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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Coke Zero 400 package -- The Shores Resort & Spa on Daytona Beach Shores is revving up a three-night package for Coke Zero 400, the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race...Tags: Sophia Loren, Pacific Ocean, Bunny (music group), Seafood, Newspaper and Magazine
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Culture still matters
Victor Davis HansonRUDESHEIM, Germany -- This week I am leading a military history tour on the Rhine River from Basel, Switzerland, to Amsterdam. You can learn a lot about Europe's current economic crises by just ignoring the sophisticated barrage of news analysis and...Tags: Culture, Germany, European Union, Productivity, Victor Davis Hanson
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Busch Gardens debuts Verbolten roller coaster to media
Virginia GazetteJAMES CITY — Busch Gardens debuted its new Verbolten roller coaster for the media Wednesday morning, and to an even more discerning segment — some 75-100 members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts who were invited to ride. Their reaction was...Tags: Busch Gardens Orlando, Investments, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Verbolten is jaw-dropping
JAMES ¿CITY — A little eavesdropping confirmed what Larry Giles suspected. The new roller coaster Verbolten is a winner and should bolster tourism this year. Giles, the vice president for design and engineering at Busch Gardens, casually stood...
Tags: Busch Gardens Orlando, Investments, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Merkel shows steel in euro, German fight
ReutersBy Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN, May 18 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's sacking of a former close ally was designed to show her leadership would not flag abroad at a critical juncture in the euro zone crisis or in Germany in the face of growing domestic...Tags: Democratic Party, Germany, Angela Merkel, Elections, Berlin (Germany)
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Ryan Horner honored as outstanding FFA student for 2012
Ryan Horner of the Boswell area was recognized as Somerset County's Outstanding FFA Student for 2012 at a special ceremony held April 28 at the Hillcrest Grange hall in Brothersvalley Township. The award plaque was presented to the Jenner Township...
Tags: Somerset County (Maryland), York (York, Pennsylvania), Agriculture, High Schools, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Wagner's 'Ring' cycle begins in movie theaters
Movie screenings of all four operas in Wagner's epic "Ring" cycle begin Wednesday, May 9. The Metropolitan Opera will present worldwide movie-theater screenings of Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen." "Das Rheingold,"...
Tags: Eric Owens, Altamonte Springs, Valkyrie (movie), Waterford Lakes, Waterford
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Veterans share memories of service at Potomac Highlands World War II Roundtable event
davem@herald-mail.comLester Hart remembers trying to take a hill in Italy in 1944 during World War II when his U.S. Army unit was hit with a mortar blast that hurled shrapnel into Hart's back and head. "It blew me out of a fox hole," said Hart, noting that he was unconscious...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), U.S. Army, Japan, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Blast From The Past
This next story takes the phrase "blast from the past" literally!
45,000 people were evacuated from the city of Koblenz, Germany after World War 2 bombs were found.
The bombs had been under water for 65 years in the Rhine River after they were dropped...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Germany, Explosions
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Bonn, Germany: Embracing the city and its musical genius
Ever since my mom gave me the complete works of Ludwig van Beethoven — the best birthday present I ever got — I'd wanted to make a pilgrimage to Bonn, the composer's birthplace, to soak up the atmosphere and look for clues to his genius....Tags: Johannes Brahms, Daniel Barenboim, Music Industry, Arts, World War II (1939-1945)
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Century-old hardware store closing
Our Town EditorA fighter pilot in the Korean War, John Cotchen returned to Johnstown anticipating a career flying commercial airliners. When his father-in-law, Joseph Krissay, asked him to help out at Moxham Hardware for awhile, he agreed. Fifty five years later, "I...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Tools and Hardware, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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