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Death Valley Wins World Record For Hottest Spot On Earth

by National Confidential | 14 September 2012 | 7:38 am EST

Topics California, Death Valley, Desert, Heat, National Park, Weather, World Meteorological Organization

Death Valley, California, is now officially the hottest spot on planet Earth.

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10,000 Yosemite Visitors Possibly Exposed To Virus With 33% Kill Rate

by National Confidential | 01 September 2012 | 5:21 am EST

Topics Disease, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, National Park, National Park Service, toprow, Virus, Yosemite National Park

Officials say six visitors to Yosemite National Park have contracted the deadly hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and as many as 10,000 may have been exposed.

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Rangers Hunt National Park Rapist

by National Confidential | 11 June 2012 | 11:54 am EST

Topics Great Smoky Mountains National Park, National Park, Park Ranger, Sex Crime, Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, toprow

National Park rangers are looking for a man who brutally raped a woman in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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