Local View: Remembering those who gave their lives at Normandy

Source: Duluth News Tribune

It began as a tour touted in an online brochure: “Visit the Normandy Beaches and American Military Cemetery! Ride in our air-conditioned minivan to Pointe du Hoc and Omaha Beach! See the World War II museum at Caen!” It became a pilgrimage to sacred grou ...
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Slash, Tom Jones top CD reviews

Source: Canoe

On the guest list this week: Guitar heroes, punks, Brit-rockers, bluesmen and even some artsy Icelanders. Join the party. 3 stars out of 5 This is what you call sticking to your guns. Slash doesn't try to fix what ain't broke on h ...
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Contest heats up for children's hospital

Source: Independent.ie

THE Coombe maternity hospital claims that its proposal to build a "deluxe version" of a children's hospital in Dublin's south city will cost less than any rival bidders for the project, in a revised plan to be laun ...
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Veterans News

Source: The Westerly Sun

Veteran honored for long sevice to his country The Phebe Greene Ward Chapter of the Rhode Island Daughters of the American Revolution honored a local World War II veteran at their spring conference. Armondo “Chuck” Azzinaro, who joined the armed forces d ...
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One Mile at a Time - Can these two rooms really be in the same hotel?!

Source: Boarding Area

I’m staying at the Westin Nagoya Castle for two nights right now, and upon check-in last night they could only upgrade me to a deluxe room on a smoking floor, which I accepted over a standard room on a non-smoking floor. However, they said they ...
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Now that's a WHOPPER! NYC restaurant cooks up world's most expensive burger clocking at $295

Source: Daily Mail - UK

Manhattan’s Serendipity 3 restaurant has done it again, inventing the world's most expensive burger with a shocking price tag of $295 that has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The super-deluxe burger, cal ...
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More 'Choose Your Stay Giveaway' contest winners announced

Source: The Delaware County Times

We’re celebrating the start of summer and the Memorial Day weekend by giving away more cash prizes and a dream vacation in our “Choose Your Stay Giveaway” contest. Congratulations to Carmella Fermamento of Collegeville. She’s won our weekly golf, s ...
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Cream of Kiwi luxury out to woo rich

Source: Stuff.co.nz

BLANKET BAY: It is consistently voted one of the world's best lodges. Rich Chinese tourists are making a beeline for New Zealand's luxury lodges. Exclusive lodges such as Blanket Bay in Queenstown, where Brad Pitt ...
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Backyard chefs seek the best barbecues

Source: The Morris County Daily Record

Frank Bain remembers how he and his friends, as teenagers, would have a cookout: Theyd light some coals, find a shopping cart, flip it over the fire and cook on the carts metal grate. Since then, Bain has surrounde ...
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