• They scoop up public records such as hunting permits, boat registrations and property transfers.

    WSJ: Insurers Test Data Profiles to Identify Risky Clients

  • Their amendment expands background checks to gun shows and all Internet sales, but exempts private transactions such as hunting rifles traded among family and friends.

    CNN: Senate gun law proposal lacks enough support now

  • Every now and then, characters have to perform a task that could alter the story's events, such as hunting down a key card to stop a speeding train.

    CNN: Game review: 'The Bouncer'

  • Reporters or columnists working on controversial topics have often gone through spokesmen, but quick and easy access has generally been granted to writers working on topics such as hunting and fishing.

    WSJ: NY's outdoors writers chafe at information squeeze

  • Prof Lee added that human-induced pressures, such as hunting, along with projected climate change and habitat loss, have the potential to change the dynamics of elephant populations and, jeopardise the long-term future of the species.

    BBC: Early life care shapes African elephants' future

  • And the reason why he's frustrated is because he wants to show the people who elected him that he is willing to take the hard tasks on necessary to provide security for the Iraqi people, such as hunting down those who are killing the innocent.

    NPR: Maliki Assures Bush on Iraqi Force's Readiness

  • The sites include features such as ancient hunting sites, wildflower-rich meadows and native woodland.

    BBC: Wiltshire Wildlife Trust receives funding

  • Hunts are no longer allowed to use dogs to chase down foxes, but are instead supposed to use techniques such as drag hunting, where dogs set off on the trail of a scent laid about 20 minutes in advance by a runner or rider dragging a lure.

    BBC: Hunting: Minister says ban repeal vote 'not imminent'

  • Though still best known as an Oscar-nominated actress who's made films such as Good Will Hunting, GoldenEye and Grosse Point Blank, Minnie Driver continues to make inroads as a musician, developing a pop-folk style similar to that of Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen.

    NPR: Music from 'Once' and Minnie Driver: At the Movies

  • Other works seem, at first glance, to fit in with their surroundings but incite gasps upon closer inspection, such as the bronze hunting sculpture in which two personified deer are fornicating, displayed on a dining table.

    BBC: Controversy at the classical Louvre

  • Of all the disciplines I had to choose from, such as making armor and hunting, I naturally chose the one with food.

    FORBES: Crafting in Guild Wars 2: Chicken Soup for the Guild Warrior's Soul

  • Investigating the evolution of the lion social structure in such detail, Prof Packer and his team have had to look closely at the many theories for this lifestyle that have been suggested over the years, such as co-operative hunting, communal suckling of cubs and defence of young against attack.

    BBC: Lions breed better if living near joining rivers

  • While most of the 12 legislators targeted by the ads are Republicans, some are Democrats from conservative-leaning states, such as rural Western states where hunting and sport shooting are popular.

    CNN: Reid to force a vote Thursday on debating gun proposals

  • America is rushing to train Iraqis in ordinary policing tasks in order to free American troops up for more specialised duties, such as guarding the UN and hunting Saddam and his henchmen.

    ECONOMIST: Iraq's security void

  • Lately, he has begun hunting for meat such as boar and duck, posting photos of his game on social-media sites.

    WSJ: Some Techies Hear Call of the Shooting Range

  • The gun-control bill is collapsing in the Senate because its liberal sponsors, led by Barack Obama and California's Dianne Feinstein, lost the support of Democratic senators from states with traditional hunting cultures, such as Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Mark Begich of Alaska or Max Baucus of Montana.

    WSJ: Henninger: Clinging to Guns��and Abortion

  • As such, it is mostly the hunting ground of the youthful, with their limitless time and limited resources.

    WSJ: Tina Gaudoin on Style: How to Wear Topshop Past 25

  • When vetting companies for our portfolios, our seven-member investment committees look closely at their eco-credentials: hunting for positives (such as recycling programs, clean energy initiatives, an earth-friendly product line) and screening for negatives (toxic emissions, hazardous waste liabilities, harmful community impact).

    FORBES: Brent Kessel

  • He plans to keep 95% of Silver Bow undeveloped and is negotiating to donate conservation easements to groups such as the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, a pro-hunting group, and the Montana Land Reliance, a land trust.

    FORBES: Home On The Ranch

  • What is interesting is how the Craze seems to have followed the fault-lines of the Reformation: Catholic countries which had little major threat from Protestantism, such as Italy and Spain, saw very little witch-hunting while those in the front-line of the religious struggles of the time, like Germany and France, saw the most.

    FORBES: What Are Examples of Things in the "Common Knowledge" about History That Historians Almost Universally Consider Incorrect?

  • Human emigration caused by overall environmental degradation (unsustainable use of water and biological resources, unsustainable tourism) is now being addressed through a variety of pilot projects such as sustainable pasture management, ecotourism, the creation of fishing and hunting farms, and the development of alternative power sources.

    UNESCO: EDUCATION

  • The other good news, such as it is, is that the authorities are evidently having some luck in hunting terrorists before they strike.

    ECONOMIST: A plot foiled. What next?

  • Canada rejected the European Union's application for observer status due to a long-running dispute over seal hunting and a ban by Brussels's of seal products, such as hide.

    WSJ: Arctic Council Grants Observer Status to Six Countries

  • Plattsburgh Press-Republican and Glens Falls Chronicle outdoors columnist Dan Ladd said he understands the need for DEC to control information on contentious topics such as hydrofracturing for natural gas and state land deals, but not those related to hunting and fishing.

    WSJ: NY's outdoors writers chafe at information squeeze

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