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How golf courses beat the heat

Jul 19, 2016
Some offer deals on greens fees. Others let the grass die.
Arcot Premkumar and Dennis Binaco get ready to tee off at the Tournament Players Club in Scottsdale. The temperature at noon? 105 degrees.
Jimmy Jenkins/KJZZ

A polar bear capital fears a bearless future

Jan 5, 2015
Churchill, Manitoba, counts on income from tourists who come to see the bears.

Bad news, bad weather

Feb 21, 2014
Can bad weather be blamed for bad news?