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The walls are breached. Police fired tear gas after they breached the line in front of the official residence. At times, the police seem close to losing control. Agent has not seen anything like this even at the height of the protests against Hosni Mubarak last year. Opposition supporters converged on the palace through the day. They are furious at the edict taking sweeping new powers. And an attempt to rush through a new constitution that opponents fear it could be used to impose islamic values...

A whooping crane mixed with sandhill cranes in Indiana, a question on a thin coyote tail, heads up on snowy owls and the ranking of Starved Rock State Park are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.