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Mississippi River Floods … Again

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 6, 2014

Photo by Dan Hockett It’s an all too common occurrence; the Mississippi River again floods Burlington’s riverfront. — Photo by Dan Hockett
It’s an all too common occurrence; the Mississippi River again floods Burlington’s riverfront.

Photo by Dan Hockett Steam Engine 3003 is an island at Division St. & Main St. as the Mississippi River again floods Burlington’s riverfront. — Photo by Dan Hockett
Steam Engine 3003 is an island at Division St. & Main St. as the Mississippi River again floods Burlington’s riverfront.

Burlington Iowa Nature News West Burlington

Global warming computer models confounded as Antarctic sea ice hits new record high

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 6, 2014

Click here: Global warming computer models confounded as Antarctic sea ice hits new record high with 2.1million square miles more than is usual for time of year

Burlington Iowa News West Burlington

So that’s what it’s like to Fly through Fireworks. Drone Captures Fireworks.

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 5, 2014

Burlington Entertainment Iowa News West Burlington

W.B. July 4th Celebration 2014

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 5, 2014

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Photo by Dan Hockett

Burlington Iowa News West Burlington

U.S. Overtakes Saudi Arabia as World’s Largest Oil Producer

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 5, 2014

Click here: The U.S. will remain the world’s biggest oil producer this year after overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia as extraction of energy from shale rock spurs the nation’s economic recovery.

Burlington Iowa News Political West Burlington

Poll: Obama Worst President Since WWII

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 2, 2014

Click here: Hands down Obama is the worst president since WWII: poll

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Burlington Iowa Obituaries West Burlington

Obitaries this week

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 2, 2014

Oscar R. Cline, 83, Burlington died Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Edward McDade, 85, Burlington, died Saturday, July 5, 2014

Burlington Iowa News Political West Burlington

Land of the free? Not so much.

Post author By Falcon
Post date July 1, 2014

Gallup: Americans’ sense of freedom drops

Burlington Iowa Nature News West Burlington

NOAA Quietly Reinstates July 1936 As The Hottest Month On Record

Post author By Falcon
Post date June 30, 2014

Click here: NOAA Quietly Reinstates July 1936 As The Hottest Month On Record (NOT July 2012).

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Burlington Iowa News Political West Burlington

Army’s Apache under assault: PC police call helicopter’s name racist

Post author By Falcon
Post date June 29, 2014

Click here: Veterans aren’t happy with a recent op-ed by the Washington Post, which charged that the Apache, Comanche, Chinook, Lakota, Cheyenne and Kiowa military vehicles were a “greater symbolic injustice” than the NFL’s Washington Redskins’ name.

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