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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Mormon crickets

Mormon crickets stories: 2 news summaries

 Town Cranks 
 Stones, Zeppelin 
 to Fight Crickets 

Up to mile-long swarms invade village regularly

Apr 24, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A tiny Nevada town faces a yearly menace next month in the form of legions of crickets that can be a mile long and two miles across. Among the more unusual tools in their arsenal: rock music. Residents of Tuscarora swear it works, or at least helps, and are getting... More »

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Rolling Stones • Led Zeppelin • rock • heavy metal • invasion • crickets • Mormon crickets

(Newser) - Critics, most notably John McCain, have lambasted the latest omnibus spending bill for its 8,500 earmarks; one frequently cited provision is $1 million to fight Mormon crickets in Utah. “Is that a species of cricket or a game played by the Brits?” joked McCain over Twitter. But to... More »

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John McCain • earmarks • Utah • infestation • pork barrel spending • crickets • Mormon crickets • katydids

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