OâNeal Brings Hope and Disquiet to the Valley of the Sun
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The Phoenix Suns plumped up their middle by adding center Shaquille OâNeal, to the mortification of many denizens of Phoenix who pride themselves on not being superficial.
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âIn the Shadow of the Moonâ is a morale booster. The power of its archival images hasnât diminished with familiarity.
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INDEPENDENCE, Calif. -- Mike Prather whooped as he ambled through the tumbleweed and salt grass for a look. There it was, bubbling and oozing like lava, as it inched down the valley floor.
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By Meera Pal, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep. 11--SUNOL -- Using nature's tools of logs and tree roots, local, state and federal agencies have joined efforts to battle streambank erosion along the Arroyo de la Laguna between Pleasanton and Sunol.
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For his poetic fourth feature, âHalf Moon,â Bahman Ghobadi returns to the desolation of the Kurdish borderlands and the enduring optimism of his people.
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Bill and Jean Lane are using a well-established open space conservation  tool in a new way that they hope others may pick up.  Bill Lane, the former publisher of Sunset Magazine and former  U.S.
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Scientists have struggled for years to make electricity from the sunâs light at a cost competitive with power from coal or natural gas. The challenges are formidable.
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Scientists have struggled for years to make electricity from the sunâs light, at a cost competitive with other power sources. Now they are close, using the sunâs heat instead.
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Sun-deprived humans might consider moving to the northern Italian village of Viganella, basking in sunlight thanks to a giant mirror.
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By PHILP, Matt  A spectacular visitor to the heavens has more of us than usual reflecting on the mysteries of the universe. MATT PHILP joins the crowds looking skywards.   On the shores of the unknown -- or, at least, Upper Cashmere -- people are massing.
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By Joel Hood, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Mar. 11--THE ACREAGE -- The prospect of putting the first gas station in The Acreage has erupted into a bitter culture clash over the character of this western community.
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By Therese Poletti and Nicole C. Wo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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A spacecraft in solar orbit reached almost directly above   the south pole of the Sun last week, giving   scientists a rare glimpse of this unfamiliar territory.
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By Leigh Dethman Deseret Morning News  Gus Chin feels like an outsider, even though he's lived in Utah for 24 years.  The Jamaican native still remembers the first day he arrived in the valley, the awkward stares and whispers.
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By Janice Gaston, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 11--HILTON HEAD, S.C.   Late on a misty day, when the wind sighs through trees lining a deserted road and sets their beards of Spanish moss to fluttering, nature takes center stage here.
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By Lisa Heyamoto, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 13--To stand on the corner of Emerald Vista and Feickert drives in Elk Grove and look up is to see a sight straight out of a nature show.
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By Melissa McEver/, Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas  Jun.