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An article in the Dec. 8, 1941, Post-Dispatch on the local impact of the attack on Pearl Harbor:

JOPLIN, Mo. — Today on 9-11 some local firefighters and supporters continued the tradition of climbing 110 flights of stairs (2,071 steps) to represent the 110 floors at the World

Thousands have sued BP for long-term health conditions they say come from cleaning up the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 13 years ago

Capt Dorai Raja On behalf of Layang Layng Group Managing Director, Tuan Hajii Johan Poong Abdullah, I would like to congratulate Zara on achieving her double Guinness Book of Recork and Layang Layang Aerospace is proud to sponsor the ground handling for her microlight aircraft, the Shark UL, CIQ clearance and be part of Zara’s journey during he stopover in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia between December 16-19, 2021. Zara is a brave, remarkable and resilient young pilot who weathered the ch...

FLYING 50,000km solo around the world in a single engine micro plane is a high-risk undertaking, even veteran pilots admit and respect her courage.  But 19-year old British-Belgian Zara Rutterford who is out to set a world record as the youngest woman to do that, says ‘doing something a bit crazy’ like this is part of her ultimate dream. “I think it is one of those ultimate things one can dream of!”  The day she decided to make Kota Kinabalu as a stopover for th...

To the editor: My name is Robert Attig. My U.S. Navy career was cut short by a very serious injury. I am 90% disabled. Upon calling Operati

New Zealand couple work to save rare apple varieties Robyn Guyton and he r husband Robert are committed to save New Zealand’s heritage apples before they are lost forever. Theyve already saved around 400 varieties and are determined to identify and preserve more for the future. Many of the apple varieties they work with come from an orchard planted by the first European settler in Southland, Capt John Howell. "This is the oldest orchard in Southland - it was planted in 1853," Robyn said. "Whe...

"This is the oldest orchard in Southland - it was planted in 1853," Robyn told The Project. "When I first got them the trees were almost dead." She says New Zealand used to have around 3000-4000 varieties of apple, but now there are just 500. Robyn and Robert have spent three decades saving fruit trees from death row - one twig at a time. But despite being super sleuths, the couple says there are still plenty of more apples to be identified and saved. Watch the video to see The Projects full re...