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       <title>Drought Conditions Map</title>
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       <description>The National Integrated Drought Information System has a map of drought conditions in the United States. Extreme conditions  still exist in the southeast United States. Rains from Tropical Storm Hanna will be helpful but will not remove ...
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       <title>Arnold Schwarzenegger Organizes Water Bank To Combat California’s ...</title>
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       <description>Arnold said: “While we are taking action to address the state’s drought situation, there remains an urgent need for Californians to step up conservation efforts and for the legislature to pass a comprehensive water plan that will ensure ...
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       <title>Drought forces farms to absorb higher fuel costs</title>
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       <description>NEW JERSEY-Months of drought at southern New Jersey farms have required more intense irrigation that preserved crops but inflated fuel bills in an expensive year for diesel. A “weather and crop bulletin” from the federal Agriculture ...
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       <title>Will Alcoa Put $$ Above Drinking Water As Drought Worsens On The ...</title>
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       <description>... of water for non-power uses from the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project. This includes water used for drinking, and it is of utmost importance to consider now, given that the drought the river faced in 2007 continues to keep getting worse.
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       <title>Farmers try to rebound from last year’s drought, freeze</title>
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       <description>Some mid-state farmers are still trying to rebound and turn their profits around after last year #39;s devastating freeze and drought.
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       <title>Drought losses pass a quarter of a billion dollars</title>
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       <description>From the Central Valley Business Times: Farmers and ranches in the Central Valley and the rest of California have suffered a combined $259.8 million in losses attributable to the current drought, the California Department of Food and ...
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       <title>Near-record August rainfall makes dent in Texas drought</title>
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       <description>Last August will probably turn out to be the 10th wettest on record, said Victor Murphy of the National  Weather Service in Fort Worth.
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       <title>Palestine, West Bank: residents face severe water shortage as ...</title>
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       <description>West Bank Palestinians are suffering a serious water shortage this year as a severe drought has exacerbated already existing supply problems, the head of the Palestinian Water Authority. Shadad Ateli said since mid-May [2008], ...
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       <title>Rooney unfazed by England drought</title>
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       <description>From the BBC News Desk Wayne Rooney insists his poor England  goalscoring record is not weighing on his mind ahead of the World Cup qualifier with Croatia. More...
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       <title>Rainfall, lower temps improve drought conditions</title>
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       <description>Calhoun County #39;s drought could soon come to an end, but that depends on the unpredictable. The  US Drought Monitor has the southern half of the county listed as  #39;abnormally dry, #39; officially lifting it out of drought status. ...
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       <title>California considers &#39;water bank&#39; to combat drought</title>
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       <description>According to California #39;s drought coordinator Wendy Martin: "We #39;re not going to let people take water and use it for frivolous reasons." What? No Slip  #39;n Slides? This sounds serious. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs ...
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       <title>Rooney unfazed by England drought</title>
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       <description>Forum: BBC Football News Posted By: RSSBot Post Time: 09-08-2008 at 10:30 AM.
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       <title>California creates a “water bank” to handle chronic drought: Will ...</title>
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       <description>After several years of chronic drought, facing the most significant water crisis in its history, the State of California formally declared a drought emergency in June and last week resurrected a mechanism last used in 1992 for ...
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       <title>Second-Quarter Drought Costs Sun</title>
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       <description>The drought began when Asjha Jones missed a layup four minutes into the second quarter. Then Lindsay Whalen missed one. And another. "One I rushed, and I knew I missed it because I rushed it," said Whalen, who missed three. ...
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       <description>Meteorologist Kyle Adams takes a look at the drought like conditions effecting Ohio.
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       <title>Late Drought and Early Frost Worry Hoosier Growers</title>
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       <description>A late season drought and an early frost are the two weather issues most on the minds of Indiana farmers this fall.
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       <title>Rooney unfazed by England drought</title>
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       <description>Wayne Rooney insists his poor England  goalscoring record is not weighing on his mind ahead of the World Cup qualifier with Croatia.
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       <title>Middle East Drought?</title>
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       <description>Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Cyprus, Iran and Iraq (to name a few) have each been dealing with decreased rainfall, reduced water storage, irrigation water shortages, and in some cases, declared drought. ...
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       <title>yuan chang is bored of my stupid antics. :) mrs you teaching a ...</title>
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       <description>yuan chang is bored of my stupid antics. :). mrs you teaching a maths, its obvious im not listening.. my lau xian yang... playing my hp when i told him to SMILE!! :D. pei ying told me to take a shot of this, she  is on the right.. on the ...
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       <title>Robbie Keane&#39;s drought - I may have the answer</title>
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       <description>Forum: Football Forum Posted By: Ducatiboy749 Post Time: 8th September 2008 at 08:08 AM.
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       <title>Ortiz HR Drought Ends</title>
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       <description>David Ortiz has just crushed a two-run home run off the upper-deck facade in right field, ending a 19-game homerless drought, which tied his longest spell with the Red Sox. His 70 at-bats without a homer prior to the shot off Brandon  ...
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       <title>Droughts - Can the California Mechanical Mole Beat the Drought?</title>
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       <description>Droughts are one of the biggest billion dollar weather disasters in the United States and abroad. While many view hurricanes and tornadoes as the major types of weather disasters, droughts...
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       <title>Volleyball comes out of drought</title>
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       <description>After winning the Comfort Suites Sam Houston State Invitational in Huntsville, Texas, over Labor Day weekend, the Drake volleyball team continued the success that they had in the early part of their season. ...
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       <title>California “water bank” in works amid drought</title>
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       <description>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California’s state government is forming a “water bank” to buy water for local water agencies at risk of shortages next year should a current drought persist, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Thursday. ...
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       <title>Fears grow over platypus numbers as drought bites</title>
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       <description>Fears grow over platypus numbers as drought bites... 08 Sep 2008 08:34 AM.
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       <title>Supa IGA expands in rural areas despite drought</title>
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       <description>Supa IGA expands in rural areas despite drought... 08 Sep 2008 08:34 AM.
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       <title>Second-Quarter Drought Costs Sun</title>
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       <description>The drought began when Asjha Jones missed a layup four minutes into the second quarter. Then Lindsay Whalen missed one. And another.
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       <title>Robbie Keane&#39;s drought - I may have the answer</title>
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       <description>I was listening to his interview after the Ireland game and he said something along the lines of "well it #39;s a bit of an old cliche but we got de tree points". "Tree points" Robbie? It #39;s not Gardeners World lad. ...
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       <title>8 years of drought leaves Oklahoma Panhandle dry</title>
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       <description>BOISE CITY, Okla. (AP) - In the far reaches of the Oklahoma Panhandle — near where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountain foothills — Brent Balenseifen will look up at...
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       <title>Rooney unfazed by England drought</title>
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       <description>Wayne Rooney insists his poor England  goalscoring record is not weighing on his mind ahead of the World Cup qualifier with Croatia. More...
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       <title>Rooney not fazed by drought</title>
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       <description>Wayne Rooney insists his international goalscoring record is not weighing on his mind as he approaches England #39;s World Cup qualifier in Zagreb.
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       <title>8 years of drought leaves Panhandle dry</title>
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       <description>While Cimarron and Texas counties have improved from “exceptional” to “severe” on the US Drought Monitor, that’s basically a drop in the bucket to what our area needs. The exceptional drought didn’t happen overnight and neither will the ...
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       <title>Drought concerns ?</title>
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       <description>Posted by CypressTX on 9/7/2008, 8:14 pm; 2 responses, latest posted 9/7/2008, 8:21 pm.
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       <title>8 years of drought leaves Oklahoma Panhandle dry</title>
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       <description>Associated Press - September 7, 2008 9:25 PM ET BOISE CITY, Okla. (AP) - The western Panhandle is normally an arid region. But precipitation totals have  been below normal since 2000, causing...
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       <title>What effect is the ongoing drought having on the lives of Australians?</title>
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       <description>Australia has been experiencing it’s worst drought in decades. What effect has it had on the people who live in the affected areas? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7584592.stm ...
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       <title>Rooney insists goal drought is no problem - guardian.co.uk</title>
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       <description>Rooney insists goal drought is no problem guardian.co.uk, UK - 15 minutes ago Wayne Rooney did almost lose his cool here but, thankfully for Fabio Capello and England, it was not in the wake of a crunching tackle from Oscar Sonejee or …
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       <title>Football: Rooney insists goal drought is no problem</title>
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       <description>Despite his poor scoring record for England, Wayne Rooney is not worried by his lack of international goals.
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       <title>The Man Drought!!</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#37</link>
       <description>So instead of writing about Muslims celebrating birthdays, I got to write about how there is a man drought in Australia, or more accurately, a dearth of marriageable material for women in their 30s. At some point, Adam asked me whether ...
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       <title>yes, we’re in a drought</title>
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       <description>part 1 of 3. i’m sure you’ve received your water bills and have seen an increase. EBMUD finally used that dreaded word “drought,” as we are well into our summer. with “indian summer” on its way, water conservation is of top priority. ...
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       <title>Hanna - A Drought Breaker?</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#39</link>
       <description>Was it enough to break the drought? Some areas received just a little over an inch, others close to two inches. Many plants were severely drought stressed before the rain. Most deciduous woody plants will not put out new leaves because ...
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       <title>Big Tone-The Drought</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#40</link>
       <description>HipHopSite.com | Big Tone - The Drought - ABB Records DRM-Free MP3, Digital Music Store focusing exclusively on hip-hop music and everything closely related. Includes in-depth album reviews, daily news updates, and interviews with … ...
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       <title>The drought doth passeth</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#41</link>
       <description>In my mailbox this morning: Hi beautiful Congratulations! You have won a copy of the 10000 BC DVD from  entering the competition on our consumer website Warner Bros Video NZ. :cheer:
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       <title>How Schwarzenegger Pushed the Water Bond: Arnold and the ...</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#42</link>
       <description>overnor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his relentless desire to destroy the imperiled California Delta and its ecosystem, yesterday used the manufactured "drought" as his excuse to push for his outrageously expensive $9.3 billion water bond. ...
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       <title>Climate change shows up in fires, drought</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#43</link>
       <description>It #39;s not just drought that figures to afflict us, as it already does, with water rationing now considered likely in  large parts of California sometime next summer. This is linked both to dry weather and a court decision favoring the ...
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       <title>India should follow Chinese model for flood, drought prevention</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#44</link>
       <description>The monsoon rains have begun showing a decreasing trend over the major parts of northwest and north India in tune with the natural cycle in the second half of the Hindu calendar month Bhadrapada. ...
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       <title>Australia&#39;s Drought Worsens</title>
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       <description>Image source: Getty Images Reuters reported this morning that the worst drought in 117 years, which has been ongoing for the last ten years in the Murray-Darling river area, is not expected to let up anytime soon, scientists warn. ...
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       <title>Bengals seek to end drought</title>
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       <description>Winning a playoff game is easier said than done for some NFL teams, including the fabled Dallas Cowboys, who have gone since 1996 without doing so. Of course, the Cincinnati Bengals are the champions in this dubious top-10 list, ...
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       <description>I have nothing to read except an old New Yorker that I haven #39;t read all the way through.... I recently finished Falling Man (written by my current literary crush, Don Delillo).... Unfortunately, I couldn #39;t get into the subject matter. ...
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       <title>Red Sox | Ortiz ends homerless drought</title>
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       <description>The Hartford Courant reports Boston Red  Sox DH David Ortiz ended a 19-game, 70 at-bat homerless streak with a two-run shot to right-center in the fifth inning on Sunday, Sept. 7, against the Texas Rangers.
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       <title>Ortiz HR Drought Ends</title>
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       <description>David Ortiz has just crushed a two-run home run off the upper-deck facade in right field, ending a 19-game homerless drought, which tied his longest spell with the Red Sox....
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       <title>Facing drought, Calif. orders creation of &#39;water bank&#39;</title>
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       <description>... orders creation of  #39;water bank #39; Anticipating another bone-dry winter, California is preparing to act as ... with the largest need. Beyond uses for health and safety, there are also rules for ...
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       <title>Hanna - A Drought Breaker?</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#51</link>
       <description>Was it enough to break the drought? Some areas received just a little over an inch, others close to two inches. Will it be too late to help soybeans? We will see. Certainly, wheat beans will benefit but to what degree. ...
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       <title>Is there a drought on</title>
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       <description>Is there a drought on? when will it end? Best Answer. where ever the hell you are??? in the uk there is major flood warnings!!!
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       <title>The drought is over!</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#53</link>
       <description>After what has felt like an eternity, the writing drought seems to have ended, and another installment of Many the Miles is on the way. Chapter 9 has been sent off to #1 Beta to be torn apart for me to reassemble, and I hope to have it ...
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       <title>Drought Monitor as of September 2nd, 2008</title>
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       <description>Moderate drought conditions  persist over all of southern California.
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       <description>It walked past completely unaffected by the drought and surroundings. He focused his eyes, and then focused to another ant slightly further away. He tried to smile at this accomplishment. His eyes slid out of focus again and the itch ...
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       <title>Schwarzenegger Uses Manufactured Drought to Push Water Bond</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#56</link>
       <description>Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his relentless desire to destroy the imperiled California Delta and its ecosystem, yesterday used the manufactured "drought" as his excuse to push for his outrageously expensive $9.3 billion water bond ...
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       <title>State gets serious about deepening drought</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#57</link>
       <description>Sacramento -- Anticipating another bone-dry winter, California is preparing to act as a water go-between next year, buying from water-rich districts in the north and selling to cities and farmers hit hard by drought. ...
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       <title>Buffs&#39; Deehan ends drought for frosh</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#58</link>
       <description>BOULDER — The biggest smile outside Colorado #39;s locker room following the come-from-behind victory Saturday over Eastern Washington might have belonged to Ryan  Deehan. More...
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       <title>Hanna: Drought Buster; Ike: Deja-vu all over again for New Orleans</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#59</link>
       <description>Hanna will put an end to various degrees of drought throughout the eastern half of North Carolina and Virginia. Raleigh, which has been dry for well over a year, has already reported five inches of rain. We may end up with that much ...
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       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#60</link>
       <description>Although the drought is currently not as intense as it was last year, the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority (WSA) is encouraging homeowners to do fall planting with water conservation in mind.
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       <title>Rangers remain in attendance drought</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#61</link>
       <description>Despite a weekend series that will draw around 100000, the Texas Rangers are in the midst of their worst attendance season since Rangers Ballpark opened in 1994 ... .
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       <title>Detwiler, P-Nats end Finals drought</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#62</link>
       <description>Potomac earned its first trip to the Mills Cup  Finals in 19 years by edging Wilmington, 1-0, to complete of sweep of their first-round series.
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       <title>Hanna soaks region, but drought status persists</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#63</link>
       <description>Preliminary reports showed the region as a whole was spared significant damage, though some areas such as Ocean Isle Beach (above) felt the storm #39;s full impact.
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       <title>Drawing Drought</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#64</link>
       <description>I used to draw a lot. Now I don’t so  much anymore. I want to draw something, but don’t know what. If anyone reads this and submits a comment containing an idea of what to draw, I’ll draw it and share it in my next post.
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       <title>Drought, Roses, Jelly, &amp; John W. Hyde</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#65</link>
       <description>The sad thing about this year #39;s drought was that I had planned on perfecting my Grandfather #39;s rose jelly recipe and entering it into the State Fair of Texas. After tasting and smelling all of our roses over and over, I decided that my ...
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       <title>Scancom Sees Record Orders For Bold Amidst UK BlackBerry Drought</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#66</link>
       <description>Presswire.com news release.
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       <title>Drought Plans</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#67</link>
       <description>While the water bank proposal reported on in the Bee is a good idea, an even better one is the completion of two projects approved long ago but still not acted on. Along with the obvious solution for our area, the building of Auburn Dam ...
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       <title>August brings drought-like conditions (The Sidney Daily News)</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#68</link>
       <description>The month of August brought drought-like conditions to Sidney and Shelby County, potentially impacting grain producers #39; corn and soybean yields.
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       <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Hanna soaks coastal NC, but drought status persists</title>
       <link>http://www.manillame.com/drought/#69</link>
       <description>Hanna dumped more than 2 inches of rain Friday and Saturday, but not enough to lift the Wilmington region out of its moderate drought status.
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       <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>League One: Terry strikes to end Orient’s drought</title>
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       <description>Paul Terry and  Adam Boyd scored the goals that ensured Leyton Orient left the Bescot  Stadium with all three points. Original post by Duncan Mackay.
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       <description>Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his relentless desire to destroy the imperiled California Delta and its ecosystem, yesterday used the manufactured "drought" as his excuse to push for his outrageously expensive $9.3 billion water ...
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       <description>Robbie Keane will head into Republic of Ireland #39;s World Cup qualifier against Georgia on Saturday unfazed by his lack of goals for Liverpool.
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       <description>Hanna soaks region, but drought status persists StarNewsOnline.com, NC - 26 minutes ago The remains of East Second Street show the destruction of Tropical Storm Hanna in Ocean Isle Beach on Saturday. "It took a long time to get into ...
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       <description>Over the past 18 months, severe drought and increased attacks against relief agencies have left 3.2 million Somalis in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Two-thirds of Mogadishu’s population—700000 people—has fled the city for ...
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       <description>Football, League One Terry strikes to end Orient #39;s drought guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago With Steven Gerrard #39;s cousin on one side and John Terry #39;s brother on the other, this League One encounter featured an  intriguing sub-plot on ...
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       <description>The drought that is still affecting Randolph County is resulting in poor pasture conditions, and hay supplies could be short again this fall and winter. Due to our poor  pasture conditions and possible short hay supply, it is critical ...
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       <title>Dealing with Financial Drought: A Recovery Plan</title>
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       <description>Financial drought sucks, but it happens to all of us. Not even the wisest, most frugal person on the  #39;net can avoid it. What we do when the savings numbers are slipping backwards, however, can determine how much we actually lose during ...
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       <title>Could Gustav Bring Much Needed Water To Drought Stricken Areas</title>
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       <description>Many palces need water, can this storm bring good things that are needed around the world. For more information click the following article source link for the full story: http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/could-gusta…
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       <description>From Dan Bacher: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his relentless desire to destroy the imperiled California Delta and its ecosystem, yesterday used the manufactured “drought” as his excuse to push for his outrageously expensive $9.3 ...
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       <description>From the Los Angeles Times: Saying California’s water reserves are all but gone, state officials on Thursday announced the revival of a dormant 17-year-old program to buy water from Sacramento Valley farmers and sell it to the ...
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       <description>The water elevation (feet above sea level) of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US, has been falling since the late 1990 #39;s. In December 1997 the elevation was 1214.64 ft. The August 1997 elevation was 1105.13 ft. ...
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       <description>From the Patterson Irrigator: A federal loan program designed to help farmers who have suffered losses because of this summer’s declared drought has gone largely untapped, especially by local farmers. Not one farmer from Stanislaus ...
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       <title>Study reveals Australia suffering from &#39;man drought&#39;</title>
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       <description>Sydney (AFP) Sept 4, 2008 - Australia is in the grip of a "man drought" where women increasingly outnumber men and a good bachelor is hard to find, according to new research from a leading demographer.
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       <description>Despite the drought, or maybe because of it, tomatoes are outstanding this season. Every produce farmer at the Grand River Market in Jackson this week offered tomatoes in several varieties and in any amount. ...
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       <description>The rains last week from the remnants of Fay have been enough to improve Wilkes county #39;s drought status. According to figures released yesterday, which included rainfall through Tuesday morning, Wilkes had moved from the second-worst to ...
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       <description>Tomorrow begins (hopefully) the Weekend of Hannah. All  day today posts were going back and forth about tomorrow...I even ran into the Wolf at a deli (during which I was tutored on how much East we #39;d need in order to sail the ocean ...
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       <description>381685749_52e5a445e1 The Murray-Darling Basin exists as Australia’s largest agricultural area, and drains a total of one-seventh of the Australian land mass. The Basin harbors two of Australia’s largest and most important rivers, ...
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       <title>The Great Journalism Job Drought 2008</title>
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       <description>One possible reason for this jobs drought could be a simple one: there are no vacancies. Seems reasonable, in the era of job cuts and redundancies, that there just isn’t any need to hire more staff. The recruitment sites back up this ...
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       <description>By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California’s state government is forming a “water bank” to buy water for local water agencies at risk of shortages next year should a current drought persist, Gov. ...
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       <description>The latest drought monitor shows that parts of western Iowa are now in moderate drought. This was a part of the state that was the least effected by the June floods and  by Gustav’s moisture this past week. Also the drought that is ...
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       <description>IOL News ( South Africa ): The national department of agriculture has warned farmers in the central Karoo that with the onset of climate change, drought "may no longer be regarded as a disaster" and has called on farmers to adapt to ...
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       <description>By Dan Bacher Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his relentless desire to destroy the imperiled California Delta and its ecosystem, yesterday used the manufactured  #39;drought #39; as his excuse to push for his outrageously expensive $9.3 ...
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       <description>Phytophthora root rot is being blamed for much of the late season death we are experiencing in  our soybean fields. However if you have experienced any droughty conditions charcoal rot may be the culprit. For more information on charcoal ...
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       <description>Concern over drought and wasted resources, and stricter water conservation laws have revitalized the practice of capturing rainwater during storms and stockpiling it for use in drier times. A fixture of building design in  the Roman ...
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       <description>Fabio Capello believes Wayne Rooney must end his England goal-drought against Andorra on Saturday to shatter the mental block affecting his performances for the national team.
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       <description>The initiative, known as the 2009 Drought Water Bank, harkens back to measures taken during the long dry spell of the late 1980s and early 1990s and underscores the state #39;s efforts to squeeze every drop out of a system strained by ...
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