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Ogden hailed among top 10 emerging ski towns

Last updated Monday, March 18, 2013 - 2:19pm

OGDEN — The recognition keeps pouring in for the Ogden area as an outdoor lover’s paradise, as another major publication has listed the city as one of the premier up-and-coming ski towns in the country.

The most recent issue of National Geographic Adventure names Ogden as one of its top 10 emerging ski towns in North America, placing it alongside the likes of Reno, Nev., Driggs, Idaho, and Durango, Colo., among others.

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National Geographic publishes Area 51 photos

Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 10:39am

Area 51 has been ground zero for conspiracy theorists for decades.

Flying saucers. Bug-eyed aliens. Staged moon landings.

The government hasn't helped alleviate speculation -- it hasn't even acknowledged that the military outpost exists. If it did, it would be deep in the Nevada desert about 100 miles outside of Las Vegas.

But the National Geographic news website has posted photos that provide a rare glimpse inside the clandestine site. It recently published never-before-seen, declassified photos from 1963 of a military plane crash and its cover-up by the government, according to the website.

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National Geographic Channel
An alien craft hovers over New York City in “When Aliens Attack,” premiering at 6 p.m. today on The National Geographic Channel.

What if aliens attacked?

Luaine Lee, McClatchy News Services

Last updated Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 7:01pm

PASADENA, Calif. -- What if there really ARE little green men out there in the vast universe who plan to plop their UFO in a cornfield in Nebraska? That's not just a question for science-fiction writers and 10-year-old boys, but for real scientists with alphabets after their names.

"It's my day job, of course, to look for them," says Dr. Seth Shostek, senior astronomer with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. "And I can assure you that I wouldn't do that if I didn't think that there was a good chance for success because it is not that lucrative."

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Senator demands probe of 'adult baby' getting disability benefits

Ryan Sabalow, Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Friday, May 20, 2011 - 1:41pm

A U.S. senator wants the Social Security Administration to investigate why people like a Redding, Calif., man who spend their days pretending to be a baby can qualify for disability benefits.

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., dispatched a letter to agency inspector general Patrick O'Carroll Jr., after 30-year-old Stanley Thornton Jr. of Redding on a National Geographic Channel program called "Taboo," which looks at strange fetishes, cultural trends and customs from around the world.

The program, which aired earlier this month, highlighted Thornton and his roommate, Sandra Dias, who acts as his "mother." Thornton wears adult diapers and drinks from a bottle. In the program, he reportedly described how he built himself an adult-sized crib and he was shown building a man-sized high-chair.

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