizing polar bears for research, NTI says  -  Sep 25, 2008
CBC.ca,He said Inuit who eat traditional food, also known as "country food," would "prefer not to consume animals affected by it, whether it be polar bear meat or

Polar Bear Obama-Biden Bumper Sticker (Full Size -- 10" x 3")  -  Sep 18, 2008
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The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World  -  Sep 17, 2008
Bostonist,Steven Kazlowski will show images of the Arctic and polar bears and talk about how global warming is affecting the bears' homes. Kazlowski has spent years

Zookeepers Treat Ailing Polar Bear to Cupcakes  -  Sep 12, 2008
AOL Canada,She looks a little rough, but the Assiniboine Park Zoo's polar bear Debby, famous for being the oldest living polar bear in the world, is dealing better

Stuffed Bear Disrupts Service at  -  Sep 16, 2008
MyFox Washington DC,WASHINGTON , DC – The Columbia Heights Metro station was closed for a time on Tuesday morning because of a large, stuffed polar bear that was found outside

CARROLL: The bear facts  -  Sep 15, 2008
Rocky Mountain News,The Truth Patrol - with the headline "Palin: No to polar bear protection" - issued a verdict of "rock solid" regarding the claim that vice presidential

Sarah Palin Eaten by Polar Bear  -  Sep 10, 2008
The Spoof (satire),...with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin watched in helpless horror yesterday afternoon as a large polar bear (Ursus maritimus) suddenly emerged from the trees,

Book Review: God Gave Us Heaven by Lisa Tawn Bergren  -  Sep 26, 2008
Blogcritics.org,Readers follow the polar bear family through their daily tasks and are privy to the explanations Papa bear provides and the conversation that develops as

Polar Bear Tug of War  -  Sep 8, 2008
E/The Environmental Magazine,A coalition of industry groups has joined forces to sue the Bush administration over listing the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

If you go down to the woods…  -  Sep 25, 2008
Economist,...the national parks service started training Inuit in Nunavut to help researchers, geologists and tourists avoid close encounters of the polar-bear kind.

Funny Names, Polar Bears And Snow Sports: A Primer On Palin’s Alaska  -  Sep 6, 2008
CBS News,Q. Have you ever encountered a polar bear? A. No. I have encountered black bears and grizzly bears and thought once that I even saw a glacier bear (very

Canada asks Inuit, others for input on safeguarding polar bears  -  Aug 28, 2008
AFPOTTAWA (AFP) — Canada's environment minister on Thursday deferred safeguarding this country's iconic polar bear, saying more study of its circumstances and

Ottawa round table plots icon's future  -  Aug 29, 2008
Edmonton Journal,EDMONTON - The federal government has decided to call a national roundtable to determine how best to deal with the future of the polar bear in Canada.

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