Opinion: Let’s drop ‘toughest test in golf’ label

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Take nothing away from Rory McIlroy. The kid put on a clinic. He would have won this U.S.

Trip to Haiti puts golf in perspective for McIlroy

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The kids didn't know who Rory McIlroy was in Haiti — a welcome reminder to one of golf's potential superstars that there certainly are more important things than hitting that little white ball around the course.

Caribbean Sea|Caribbean Sea: Northern Child takes 2nd place in 2 of the major Caribbean regattas.

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The Swan 51 Northern Child finished 2nd in the Rolex RORC 600 race in February 2011 and has also now just achieved a 2nd in Class at the BVIs Spring Regatta. We are currently accepting bookings for the 2012 Caribbean regatta season.

Ice Melt to Close Off Arctic’s Interior Riches

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global warming will likely open up coastal areas in the Arctic to development but close vast regions of the northern interior to forestry and mining by mid-century as ice and frozen soil under temporary winter roads melt, researchers said. [More]

Wolves Lose Out to Politics, Removed from Endangered Species List

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In an abbreviated, terse press conference on Wednesday, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will propose removing gray wolves ( Canis lupus ) from the endangered species list in the northern Rockies and the western Great Lakes. [More]

Compromise could take gray wolves off the endangered species list in two states

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The saga of protecting gray wolves ( Canis lupus ) under the Endangered Species Act took another twist late Friday as conservation groups and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DoI) reached a compromise to remove protections for the animals in two states