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Classy trees

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All forestry schools teach tree classification as a basic course. Lots of Latin names. Groups of similar trees, in at least some ways. It’s kinda fun but not for everybody. When Carolus Linnaeus (nee Carl von Linné) began naming living things with Latin terms, there needed to be a method ...

Reforms needed after incidents in Minnesota

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Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen living in an open carry state, was shot 10 times and killed by a Border Patrol agent or agents Jan. 24 after being disarmed. Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, offered a chilling defense of the agents’ actions, claiming ...

Tax the dog (walker)

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At first it seemed like something from the satirical website Babylon Bee. The new governor of Virginia, the “moderate” Democrat Abigail Spanberger, has proposed a tax hike on services such as dog walking and grooming. Additional proposed tax hikes include levies on guns and ammunition, ...

Clintons agree to testify in House Epstein probe

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finalized an agreement with House Republicans on Tuesday to testify in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein this month, bowing to the threat of a contempt of Congress vote against ...

Almanac for Feb. 4, 2026

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Today is Wednesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2026. There are 330 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, ordering Simpson to pay ...