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                    [Title] => Mystery of Death Valley's moving rocks solved
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For years scientists have theorized about how large rocks — some weighing hundreds of pounds — zigzag across Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, leaving long trails etched in the earth.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-29 07:05:49 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1359302 [Title] => Child falls to death in Yellowstone canyon [Summary] =>

A young girl has died after falling about 550 feet while hiking in Yellowstone National Park.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-19 06:12:11 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1240633 [Title] => Vets cross barricades despite shutdown [Summary] =>

A group of veterans walked past barriers at the closed World War II memorial in Washington with help from members of Congress. Hundreds arrived for a previously scheduled visit to the memorial to find it barricaded by the National Park Service.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-02 12:59:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Videos [SectionUrl] => news-videos [URL] => http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/6950/8e3n.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 963467 [Title] => Washington Monument Lit Up During Repairs [Summary] =>

Starting Monday, the National Park Service will light up the Washington Monument during a major repair project that has left it closed since an earthquake.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-09 14:42:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Video Features [SectionUrl] => video-features [URL] => http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7061/mzpx.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 851389 [Title] => Parks Service defends refusal to use wolves [Summary] =>

The National Park Service acted properly when it ruled out using wolves to control the elk population in Rocky Mountain National Park, government lawyers argued Thursday before a federal appeals court.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-21 02:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 847486 [Title] => WTC memorial magnificent, but at a steep price [Summary] =>

With its huge reflecting pools, ringed by waterfalls and skyscrapers, and a cavernous underground museum still under construction, the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center is an awesome spectacle that moved and inspired some 4.5 million visitors in its first year.  But all that magnificence comes with a jaw-dropping price tag.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-10 10:32:59 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img513/1827/wtcthumb.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 789828 [Title] => For 100 years, science, special care preserve, propagate DC's original cherry trees from Japan [Summary] =>

The pink and white cherry blossoms that colour the nation's capital and draw a million visitors each spring began with trees that have survived for a century.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-23 07:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 756029 [Title] => 5 killed in helicopter crash near Las Vegas [Summary] =>

Four passengers and a pilot were killed when a helicopter crashed near Las Vegas Wednesday evening, a spokesman for the National Park Service said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-08 13:24:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 720058 [Title] => More cracks found in Washington Monument [Summary] =>

The National Park Service says engineers have discovered several additional cracks in the top portion of the Washington Monument.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-25 10:24:19 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 719744 [Title] => Washington Monument top cracked by earthquake [Summary] =>

The National Park Service said engineers have found a crack near the top of the Washington Monument presumably caused by a magnitude-5.8 earthquake that shook the East Coast.

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