Mr. Sendak, known in particular for “Where the Wild Things Are,” was widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century.

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Maurice Sendak, Children’s Author, Dies at 83

Maurice Sendak, the US author of the best-selling children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, dies aged 83.

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Most of a group of experts meeting in Geneva felt any risk of a modified bird flu virus’s use by terrorists was outweighed by the “real and present danger” of similar viruses in the wild.

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Crime chiefs from nations where tigers are still found in the wild agree to improve co-operation in an effort to stop the illegal trade in tiger parts.

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The truce between the establishment candidate and the wild card.

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Romney and Paul Have Each Other’s Backs

Tim Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime to lift the Broncos past the favored Steelers in their wild-card game.

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Broncos 29, Steelers 23, Overtime: Quick Strike From Tebow Helps Broncos Edge Steelers

The BBC denies misleading viewers with footage of newborn polar bear cubs filmed in an animal park, rather than in the wild.

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An operation to release a 6ft conger eel to the wild so he can find love is due to get underway.

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Crane for eel as love congers all

HIGHLIGHTS After joining together to perform an opening song by Arcade Fire, the groups tackle rock classics and country songs on “The Sing-Off” (NBC at in hopes to impress the judges and nab that $200,000 and recording contract prize. The colony is in chaos on “Terra Nova” (Fox at after a meteor destroys all the technology, while Maddy and Reynolds find themselves abandoned in the wild, and Taylor attempts to stop Mira from an invasion. Read full article > >

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The title role in “Fela!”, the Tony-winning musical about Nigerian firebrand Fela Anikulapo Kuti, is too demanding for anyone to do eight times a week. Like Kuti’s hectoring, sweaty performances, playing Fela is a grueling workout: singing, dancing and ringleading as the Afrobeat bonanza chronicles the wild, rebellious life of the controversial singer-activist. Read full article > >

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Sahr Ngaujah brings Fela to life in Tony-winning musical about singer-activist

The government publishes proposals aimed at curbing loss of nature across England and strengthening links between people and the wild.

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Greg Mortenson’s PR nightmare is about to get worse: Jon Krakauer, adventurer and bestselling author of books including Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, has penned a short work titled Three Cups of Deceipt, in which he takes Mortenson to task for…

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Though five games is an absurdly small sample size, only one team in the wild-card era, the 1995 Cincinnati Reds, has reached the postseason after starting 0-5.

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On Baseball: 0-5 Red Sox Are Looking for Answers

When your dog breaks a leg or gets sick, you take him to the vet. But what happens to animals in the wild that become sick or injured?

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KidsPost: Virginia veterinarian helps hundreds of wild animals recover from illness and injury

Clever camerawork captures endangered polar bears on their trek across the Arctic tundra Innovative wildlife filmmaker John Downer uses covert digital technology to bring human audiences astonishingly close to the most reclusive wild animals. With elephants and tigers as previous subjects, Downer’s latest offering is focused on the beautiful but endangered maritime species in Polar Bear: Spy On The Ice . Downer employs three types of cameras to track the lives of two mother bears as they lead their clubs across Arctic Norway in search of seal hunting grounds for the den’s survival. Not letting any of the frozen conditions get in the way of filming, the three cameras each offered a unique way of capturing the bears. The Snow-cam, disguised as a lump of snow, was equipped with four-wheel drive and tundra wheels to get across land and ice. The Blizzard-cam is rigged with propellers, allowing it to reach speeds of 37 mph, while the Iceberg cam was thoroughly waterproofed to maneuver between sheets of ice and under water to capture the polar bears swimming under the ice. The cameras didn’t always blend into the Arctic’s barren environment though, and late last year an adult male polar bear smelled a ruse, discovered he was on candid camera , and destroyed more than $200,000 worth of equipment with his mighty paw. Fortunately secondary cameras caught the entire act , showing the bear’s impressive cunning and stupendous strength. As the Arctic ice recedes the show offers a glimpse into a disappearing world that scientists fear could be lost forever this century. The one-hour special has already aired on BBC but will premiere stateside this week on Discovery’s Animal Planet at 10pm (EST) Thursday, 10 March 2011.

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