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Tours & cruises: Hiking in Oregon's Rogue River Canyon Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 2:21AMAlso, Mayan adventure package, Borneo wildlife expedition, pyramids and Nile cruise. OREGON
Adventure for Beginners: Rafting the lower Kern River Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 2:14AMValerie CassitySpecial to the Sun Living in the Kern Valley, every year we hear about the unfortunate people who perish in the lower Kern.
Holiday weekend activities, from craft festival to rafting adventure Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 1:18AMVolunteers work to gather up rubber ducks after the first 25 through the chute were counted during the Summit Foundation Great Rubber Duck Race at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge Saturday.
Holiday weekend activities, from craft festival to rafting adventure Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 1:17AMSUMMIT COUNTY - Summer's last big holiday weekend is a fine opportunity to taste the High Country's sweet non-winter offerings before the snowflakes arrive. Whether you're seeking outdoor adventures or authentic mountain-town events, you're in the right place. Rafting Local rafting companies offer trips on the upper Colorado River through Labor Day. There are mellow floats with some class I and ...
Kings Fall Flat in Opener at Burlington Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 12:57AMBurlington, IA - Burlington scored five runs over the first two innings and never looked back, sending the Clinton LumberKings to a 6-1 loss at Community Field in the opener of the final series of the regular season.
Tom's Pick of the Week: Sabres, Storm prepare for River Battle Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 12:45AMSARTELL - The excitement had yet to wear off for Austin Guggenberger.
Active Outdoors: Eight miles of the Androscoggin Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 12:42AMIt was one of those gorgeous late-summer mornings in northern New England, the kind you look forward to as you swelter through summer heat. Before the sun rose, the temperature was in the upper 40s, no humidity, and the blue, blue sky promised warm sunshine. My sweetheart Marilyn and I were in Bethel/Newry, Maine to watch and photograph our friends David and Susan in the first-ever Tough ...
Loons Hold On for 7-5 Win Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:57PMMIDLAND, MI - The Loons extended their winning streak to five games Saturday night, defeating the Bowling Green Hot Rods 7-5 on a six-run first inning and a big-time save from Luis Vasquez.
Offensive Revival Reduces Magic Number To One Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:56PMFORT WAYNE, IN - Alexis Espinoza finished a single shy of the cycle and the West Michigan Whitecaps reduced their magic number to one with an 8-3 win over the Fort Wayne TinCaps on Saturday night at Parkview Field.
The Cougars Are Post-Season Bound Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:44PMGENEVA, Ill. - For the sixth time in eight seasons as an Oakland A's affiliate, the Kane County Cougars are headed to the playoffs. The Cougars clinched a post-season berth Saturday night with their 6-2 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Cedar Rapids' win over Beloit.
REMINDER-Warning: Open Dam/Portions of St. Andrews Lock and Dam to be Removed Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:18AMWINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2010) - Due to higher water levels and increased water flows caused by recent heavy precipitation, portions or all of St. Andrews Lock and Dam at Lockport, Manitoba, may be removed. This may be necessary as the dam will not be able to maintain normal summer water levels at this time.
Summer 2010's hot temperatures mean lower lake levels Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:30AMMore hot temps are forecast today.
Hundreds take part in river race on inflatable sex dolls in Russia! Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:32AMMelbourne, Aug 31 : A bizarre but popular Russian race, which involves racing down river rapids while riding inflatable sex dolls, saw more than 500 people taking part in the event.
'Voyageurs' visit a renewed Galien River Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:41PMNEW BUFFALO - It's not often one gets to see a 35-foot-long canoe, let alone one that resembles the so-called Montreal canoes that 17th-century French Voyageurs traveled in on their fur-trading missions through the Great Lakes and Western Canada.
Girls' tennis: Section remains packed, Pirates finish 6th in own invite Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:25PMHibbing/Chisholm won the invite with 37 points and Bemidji finished runner-up with 27.
Stretched polymer snaps back smaller than it started Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:14PMCrazy bands are cool because no matter how long they've been stretched around a kid's wrist, they always return to their original shape, be it a lion or a kangaroo. Now chemists have found a polymer molecule that's so springy it snaps back from stretching much smaller than it was before.
Motorcyclist loses control, dies Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:38AMA 24-year-old motorcyclist died Saturday evening in Cedar Creek Township.
Classic cars to tour Denison on Sunday Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:51AMThe third annual Iowa Lincoln Highway Motor Tour will stop in Denison this Sunday, August 29, during a trip across Iowa from east to west.
Grand Rapids airport has plan to divert runway runoff that's clogging creek Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:45AMOne-year trial will force chemical used to melt snow and ice on planes into sewer system.
20 days, 610 km, 60 rapids, 3 bears Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:59AMIt's a woolly ride when you're paddling alone on a wilderness river hundreds of kilometres from help and your canoe starts getting sucked backward in swift rapids.
Wing, Grichuk power Kernels Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:30AMDAVENPORT — Michael Wing and Randal Grichuk each hit home runs and Stephen Locke pitched seven solid innings, lifting the Cedar Rapids Kernels to a 5-2 win Sunday over the Quad Cities River Bandits before 5,755 fans at Modern Woodman Park.
Sports Roundup: Bigger numbers help Snowbirds at Inland Lakes Invite Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:24AMINDIAN RIVER — The St. Mary cross country team has more runners than it has the last couple of years and it has already translated into good things for the Snowbirds.
Jegtvig, Saurer take first in BRRP feature races Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:27AMGLYNDON, Minn. - Blake Jegtvig of Hawley, Minn., took first place in the Wissota Modified feature, while Travis Saurer of Elizabeth Minn., claimed first in the Wissota Midwest Modified feature and second in the Modified at Buffalo River Race Park on Sunday night.
Life skills learned from sports skills Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:50AMSo, there’s this magical land, hidden deep in the forest, where you can play all day and try new activities that you probably cannot do in the “real world.” Sounds like fun, right?
Tompkins: Guadalupe bass make for a refreshing pursuit Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:02AMGuadalupes, endemic to Central Texas streams and behaving more like freshwater trout than their bass cousins, like moving water. Look for them in the fast current at the head and tail of rapids.
Fighting to keep their home Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 12:55AMFacing foreclosure on their Santa Rosa house, nationally renowned artist and his wife win first small victory in court against bank that they say has been unhelpful
Adventure for Beginners: Rafting the lower Kern River Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 12:26AMValerie CassitySpecial to the Sun Living in the Kern Valley, every year we hear about the unfortunate people who perish in the lower Kern.
Criminal Vehicular Homicide Charge Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 4:13PMGretchen Angela Watne, 39, has been charged with one count of criminal vehicular homicide. Authorities said the Grand Rapids woman was driving on River Road on Sunday afternoon, and crossed the center line.
Criminal Vehicular Homicide Charge Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 4:10PMAn Itasca County woman has been charged, in connection with a fatal motorcycle crash from Sunday.
FISHING: Record-setting season extended for pikeminnow Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:57PMPORTLAND — Lower, warmer water conditions are likely contributing to the bumper crop of pikem
Tours, speakers set for trails conference Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:27PMOn July 12, 1861, an altercation at Rock Creek Station near what is now Fairbury, Neb., left three men dead and another, a stable hand named James Butler Hickok, a legend.