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NEWS ABOUT: wilderness

wilderness stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

In Piling On Palin, Liberals Make Fools of Themselves

 ...and legitimize her
as a true rogue

Nov 19, 09 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Watching liberals vilify Sarah Palin all over again bothers Lee Siegel. He finds her terrifying as a political prospect—"some of her positions, like her religious opposition to health-care reform and her opposition to stem-cell research, strike me as just shy of sociopathic"—but as an American story,... More »

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Alaska • politics • maverick • wilderness • Sarah Palin • liberal elite • sarah palin book • Lee Siegel • outsider

Post Office Will Stop Wilderness Deliveries

Remote Idaho area too expensive to get to; residents are at a loss

Apr 6, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neither rain nor sleet nor snow ... but remote location will keep the US Postal Service from delivering mail to the Idaho wilderness starting June 30, NPR reports. Faced with a $6 billion deficit, the mail carrier is cutting back across the board, and that includes the last airstrip service in... More »

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Idaho • budget cuts • wilderness • USPS • financial crisis • recession depression • mail plane

 10 High-Tech Survival Items 

Innovative solutions for wilderness living

May 4, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wired sees a distinct lack of cool high-tech outdoor gear, and gives its favorite examples of steps in the right direction:
  1. The Cocoon, a hanging teardrop-shaped tent/sleeping bag.
  2. The Adamant, an earthquake-proof bed.
  3. The Bedu Emergency Rapid Response Kit, a keg full of enough essentials to keep
... More »

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technology • list • nature • GPS • wilderness • outdoors • survival gear • water filter

Sigur Ros' Film Stirs, Tunes Safe

Icelandic rock gods' Hvarf/Heim is an awesome doc, even if music underwhelms

Nov 8, 07 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Icelandic rock gods Sigur Ros look stunning in their gorgeous new documentary Heima, which followed the band on last year’s whirlwind homecoming tour. The wilderness provides the perfect backdrop to their experimental post-rock and "homespun laissez-faire philosophy,” says LAist’s glowing Joshua Pressman, and "their national-hero... More »

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music • film • Iceland • Sigur Ros • wilderness • Reykjavik • music review

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