MANHATTAN — A recent study in the journal Nature finds that nearly 50,000 years ago during the ice age, the landscape was not as drab as once thought — it was filled with colorful wildflowers. These wildflowers helped sustain woolly mammoths and other giant grazing animals.
Opening ceremonies for the 2014 Olympics in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi have begun, marking the official start of the Sochi Winter Games.
While on patrol near Pegar Road and Phillips Field Road on Wednesday, the Bureau of Highway Patrol observed a truck traveling on the road with the windshield covered in ice obscuring the driver’s view. As a result, the vehicle was pulled over.
Alaska State Troopers released the name of the Mountain Village man who was found dead in that village on Wednesday. Troopers identified the deceased man as 56-year-old Clifford Schanrock.