Not just for the birds: Venues offer great day trips for families, schools, groups

Source: The Times and Democrat

Some of the best areas for photography, hands-on education, day trips and more are right around the corner. Whether it’s touring the Hundred Acre Woods at Orangeburg’s Albemarle Corp. or walking down trails at the ...
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Shell's Arctic oil exploration stands to open new frontier

Source: Anchorage Daily News

After listening to their findings about the BP accident and the safety of deepwater drilling, the president abruptly changed the subject. "Where are you coming out on the offshore Arctic?" he asked. William ...
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Source: Arkansas Online

LITTLE ROCK Deering is true talent Some time back, a gentleman wrote a Voices letter concerning John Deering in which he said John evidently was retained because of his tenure, not his ability. Having been a neighbor and acquaintance ...
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West Los Angeles: places to go and things to do

Source: Sacramento Bee

Santa Monica's pedestrian-friendly Third Street Promenade is just a few blocks from the beach. The palm-lined boulevard holds many of downtown's most popular shopping destinations. Chef Casey Lane of the Tasting Kitchen in Venice's Abbot Kinney ar ...
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"Hello Mister".... "or something like that"....

Source: Travel Blog

Getting from Kuala Lumpur to Iboih beach on Pulau Weh (off the north coast of Aceh, Sumatra) involved the full gamut of transport: taxi, train, bus, plane, another taxi, ferry and motorbike. Nevertheless, the twelve hour jo ...
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Newport News woman's life jacket, pictures included in Mariners' Museum exhibit

Source: Hampton Roads Daily Press

"It's my eleventh day in the raft. Each day passes as an endless day of despair." Steven Callahan, who in 1982 survived 76 days adrift and alone in a 6-foot-wide inflatable life raft before being rescued by fishermen off th ...
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Here are five places where you can find a new adventure

Source: Biloxi Sun Herald

Here are five places where you can find a new adventure: 1. Learn about life in Cuba With a strong focus on lifelong learning, Road Scholar educational adventures provide multi-generational travel opportunities in 50 sta ...
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Baseball: Boone falls, Hebron wins

Source: Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune

VALPARAISO — It will be the Zebras and the Hawks vying for the Class 2A sectional championship on Memorial Day at Boone Grove. The host Wolves dropped a 2-1 heartbreaker to Rochester, while Hebron pounced on Nort ...
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The Whales Are Coming, the Whales Are Coming

Source: About.com: Australia / New Zealand Travel

As the weather cools towards the southern winter, the Antarctic whales begin to stir for their journey north in the whale migration season. Soon there will be whale sightings all along the Australian coasts as these giants of the s ...
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