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NEWS ABOUT: parks

parks stories: 7 news summaries

Parks Boss Had 3400 Porn Pics; Feds Avert Gaze

Report overlooks Gettysburg chief's thing for on-the-job sex shots

Oct 19, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal investigative report has cleared a parks official even though he pored over thousands of porn pics on his computer while he was supposed to be working. The superintendent of the popular Gettysburg National Military Park was cleared of misconduct accusations linked to financial dealings with the Gettysburg Foundation,... More »

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investigation • Gettysburg • federal • parks • federal agencies • porn industry • internet pornography • federal official

 NYC Seeks Smoking Ban for Parks, Beaches

Smokers grumble over plan to make outdoors virtually smoke-free

Sep 15, 09 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Smokers banished outdoors by New York City's 2003 smoking ban may soon find much of the outdoors off-limits for lighting up as well, the New York Times reports. The city's health commissioner said yesterday that he plans to push for a full smoking ban in all the city's parks and... More »

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smoking • beach • Michael Bloomberg • smoking ban • parks • cigarette

Boys Stomp
Newborn Fawn to Death


Jun 12, 09 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - British police are on the hunt for three boys who stomped a newborn fawn to death, reports the BBC. A dogwalker, too frightened to confront the violent gang, witnessed the attack in a park in Dorset. "In 23 years I have never seen anything quite as barbaric and horrendous... More »

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crime • animal cruelty • violence • Britain • parks • fawn

San Diego Vows to Dress Down SoCal Nudists

But skinny dippers promise a fight over famed beach

Jul 5, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials in San Diego County are drawing battle lines over those who give up tan lines. For years, naturists have flocked to San Onofre State Beach to skinny dip in seclusion—but after Labor Day, park rangers will issue citations to nudists at the iconic getaway, which even Richard Nixon... More »

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California • beach • parks • San Onofre State Beach

 'Unicorn' Deer Spotted in Italy 

Similar anomalies may have inspired myths, experts say

Jun 11, 08 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A deer with a single horn in the center of its head has been spotted in an Italian nature preserve, triggering speculation that such anomalies may have helped give rise to unicorn myths, the AP reports. Experts say the year-old deer, born in captivity and nicknamed “Unicorn,” likely... More »

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Italy • deer • mythical creature • parks • animal

San Francisco, Seattle Top US Fittest Cities List

Los Angeles trails in measures of healthy living, environment

May 30, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco has narrowly edged out Seattle for the distinction of being America's fittest big city, says a new study released by the American College of Sports Medicine. Judging 16 large metropolitan areas on factors ranging from exercise frequency and fruit intake to the availability of parks and public transportation,... More »

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San Francisco • Boston • Detroit • Los Angeles • public health • Seattle • exercise • healthy eating • fitness • commuting • parks • American College of Sports Medicine

Arnold Don't Surf (Apologies to Robert Duvall)

Governator's plan to shut 48 state parks has laid-back Californians up in arms

Jan 11, 08 2:35 PM CST
(Newser) - California's budget mess has Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposing to shutter 48 state parks, the Los Angeles Times reports, to the outrage of devoted citizens. Schwarzenegger's list includes Gold Rush-era Sutter's Fort in Sacramento and San Simeon State Park near Hearst Castle. The Governator's no-new-taxes budget is aimed to close a... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • nature • outdoors • parks • recreation

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