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In an unprecedented move, Utah is preparing to seize 31.2 million acres of federal land located within its borders before the end of 2014. In 2012, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed the Transfer of Public Lands Act into law, demanding that the federal government relinquish its strangle-hold on land ownership in the state, The Washington ...

Old Man Winter appears to be here earlier than we’d like. The mounds of snow outside and the unseasonably chilly temperatures in many parts of the country serve as a reminder of exactly how treacherous being caught outdoors can be ...

The monarch vs. Monsanto battle has begun. A growing movement to save the butterflies by placing them on the endangered species list has pitted monarch supporters squarely against the biotech giant. A petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ...

A solar flare does not have to possess an intensity as significant as the Carrington Event of 1859 in order to take down the entire US power grid, according to NASA scientist Lika Guhathakurta. The astrophysicist and heliophysics expert broke ...

Did the state of Texas just kidnap a baby? Such a situation may sound unbelievable, but the Justina Pelletier and the Diegel sisters cases make such a medical kidnapping scenario sound at least plausible. Lorie Blalock – the mother of ...

The Chicago crime rate has finally shown some signs of decreasing – and a debate has broken out over the reasons behind the drop. City officials credit better police work with the drop in violent crime and theft in the ...

In the latest example of so-called “medical child abuse,” two young girls allegedly were seized by the state of Arizona and a Phoenix hospital, and the mother was ordered not to talk to her own children. The story seems eerily ...

Could GMO grass be coming to a backyard and field near you? Yes – and there may be nothing you can do about it. Both Monsanto and Scotts have started testing the first known variety of genetically engineered grass – ...

Learning how to tan a hide offers a multitude of off-grid benefits. Clothing, shelter and storage may be the top three uses for a tanned hide, but are not the only benefits of mastering this pioneering-era skill. Tanning hide is ...

A Maine mom has successfully fought state officials to keep her brain-damaged 1-year-old daughter alive. Virginia Trask, the teen mother, had lost temporary custody of the baby to the state, which initially sought the do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order and only backed ...