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Expert: Mexican Drug Cartels Infesting US, Even Our National Parks
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsLost in the rhetoric about illegal immigration are new reports that Mexican drug cartels have moved into the United States, gaining a major foothold here that may be the start of a permanent expansion onto this side of the border. They're even growing marijuana in our national parks, one expert says. Mexico's cartel families and their associates have moved into cities in the southwestern U.S. as part of their ongoing drug selling and distribution operations, according to an alert from the U.S. Justice Department's Drug Intelligence Center, first reported April 11 by Mexican ...
How a Government Shutdown Would Affect Americans
By not in system - AOL NewsYou'd still get your mail -- and your usual Social Security payment. But troops' pay might be delayed, and you'd have to put off that spring break trip to a national park. How government services would or wouldn't be affected if there's a partial shutdown Friday at midnight: • Benefit payments: Social Security payments would continue, and applications would still be processed. Unemployment benefits would still go out. Medicare would still pay claims for recipients, but payments to doctors and hospitals could be delayed if the shutdown were prolonged. • Mail: Deliveries as ...
National Park Visitors Worry Over Gov't Shutdown [VIDEO]
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National Parks Face Shutdown on Eve of Civil War Anniversary
By not in system - AOL NewsFORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.C. -- The looming shutdown of the federal government includes the National Parks Service, which could mean events commemorating the start of the Civil War with a Confederate attack on Fort Sumter may have to happen without the fort itself. A shutdown would also affect trips to the nation's capital, where the Smithsonian and the National Zoo would be among the first to close, and could cause spring break campers out West to find Yosemite and other parks closed. Ben Margot, AP If the federal government shuts down, all 394 National Park Service sites ...
Government Shutdown 2011: 5 Immediate Consequences If It Happened
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsWill the United States federal government shut down on March 4? It's possible. This weekend the GOP-led House passed a new spending measure that included $61 billion in spending cuts. Senate Democrats have said they will not approve the measure, which targets education, consumer safety, health and other programs. The problem is, the spending measure that's currently in place is set to expire March 4, and Republican House Speaker John Boehner has said he will not agree to a short-term extension of that measure unless additional cuts are made. So unless a compromise is reached between now and ...
Obama Pushes Effort to Protect Public Lands
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says a new administration effort to protect public lands will put people back to work in tourism and recreation and help Americans stay healthier by encouraging outdoor activities. The initiative largely incorporates existing programs under a new name, "America's Great Outdoors." Still, it aims to double federal spending on land and water conservation to $900 million. The money would be used to buy private land for public use and provide grants to states. Obama said it is important to conserve public lands, even in tough economic times, and that the new ...
Five Programs Obama Wants to Terminate
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsThe Obama administration is proposing to eliminate or cut 211 separate programs in order to save $33 billion in 2012. That's a drop in the bucket compared with the big-ticket items. But still, it's a start. Programs proposed for elimination include several military vehicles, energy subsidies, scholarships, loans and grants for rural housing, health care and local climate change grants. The cuts include reductions to community block grants used to build streets, sidewalks, sewers and other infrastructure improvements to low-income neighborhoods; farm subsidies to wealthy farmers and a scaling ...
Gun-Toting Visitors Heading to National Parks
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 18) -- Teddy Roosevelt couldn't bring a gun into Yellowstone National Park, but soon anyone with a permit will be able to shoulder a shotgun as they watch Old Faithful erupt. Along the rim of the Grand Canyon, rifle-toting visitors will stand next to unarmed tourists from abroad. While Civil War re-enactors will still flock with their historic muskets to the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania, modern-day militiamen will be able to retrace Pickett's Charge carrying modern-day weapons. Doug Pensinger, Getty Images The new rule allowing people with permits to carry guns in ...
Too Many Deer? Call in the Wolves, Scientists Say
By Traci Watson - AOL News(Feb. 1) – Scientists are calling for a formidable new cadre of pest exterminators to prowl America's national parks: wolves. A coalition of researchers has proposed trucking wolves into parks and other wild places to curb booming populations of deer and elk, which upset the natural order by mowing down native vegetation. Torsten Silz, AFP / Getty Images Using wolves to keep deer and elk populations in check could "help bring ecosystems back into balance," wildlife biologist David Licht said. The researchers argue that even a small number of wolves living in a small park could do a ...
A Young Woman's Death, and Our Uneasy Truce With Wilderness
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyOn Tuesday afternoon, a young Toronto singer-songwriter named Taylor Mitchell was walking the beautiful Skyline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park when two coyotes attacked her. ...
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