www.cnn.com Some of the approximately 1,000 people stranded at Death Valley National Park have left in spite of flooding Death Valley National Park announced its closure Friday due to substantial flooding within the park, according to a news release.
Joel Connelly: Oil industry move on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge set to begin Millions of acres of Arctic Alaska stand open and available for petroleum exploration, but industry's eyes have been focused for 40 years on the wild, wildlife-rich, 1.5 million-acre coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
