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Where's the electricity? It's UAB week!
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsHey, buck up, Owl Country. It was just one game. I sense that the fog of melancholy that settled over the landscape following the drubbing out west has yet to dissipate. Take a towel and rub it away. We......Tags: Boca Raton, Kevin Miller, Ike Turner, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Home Depot Incorporated
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Coney Island's famed Astroland closing Sunday
ryan.chatelain@am-ny.comFor nearly 50 years, it's been the main attraction along Coney Island's famed boardwalk, but on Sunday the fun's over at Astroland. Co-owner Carol Hill Albert said she's giving up on extending the park's lease after multiple attempts to work out a deal...Tags: Coney Island, Gardens and Parks, Theme Park Vacations
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Famed obelisk restored, home
ADDIS ABABA — Thousands of Ethiopians on Thursday cheered the long-awaited restoration of the 1,700-year-old Axum obelisk to its original site in the country's north. The 80-foot piece of carved granite was refurbished over three years in Italy at...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Powhite Parkway toll project complete
A multiyear project aimed at reducing congestion on the Powhite Parkway in Richmond is nearing an end. The Richmond Metropolitan Authority plans to open three new northbound express lanes on Friday. Three new southbound express lanes opened in August....Tags: Gardens and Parks
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Coney Island's Astroland to close
The owner of Coney Island's landmark Astroland amusement park is calling it quits. Carol Albert says she has told employees the park will permanently close Sunday. Her family has owned the Brooklyn amusement park for almost a half-century. Albert says she...Tags: Coney Island, Gardens and Parks, Theme Park Vacations
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NJ Turnpike, GSP tolls to increase in 2009
Commuters who drive the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway are facing higher tolls. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority's board has told Gov. Jon S. Corzine it will raise tolls by 50 percent starting in 2009. Parkway tolls would climb from...Tags: New Jersey, Gardens and Parks
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Talk On Old Cemeteries
Stanley-Whitman Museum director Lisa Johnson is to speak next week about transforming the city's old cemeteries into living museums, while preserving and repairing the monuments for future generations. The program, sponsored by the cemetery commission,...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Death and Dying
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Know when to fold 'em
When it comes to casino heists, this was no ''Oceans 11.''
Call it the case of the ''Alleged Fast-Fingered Fanny Pack Filching Octogerian.''
According to state police, the caper unfolded at 4:58 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Airy Casino Resort, 44 Woodland...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling, Theft, Police, Crimes
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Deal off to buy Magical Midway on I-Drive
Sentinel Staff WriterA deal to buy the Magical Midway Thrill Park on International Drive has fallen apart, the potential buyers say. "Our contract did not go through," said Arvind Nandu, an I-Drive entrepreneur involved in the deal. Nandu said he and John Arie, owner of...Tags: John Morgan, International Drive, Gardens and Parks, Theme Park Vacations, Wet 'n' Wild
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Busy Poconos intersection finally getting signal
Of The Morning CallA Poconos intersection where the need for a traffic signal first was identified nearly 20 years ago -- and which since has seen burgeoning tourist traffic and construction of a school nearby -- finally will get a light. Carbon County commissioners...Tags: Thanksgiving, Jim Thorpe
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'Frozen River': A flowing tale
Frozen River takes place during hard times in upstate New York, but there's no economic problem to the storytelling. Writer-director Courtney Hunt swiftly establishes a two-pronged narrative formula that keeps an audience on tenterhooks.
Within minutes,...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Geography, Thomas Hardy, Gaming and Lotteries, Casino and Gambling
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See Hannah Montana 3D concert film
The Minneola Recreation Department will host Minneola Gym Flix today on a large screen at the City Hall gymnasium, 800 N. U.S. Highway 27. The feature will be Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds 3D concert film. Admission is free. Blankets...Tags: Tangerine, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Mount Dora, Leesburg, Beverage Industry
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