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Texas Woman Jailed for Overdue Library Books

By Ben MuessigDec 7th 2010 – 5:49PM
Baytown Police Department

Baytown Police Department

(Dec. 7) -- Authorities threw the book at a woman who had a few overdue library books. Police in Baytown, Texas, say they locked up Jessekah Few last month after the 25-year-old failed to show up in court for a hearing about unreturned library books. "It's not a very common charge," Baytown Police Department Detective...

Massive Quake Is Overdue for Southern California

By Hugh CollinsAug 21st 2010 – 3:53PM
USGS / AP

USGS / AP

(Aug. 21) -- New research shows that major earthquakes have struck southern California far more frequently than previously thought -- and the next one could be just around the corner. The study from geologists at the University of California Irvine and Arizona State University showed that massive quakes -- of magnitude...

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The Anthropocene is a recent and informal geologic chronological term that serves to mark the evidence and extent of human activities that have had a significant global impact on the Earth's ecosystems.

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