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U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 7, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- A woman who disappeared while on a hunting trip in Oregon almost two weeks ago was found alive Thursday afternoon, just two days before a memorial service was to take place. Ora Doris Anderson, 76, was found "in extremely rough terrain deep in a canyon" i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 8:09am neoform

FOX News -- Police found the body of a 43-year-old Arizona woman Sunday, almost two weeks after she mysteriously vanished. Cheryl Jones' 1998 Suzuki Esteem was found in a canyon Sunday just north of Black Canyon City, after the vehicle had apparently driven off th.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

Denver Post -- Perched ominously on the west rim of the Grand Canyon, the much-hyped Skywalk was inaugurated Tuesday. It's a $30 million tourist trap that mars one of the planet's astounding natural landmarks. The glass-bottomed observation deck juts 70 feet from the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 20, 2007 @ 3:48pm neoform

FOX News -- Indian leaders and former astronaut Buzz Aldrin awaited their chance Tuesday to walk beyond the edge of the Grand Canyon during opening ceremonies for a glass-bottom observation deck that lets tourists gaze deep into the chasm. Hundreds of invited gues.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 29, 2006 @ 1:08am neoform

P.E.E.R. -- Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology. Washington, DC — Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration app.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 21, 2007 @ 5:10am neoform

USA Today -- A group of Boy Scouts and hikers had to be airlifted from a canyon as a wildfire swept through a campground and destroyed a nearby motel, authorities said Friday. The fire started Thursday at a campground in Salt Creek Canyon, 85 miles south of Salt La.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 20, 2007 @ 7:13pm neoform

CNN -- A group of Boy Scouts and hikers had to be airlifted from a canyon as a wildfire swept through a campground and destroyed a nearby motel, authorities said Friday. The fire started Thursday at a campground in Salt Creek Canyon, 85 miles south of Salt Lake.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 20, 2007 @ 9:46am neoform

CNN -- Visitors who have marveled at the Grand Canyon's vistas will now have a dizzying new option: a glass-bottom observation deck allowing them to gaze into the chasm beneath their feet. The Skywalk, which will be unveiled Tuesday, is being touted as an eng.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sun Mar 18, 2007 @ 11:22pm neoform

ABC News -- Four thousand feet below the canyon rim, the Colorado River continues to slowly eat away at rock formations that created this vast and awe-inspiring canyon. But this is not the Grand Canyon tourists have come to know and love. This is Grand Canyon West.. Read More