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18 National Park Suicides Reported So Far in 2008

SALT LAKE CITY – Having mailed a farewell letter to his family back in Minnesota, Jerry O. Wolff stepped off a shuttle bus on a sunny Sunday morning and disappeared into Utah’s rugged Canyonlands National Park. “I am gone in a remote wilderness where I can return my body and …

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North Korea Submits Nuclear Declaration to China

BEIJING – North Korea handed over a long-awaited accounting of its nuclear work to Chinese officials on Thursday, fulfilling a key step in the denuclearization process. The United States said it will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround …

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Phoenix Mars Lander Stops Digging to Fix Software Glitch

LOS ANGELES – The Phoenix lander stopped digging soil near Mars’ north pole Wednesday as engineers on Earth worked to fix a glitch that caused the loss of some photos and science data. The problem was discovered late Tuesday after the spacecraft dug a trench inside a polygon-shaped surface feature …

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