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N.Y. (AP) — A helium shortage is threatening to deflate a western New York museum's plans for the July 4 launch of a manned balloon like the ones used in the Civil War to guide Union artillery against Confederate positions. The
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A helium shortage is threatening to deflate a western New York museum's plans for the July 4 launch of a manned balloon like the ones used in the Civil War to guide Union artillery against Confederate positions.The Intrepid is a centerpiece of
Tags: civil war, Buffalo, political-news, Intrepid, Hydrogen technologies, Helium, National Helium Reserve, War Conflict, Balloons
Iowa (AP) — Rescue crews are working to free a man trapped in a cave at an Iowa state park. Park Ranger Scot Dykstra says visitors discovered two people lodged in Wye (Y) Cave at Maquoketa Caves State Park about 8 p.m. Friday and
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May 17, 2012 At Wally's Party Factory, a 32-store chain based in the North Texas town of Ennis, balloons no longer contain 100 percent helium the total is down to 60 percent and an additive is pumped in to help certain types float better. David
Tags: North Texas, University of Texas, Texas Panhandle, South Texas, federal government, Amarillo, political-news, Lighter than air, Business Finance, Helium
I wanna set it off," shrieks a helium-filled voice, setting Diplo's latest track into motion. "Set It Off," which we heard a sample of late last year , carries on with a lazy electro drone, releasing its beats like a balloon sputtering out air.
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Simon Schluter The Sydney Writers' Festival began yesterday with a couple of small events, but it kicks off in earnest tonight with the opening address by Libyan novelist Hisham Matar (''The Private Moment'', a look at life under a totalitarian
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Questions/Answers Questions and answers on Daily News stories from readers like you...Stephen Ivens, 35, apparently took his government-issued gun with him, because it was not found in home in the 1700 block of Scott Road after he was reported
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Sure, Congress has plenty of crises to deal with: a weak economy , an expiring highway bill , the end-of-the-year taxmageddon ...Thanks, in part, to a 1996 law that has forced the government to sell off its helium reserves at bargain-bin prices, the
Tags: Congress, Federal Helium Reserve, federally helium, Jeff Bingaman, John Barrasso, Poland, Warsaw, Helium
A 92-year-old woman who sold $40 kits for people to kill themselves faces sentencing in San Diego for failing to file federal tax returns. Sharlotte Hydorn faces a maximum term of one year in prison when she is sentenced Monday by U.S...Both the
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Elements examines the human predicament through chemistry video A film project will reveal the human stories behind the elements and expose the startling rate at which we're using them up Periodic table of the elements. Photograph: Alamy Depending on
Tags: human stories, Namibia, Windhoek, recyclable materials, Chemical elements, resource, carbon, Electrical conductors, aluminium