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Free fishing across MN... but there's a catch

Any Minnesota resident young or old can fish for free, but there is a catch, you can only do so within Minnesota's state park system. A decline in fishing by young people has forced the DNR to reach a little bit further in its tackle box for that ...

Quiet, please! Queen orders swan count

This year, the Swan Marker and the Swan Warden are particularly keen to discover how much damage is being caused to swans and cygnets by attacks from dogs and from discarded fishing tackle. It is also an important year because the Queen has decided to ...

Sick sea mammals keep marine center busy

Only about eight percent of the center's patients are injured by hazards like fishing nets, tackle or boats. On a recent sunny afternoon a group of the malnourished California sea lions barked as two volunteers held one of them down so a feeding tube ...

Top condor killer? It's still lead poisoning

In March, the National Park Service prohibited lead in bullets and fishing tackle, and the Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to force a lead ban on land it manages near the Grand Canyon. The Arizona Game and Fish ...

A woman's quest to erase a past that won't die

Blankets draped over the windows keep the morning sunlight from spilling in. Camping gear and fishing tackle are stacked against the walls. She brews pot after pot of weak coffee in a kitchen where the plates are paper and the curtains are old dish ...

13 sizzling South American beaches

The low-key, former fishing community of Playa Brava, Uruguay, plays host to families, surfers and serious pickup games of ... dos Reis, on the mainland in Rio de Janeiro State, is a two-hour drive south of Rio, but for those who don't want to tackle ...

No bait, just tackle: He jumps fish via helicopter

If the phrase “extreme fishing” sounds fishy to you, it’s only because you haven’t met Matt Watson — a man who brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “Don’t try this at home.” After landing 1,100 marlin in his life by conventional ...

Where is Olivia Newton-John's ex?

Now they had Patrick McDermott’s fishing tackle, his wallet, his car... But not him. Frank Liversedge: I called the police, called the Coast Guard. I said, "I got what looks like a potential problem." Patrick McDermott was missing, lost at sea. Or ...

Best places to raise a family in the U.S.

Steve Schwartz and his wife, Lori, have spent the last 30 years running Schwartz's Bait and Tackle in Noblesville, Ind. Just 15 miles north of downtown Indianapolis, they sell fishing equipment and rent canoes to locals like Indianapolis Colts kicker ...

January 2008 (946)

Looking at Clinton and Obama tackle taxes together, I'm reminded of what many Democrats said waaaaaaay back in the day in September and October when the race was still somewhat civil and many spoke longingly of an Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama ...