State at risk, part 2: Chance to save critters
Michelle S. Byers
      Guest Column One of the limits on our language is that words don't always convey the full story. When we talk about "endangered" or "threatened" species, for example, most people understand that plants and animals in danger of becoming extinct are placed on federal or state lists that are designed to help save them.
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Greg Bean
      Coda We'd all feel better if the punishment fit the crime There was a while in the last decade when, in addition to my newspaper work, I wrote mystery novels. Four of them were published by St. Martin's Press, and are currently out of print.
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