Cold Winters Slow Northeast Hemlock Pest
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New England's bitterly cold winters may be hard on people, but they have been even harder on an Asian insect that's threatening to destroy hemlocks, one of the signature trees of the region's forests.
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Until this week, the mid-Atlantic got the cold shoulder from winter, and area residents just adored the snub. Those lower heating costs were as sweet as playing 18 holes on New Year's Day.
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By DANA BARTHOLOMEW\\ Staff Writer  Blame the freeze. Blame the record dry spell. Whatever the cause, hills covered with tinder-dry brush could easily go up in smoke unless they see some rain -- soon.
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By NATE DEGRAFF  Lawns are browning. Farm fields are drying out. This month is one of the driest Mays on record.  But Guilford County is not in serious drought. Yet.
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Sales at the nation's retailers barely budged in February as bad winter weather kept already cautious shoppers away from the malls.
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WASHINGTON -- Sales at the nation's retailers barely budged in February as bad winter weather kept already cautious shoppers away from the malls.
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The U.S. Northeast from upstate New  York to Maine will have equal chances of above- or below-normal  temperatures during February and in the 3-month February-April  period, the National Weather Service predicted on Thursday.
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MINNEAPOLIS - From snowmobiling on alfalfa to strapping on cross-country skis with wheels, Minnesotans are finding ways of coping with a frustrating lack of snow.
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By Steve Ford  Chill winds out of the northwest and frost on the windows in the morning don't exactly make fishermen think of spring.  But then I'm not most fishermen. The unusually warm winter we've been having has me champing at the bit earlier than ever. But it's not just that.
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By Jenifer K. Nii Deseret Morning News  Mother Nature had Utah farmers a bit anxious again in January, a month of unseasonably cold temperatures combined with "dismal" snowpacks.
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BINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mouse,...
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By Bruce R. Posten, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Mar. 5--IN WINTER'S WANING days, ice retreats from the banks of French Creek; a cannon lies locked in layers of ice next to a stack of pig iron bars; and a water wheel remains motionless.
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You don't have to look at a calendar to know that it's cold season. Just listen to the hacking coughs, sneezes and the hoarse, husky voices that have dropped an octave in recent weeks as upper-respiratory infections take a toll in offices, schools and homes.
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Keep your boots, long johns and snow shovels handy this winter if you live in the East, the Farmers' Almanac's forecast suggests. Residents of the West, however, can look forward to a milder winter this time around.
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Weather forecasts are notoriously fickle, but bees, caterpillars and bears are proving as divided as meteorologists on how long winter will last.
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LURAY, Va. The thermometer showed 24 degrees Fahrenheit. It felt like zero. Cold winds swept down from Hawksbill Mountain, the tallest peak in Shenandoah Valley National Park. With the winds came snow flurries, which seemed to last longer than flurries should.
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Red spruce trees in New England and upstate New York suffered severe damage last winter, University of Vermont researchers have found.