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The Grand Canyon has the unnerving capacity to shut us up and a traveling exhibit has come to Southern California will help us understand why.
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You don't need a bunch of venture capital to trash the desert. All you need is a some wheels and a stunted set of ethics.
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Democrats -- and President Obama -- must stop Republicans from gutting the Antiquities Act.
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