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Hunter Finds Human Skull 'In The Middle Of Nowhere' In Wyoming's Red Desert

A hunter found a human skull “in the middle of nowhere” in Wyoming’s Red Desert on Saturday, and a missing persons' advocate hopes the discovery leads to closure for the family of one of a dozen open cold cases of missing people from the area.

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Opinion: 7 smart ways Texas can stop power blackouts — once and for all


Opinion: 7 smart ways Texas can stop power blackouts - once and for all
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Icicles hang off a Texas 195 sign Thursday in Killeen. Winter storm Uri brought historic cold and power outages to Texas.Joe Raedle, Staff / Getty Images
As early as this Thursday, the Legislature will begin hearings on the rolling blackouts that crippled much of the state during last week’s record cold snap. Lawmakers can save themselves the trouble. We already know what happened and we have known for a decade.
The only thing more biting than the bone-chilling cold is the knowledge that the misery was preventable. Texas’ electricity grid has struggled with reliability during times of peak demand since at least 2011, and yet the fundamental issues remain unchanged. There are plenty of things that could be done, but they require two things sorely lacking in Austin: political will and leadership.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181104:05:20:00

david: dig in. anthony: well, we we done good, gentlemen. david: no kidding. thank you, tony, this is excellent. anthony: i m wondering, uh, you guys have been her for so long, your family, could you live anywhere else? herman: not me. no, not me. david: this is home. the roots here always i always get called back here. you know, i visited paris and lived in l.a. for a while and, you know dan: paris is pretty great. david: it s pretty great, it s pretty great, but it s not here. anthony: dan, i m curious to know why why you chose here, why you came here initially? dan: it s open space, because i d grown up in a circumstance where you couldn t see 50 feet. i mean, the forest was so dense. i used to climb up into the top of a tree on the highest hill just to be able to see over the forest. so there was something about the idea of being able to see the landscape that really compelled me, so anthony: the big empty makes

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181104:05:36:15

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181104:05:36:15
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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180705:05:20:00

I mean, the forest was so dense. i used to climb up into the top of a tree on the highest hill just to be able to see over the forest. so there was something about the idea of being able to see the landscape that really compelled me, so anthony: the big empty makes a real deep, deep sense to a certain type of person. [ singing in spanish ]

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170219:07:20:00

Why you came here initially? dan: it s open space, because i d grown up in a circumstance where you couldn t see 50 feet. i mean, the forest was so dense. i used to climb up into the top of a tree on the highest hill just to be able to see over the forest. so there was something about the idea of being able to see the landscape that really compelled me, so anthony: the big empty makes a real deep, deep sense to a certain type of person. [ singing in spanish ]

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170219:07:36:00

This was never the big empty. as dan flores writes, the idea of a wilderness is itself a cultural construct. as early as 1539, when marcos de niza, a franciscan friar, reported sighting from a distance what he called the seven cities of cibola, these were interpreted as tantalizing outposts of wealth, possible cities of gold. coronado, the famous spanish conquistador, quickly dispatched an expedition, and there were indeed, cities. hello. man: hi. this is zia. anthony: awesome. well, thank you for having us. anthony: the home of community leader ivan pino in zia pueblo. i m here to join him and his

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161125:04:20:00

no kidding. thank you, tony. this is excellent. i m wondering, you guys have been here for so long, your family. could you live anywhere else? not me. no, not me. this is home. i always get called back here. i visited paris and lived in l.a. for a while. you know, paris is pretty great. it s pretty great. but it s not here. dan, i m curious to know why you chose here. why you came here initially. it s open space. because i had grown up in a circumstance where you couldn t see 50 feet. i mean, the forest was so dense. i used to climb up into the top of a tree on the highest hill just to be able to see over the forest. so there was something about the idea of being able to see the landscape that really compelled me. the big empty makes a real deep, deep sense to a certain type of person.

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Transcripts for CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 20160605 05:36:15

Transcripts for CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 20160605 05:36:15
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Transcripts for CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 20160521 04:35:15

Transcripts for CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown 20160521 04:35:15
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