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Rowena Fire Recovery: Debris Removal Options Available During Interim Period

August 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Rowena Fire Recovery: Debris Removal Options Available During Interim Period

[August 8, 2025 – Rowena, Ore.] – As the Rowena Fire recovery effort continues in an interim period between Phase 1 and Phase 2 operations, Wasco County wants to ensure affected property owners understand their […]

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Oregon

Portland, Oregon, to pay $3.75M to estate of unarmed man fatally shot by police

August 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Portland, Oregon, to pay $3.75M to estate of unarmed man fatally shot by police

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland, Oregon, is set to pay $3.75 million to the estate of an unarmed man who was shot and killed by police in 2022 after being mistaken for […]

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Science / Health

Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97

August 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97

CHICAGO (AP) — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, […]

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Science / Health

Bugs are popular pets in nature-loving Japan, buzzing with lessons about ecology and species

August 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Bugs are popular pets in nature-loving Japan, buzzing with lessons about ecology and species

TOKYO (AP) — The pet of choice in Japan, as much as cuddly kitties and playful puppies, is the humble bug. The bug has been a key part of Japanese culture from the Heian era classic “The […]

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Business

Boar’s Head plans to reopen troubled deli meat plant, but reports of sanitation problems persist

August 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Boar’s Head plans to reopen troubled deli meat plant, but reports of sanitation problems persist

The Boar’s Head deli meat plant at the heart of last year’s deadly food poisoning outbreak is set to reopen in the coming months, company officials said. But recent inspections at Boar’s Head sites in three states […]

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What do folks from Louisiana and Mississippi call sluggish creeks and marshy lakes?

In Louisiana and Mississippi, sluggish creeks and marshy lakes are primarily called bayous. This term refers to relatively small, slow-moving waterways found in flat, low-lying areas, generally characterized by an almost imperceptible current. 

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What is the collective name for chicken, ducks and turkeys in the wild?

Chickens, ducks, and turkeys are collectively known as fowl. In scientific classification, these birds belong to the superorder Galloanserae, which is further divided into two main orders: Galliformes (landfowl or groundfowl) and Anseriformes (waterfowl). 

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What Paris cathedral's bells were rung by Quasimodo?

Quasimodo is the fictional bell-ringer of the Notre-Dame de Paris (Notre Dame Cathedral). In Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo lives in seclusion within the cathedral's towers, where his primary duty is to ring its massive bells.

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Which videogame company originally brought Pac-Man to home consoles?

Atari, Inc. was the company that originally brought Pac-Man to home consoles. Although the arcade original was developed by Namco and distributed in North America by Midway, Atari secured the exclusive home console rights directly from Namco in late 1980. The first home adaptation was released for the Atari 2600 (then known as the Atari VCS) in March 1982.

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What type of wool can come from a rabbit?

Wool produced by rabbits is known as Angora wool (or Angora fiber). It is sourced primarily from various breeds of Angora rabbits and is renowned as one of the softest, lightest, and warmest natural fibers in the world

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