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Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs
U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. Burns broke three vertebrae when he ejected into a flooded rice paddy and spent the first weeks of his ...
Nalen says he tried to hurt Olshansky in '06
One of the quietest players in NFL history sure had a lot to say Thursday. Former Denver Broncos center Tom Nalen made up for all those "no comments" during his 15-year career during an extraordinary half hour that at times showed precisely why he was wise to stay silent rather ...
SeaWorld: Penguins Are Coolest Thing in Florida
On Friday, SeaWorld Orlando opens its "Antarctica _ Empire of the Penguin" attraction. With a ride, restaurants and 250 live penguins, it's the largest expansion in the park's history. (May 23)
Bus chaperone explodes at NY kids after candy toss
Police say a chaperone on a bus taking boys home from a party lit into them with a death-threatening, foul-mouthed tirade after one boy threw a piece of candy. A recording of the rant was posted on the Scarsdale10583 community website. Greenburgh police Lt. B.J. Ryan said the recording was ...
$35M Margaritaville complex opens at AC's Resorts
Mitchell Etess thinks he knows the biggest thing that was wrong with New Jersey's oldest casino. "There weren't a whole lot of people sitting around New Jersey or Pennsylvania that said, 'Let's go party tonight in Resorts,'" said Etess, whose Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority now runs Resorts Casino Hotel. "I ...
BYU museum hosts art about UT women by UT women
On one side of a wall, the first side you encounter, white string hangs in a neat, orderly fashion. On the other, the strings twist and tangle, weaving themselves into a towering knot of rope. The sculpture, Pat Bowman's "Becoming," is a favorite of Jeff Lambson, the curator of a ...
SeaWorld: Penguins are coolest thing in Florida
There comes a time in Central Florida — usually around mid-August, when you step outside and it feels like you're wearing a wet blanket inside an oven nestled in a sauna — that you start to dream of cold places and cold weather. Antarctica, snow, penguins: any chilly visualization to ...
Vicksburg marks anniversary of Civil War siege
Even 150 years later, Vicksburg is still overshadowed by Gettysburg — so much so, that the Mississippi city is having its Civil War commemoration a few weeks early rather than compete with Pennsylvania for tourist dollars around July 4. Union forces waged a long campaign to conquer Vicksburg and gain ...
Developer reopening northern Indiana lake resort
A developer is preparing to reopen a lake resort in northern Indiana that has been closed since 2008 after more than a century as a religious retreat. The Oakwood Inn Resort & Conference Center at Lake Wawasee near Syracuse is expected to open up in mid-June, The Journal Gazette (http://bit.ly/1215q22n ...
Top stars square off for summer tour dollars
All anyone's been talking about are those aged wonders The Rolling Stones and their 50th-anniversary tour, but there's so much more happening on the road this summer. It's a crowded tour market and everyone is competing for your entertainment dollar. The average concert-goer very rarely leaves that comfy chair to ...
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