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If Charles Dickens lived in Pennsylvania …
I actually had ideas for two columns last week about Gov. Tom Corbett. What can I say? He's inspiring. One of them ran Saturday. Here's the other:
Gov. Tom Corbett spooned out a bit of gruel. A single candle by his chair provided the only light in the...Tags: Religious Festivals, Politics, Lebanon, Petroleum Industry, Government
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Tests show residents in dolphin-hunting village in 'The Cove' have elevated mercury levels
L.A. UnleashedTAIJI, Japan â Residents of the dolphin-hunting village depicted in Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" have high mercury levels, likely because of their fondness for dolphin and whale meat, a government lab said Sunday. The levels of mercury... -
Kevin Smith and the unbearable fatness of being
The Big PictureHaving by now read all too many snarky -- not to mention pseudo-snarky -- stories detailing the saga of Kevin Smith getting bounced from a Southwest Airlines flight because he was, in large part, too overweight to comfortably fit into...... -
Drip by drip, Starbucks lost what made it shine
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I still remember my first Starbucks moment. It was in 1988 at a new mini-size coffee bar in Illinois Center. I recall being mystified by the strange name, not catching the connection to a character in...Tags: Arts and Culture, Companies and Corporations, Health, Starbucks Corp., ING Group
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Vikings stadium: You might have seen Dave Mansell's work
St. Paul Pioneer PressStanding with Dave Mansell in the east parking lot at the Metrodome is a bit like being on deck with Captain Ahab as he looks across the water at Moby Dick. "How that thing comes down is really critical to the schedule," he says, referring to the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Culture, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Florida's 74-year-old Marineland celebrates its past while moving forward
MARINELAND, Fla. - Her eyes are cloudy now, a blueish-gray haze blocking out some of the sunlight that glints off the water in her habitat.
She doesn't always move as nimbly as the dozen other dolphins sharing her space, either.
But that's OK, because...Tags: Oceans, Research, Conservation, Bodies of Water, Entertainment
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Author Ray Bradbury dies at 91
VarietyRay Bradbury, the influential and thought-provoking science-fiction writer best known for "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles," died Tuesday night in Los Angeles. He was 91. Many of Bradbury's stories and novels were adapted for radio,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Waukegan, Television Industry, Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Moby Dick of a 747 takes to the skies
Q13 FOX News OnlineA giant white plane reminiscent of Captain Ahab’s whale took to the skies over Everett this week. The aircraft is the first 747-8 Intercontinental scheduled for delivery. The reason for its understated and logo-less paint job—it has been...Tags: Boeing Co.
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Unflagging Optimism Is Ray Bradbury's Ticket to the Future
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterGet Ray Bradbury talking and he soon makes the Rev. Robert H. Schuller sound like Oscar the Grouch and the proverbial busy beaver seem like a lazy sloth. "Everything is good--children don't die any more . . . people are living into their 70s and 80s,...Tags: Music Theater, Television Industry, Frederick Delius, Entertainment, Satellite and Cable Service
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Star Trek: First Contact
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday November 22, 1996 This is a test. This is only a test. Can anyone outside the hard-core faithful tell the "Star Trek" movies apart? One featured whales, but was it "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" or "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"? And at...Tags: Alice Krige, Movies, Star Trek: The Next Generation (tv program), Entertainment, Television
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Daredevil days
Special to baltimoresun.comMany vacationers who head to the beach as soon as the weather warms up find it fulfilling to just sit on the sand and soak up the rays. Others enjoy beach vacations free of sunning and swimming. Not content to slather on the sunscreen in pursuit of the...Tags: Windsurfing, Skydiving, Speedway, Commuting, Atlantic Ocean
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