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Teen Hikers Sing To Rescue Workers For Help

Posted 04.06.2012

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Two Utah teens were rescued Friday after becoming lost during a short hiking expedition. Siblings Nathan, 18, and Allison Tolman,16, went on a hik...

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Underprepared And Hiking On Drugs? Sounds About Right

Posted 11.26.2011

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Students at CU Boulder have long fit into the "adventurous" group. From skiing to hiking and rock climbing, pupils tend not to shy away from outdoor ...

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Grizzly Bear Attacks 7 Alaska Wilderness Camp Teens

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Grizzly Bear Attack, Alaska, Search and Rescue, Outdoors, Alaska Bears, Alaska-State-Troopers, Nola, Bears, Weird News News

A group of seven teenagers who'd been learning survival skills in the Alaska wilderness were attacked Saturday night by a brown bear sow with cub.

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Kids, Animals and Charities -- Who Knew?

Brian Buck | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Art, Cats, Friendly Neighborhood Helpers, Pet Adoption, Animal Charities, Charity, Kids, Spay Neuter, Horses, Disability, Animals, Search and Rescue, Deaf, Dogs, Impact News

It's probably not surprising that some of the most popular charities among kids are those that assist animals. Here are five such organizations.

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2 Trapped After Massive Explosion At Michigan Furniture Store

AP | ED WHITE and JEFF KAROUB | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Furniture Store Explosion, Search and Rescue, Home News

WAYNE, Mich. — A blast felt miles away leveled a Detroit-area furniture store, where crews rescued the owner from the rubble alive and searched ...

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LA County Search & Rescue Team Heads To Chile

89.3 KPCC | 1:08 p.m. | | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chile, Los Angeles County Fire, Los Angeles Search and Rescue, Chile Earthquake Relief, Chile Earthquake 2010, Los Angeles County Search and Rescue, Search and Rescue, Chile Earthquake, Los Angeles News

A 74-member Los Angeles County Fire Department Urban Search And Rescue task force was mobilizing today for deployment to Chile to help in the aftermat...

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LA County Search and Rescue Squad Returns from Haiti

NBC Los Angeles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Relief, La County Fire Search and Rescue, Haiti Earthquake, La County Fire, Haiti Aid, Search and Rescue, Los Angeles Fire, Los Angeles News

The 72 member Los Angeles County Urban Search and Rescue Squad returned from a two-week deployment in Haiti Thursday night, as happy loved ones gather...

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Buried Alive: How Long Can You Live without Food or Water?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Earthquake, Survival Tips, Survival School, Survivors Club, Survival, Search and Rescue, Survival Guide, U.S. Air Force, Rule of 3, Home News

It's the hardest question for rescue and recovery teams: When to stop searching after a natural disaster and let the bulldozers go to work. In Haiti,...

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Haiti Rescue Resurrects Memories Of 9/11

nytimes.com | MARC LACEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a New York rescue team combed the wreckage of last week's earthquake in search of long-shot survivors on Monday, some said one particular past disa...

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LA Search And Rescue's Dramatic Rescue Of Woman Trapped In Rubble (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake Relief, La Fire, Haiti Earthquake, Los-Angeles-County-Fire, Search and Rescue, Haiti, Video, Los Angeles News

WATCH as LA County Search and Rescue arrive to rescue a woman who had been buried in rubble for six days. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world n...

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In Haiti's Rubble, Waiting

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake Rescue, Partners in Health, Haiti Earthquake, Red Cross, United Nations, Haiti Rescue, Haiti Victims, Search and Rescue, Haiti, U.S. Marines and Haiti, Haiti Survivors, World News

You try counting the days, but there's no way to keep count, not in the blackness, not in the silence. There's no way to count anything, to do anything anymore, except to rest, sleep and let the blackness come.

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LA Search And Rescue Team To Deploy To Haiti (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The LA County Fire Search and Rescue Team, one of only two such teams nationwide being dispatched to Haiti for earthquake relief, is awaiting deployme...

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LA County Search And Rescue Team Rescues Six In Haiti

LA Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Help Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Search and Rescue, Haiti, Los Angeles News

A Los Angeles County urban search and rescue task force deployed to Haiti Thursday has already rescued six people trapped in rubble following the nati...

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L.A. Fire Rescue Team Poised To Leave For Haiti To Aid Earthquake Victims

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Earthquake in Haiti, Search and Rescue, Haiti, Los Angeles News

An L.A. County Fire Department search-and-rescue team is packed and ready to go to Haiti following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Caribbea...

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WATCH: NYPD Sends K-9 Unit To Help Haiti

Posted 05.25.2011

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People all across the world are pitching in to help Haiti in its time of need, and the NYPD is no different. Canine handler Scott Mateyaschuk and...

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LA Among Rescue Teams Sent To Haiti

AP | MATTHEW LEE and JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake, Earthquake in Haiti, Search and Rescue, Haiti, Los Angeles News

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are laying out a massive military response to the Haiti earthquake, saying that ships, helicopters, transport planes...

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The 25,000 Dollar Question: What's the Price of Adventure?

Freddie Wilkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Hampshire Fish and Game, Scott Mason, Search and Rescue, Rescue Insurance, New Hampshire, Green News

The young hiker was found alive, but then came the fallout: two weeks ago, Mason received a bill for $25,238 from the state of New Hampshire.

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Take a Hike, Kids

Deanna Neil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kids, Hiking, Insurance, Health, New Hampshire, National Park Service, Scott Mason, Outdoor Exercise, Outdoors, Search and Rescue, National Parks, Green News

A system of severe fines will do nothing but intimidate people from what we need to do so desperately: get outside.

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South Texas: Election Last Thing on Anyone's Mind After Hurricane Ike

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gas prices had been dropping daily due to the worldwide market crash, but for the people in south Texas, financial devastation was already old news. Was she worried about the election? No comment was offered--just a quizzical look.

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Prince William To Become Search-And-Rescue Pilot

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Britain's Prince William plans to become a full-time search-and-rescue pilot in the Royal Air Force, royal officials said Monday. The ...

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