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Declaring Wright Brothers Not First Doesn't Really Fly
This was not the year for nonsense at the Capitol. Nevertheless, this session included a bill calling for a day to honor "the first powered flight" by Gustave Whitehead. The debate over whether the German immigrant was first to fly a powered aircraft is...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Kitty Hawk, Newington, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Rice's fossil pit is still making history
Like a lot of other local landmarks on the Peninsula, Rice's fossil pit off Harris Creek Road in Hampton was nationally and even internationally known because of its high-profile links to the past. Numerous times during the roughly 30 years it was open,...
Tags: Science and Technology, Paleontology, Museum of Natural History, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Rice's fossil pit remembered in Hampton lecture
— The first time Jane Rice ventured down into her in-laws' borrow pit off Harris Creek Road she was a recent bride who had little inkling about the extraordinary environment she was about to enter. Stepped terraces descended dozens of feet into...
Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Arts and Culture, Museum of Natural History, Fossils
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Tips for getting that six-pack:The new rules of ab training
Ask most exercisers what they would like to change most about the way they look, and dollars to doughnuts they’ll say they want better abs. Men and women alike strive for that tight, toned set of abs that could be put on display at the Smithsonian...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Kevin Hunt: Where to find free downloadable music
The Hartford CourantThe toughest thing to find on the Internet, besides a phone number for eBay, might be free downloadable music. Everyone's buying music at iTunes or Amazon.com or streaming it at Spotify, Slacker or Pandora. When pride of ownership at no cost matters,...Tags: Genres, Google Play, Music, Arts and Culture, Pitbull (music artist)
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Maryland's Katie Schwarzmann wins second straight Tewaaraton Award
Katie Schwarzmann became the fourth two-time winner of the Tewaaraton Award Thursday. The Maryland senior midfielder and Cornell's Rob Pannell were honored as the top players in collegiate lacrosse Thursday night at the 13th-annual award ceremony at...
Tags: College Sports, North Carolina Tar Heels, Ivy League, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Maryland Terrapins
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Baum celebration to be held
A documentary on L. Frank Baum, who lived in Aberdeen and was the author of the book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," will be shown and discussed at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Culture Heritage Center in Pierre. The event is being hosted as a celebration of...Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939)
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Murder in a rural county
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.High on a hill, in woods overlooking a multi-family cemetery, a hunter set about readying a tree stand for the fall season when he spied a human skull. Before long, other body parts were discovered, scattered across the forest, all belonging to Rachel...Tags: FBI, Substance Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Missing Persons
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Terps' Katie Schwarzmann, Alex Aust named women's Tewaaraton finalists
Maryland midfielder Katie Schwarzmann and attacker Alex Aust are among five finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, presented annually to the nation’s top college lacrosse player, when the list of nominees was whittled down from 25 on Thursday....
Tags: College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, North Carolina Tar Heels, Loyola University Maryland, Maryland Terrapins
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Murder in a rural county: Part 2 of 2
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Every night, before resting her head on a pillow, Billie Stewart calls on the Almighty for strength to endure another day. For more than a year now, she has found sleep an elusive respite from the nightmare that haunts her daily, the knowledge that...Tags: Human Interest, Substance Abuse, Earl Ray Tomblin, Murder, Aneurysm
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