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Warmer Arctic Waters Forcing Animals North By CLAYTON SANDELL March 9, 2006 — - The Bering Sea -- which lies just south of the Arctic Circle between Russia and Alaska -- is getting warmer, and the heat is already having a huge impact on marine wildlife there. Among the findings is a declining food supply for populations of walrus, gray whales and sea ducks in this northern sea. It appears that these animals now have to compete with fish populations that have pushed into their territory, said the study's lead author, Jacqueline Grebmeier of the University of Tennessee. Near-freezing water...

President Bush is proving to be his own worst enemy. At times, it is as if he labors through the night to divest himself of any semblance of concern (read: respect) for those who fought to get him elected. The latest example of said propensity is his dogmatic support of the United Arab Emirates-owned Dubai Ports World takeover of U.S. ports. President Bush has expressed concern over how the Arab world would view the scuttling of the ports sale deal. I submit he should be more concerned with how the Americans who put him in office view the deal. He...

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