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Shaker furniture still in demand
The Shakers are a religious group that came to America from England in 1774 led by Mother Ann Lee. The group grew until there were 18 Shaker communities in the eastern part of the country. Some of the communities made furniture that was sold to outsiders....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Charlie Chaplin, Prices, Meriden
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He had their number in '66 — zero
It was no thanks to Larry Jaster that the Dodgers made a second consecutive trip to the World Series in 1966. The rookie left-hander from the St. Louis Cardinals pitched five shutouts in 1966 — all, remarkably, against the National League...Tags: New York Mets, Politics, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers
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'Brownies' important part of 19th-century pop culture
In the days before Disney, many imaginary sprites that excited children's imaginations could be found in books. In 1881, Palmer Cox wrote an illustrated story about a group of characters called "Brownies" for Wide Awake magazine. Brownies were imaginary...Tags: Adlai E. Stevenson, Politics, Elections, Benjamin Harrison, Political Candidates
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5 Things It's Good To Know: Falcon Cam, 131 Closed, Statue Of Liberty Arrives
FOX 17 Senior Web Producer1. Falcon "Owns" FOX 17 Tower Cam It's not what you'd expect to see perched atop a downtown condo development, but a Peregrine Falcon "hogged" the lens of FOX 17's traffic camera atop the River House Condo development in downtown Grand Rapids for a while...Tags: Conservation, Natural Resources, Death, Rentals, Nature
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5 Things It's Good To Know: ER Reservations, Brooklyn Bridge Opens...
FOX 17 Senior Web Producer1. New ER Reservation Systems Let's You Stay Home Until The Doctor Is Ready For $9.99, nine South Florida hospitals are guaranteeing immediate entry into their emergency rooms. Or your money back. Patients with non-life-threatening conditions such as...Tags: Government, Asthma, Brooklyn Bridge, Ceremonies, George W. Bush
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The 1910s: A time of commerce, pioneer farmers and wild boat parties
This was the decade when the frontier town of Fort Lauderdale became the center of the region's burgeoning commerce. Its early and naive efforts at mercantilism involved the exploitation and destruction of what is now recognized as a vital environmental...Tags: George Dewey, Politics, D.W. Griffith, Intracoastal Waterway, Everglades
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Elva M. Dress, 84
NOV. 26, 1926-JAN. 20, 2011 CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Elva Mae Dress, 84, a resident at Providence Place and formerly of 2850 Warm Spring Road, Chambersburg, died at 4:10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Born Nov. 26, 1926, in Smithsburg, Md., Elva was...Tags: American Heart Association, Human Interest, American Lung Association
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Scoreboard
TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...Tags: Hiroki Kuroda, George Wright, Cal Hubbard, Tris Speaker, Rube Waddell
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Peter Henry Lowenhaupt, 87
MAY 14, 1923-JAN. 3, 2011 Peter Henry Lowenhaupt, 87, of 958 A St. Clair St., Hagerstown, Md., passed away on the birthdate of his late wife, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown. Born Monday, May 14, 1923, in Ridgewood, N.Y.,...Tags: American Legion, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, World War II (1939-1945), Houston
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Presidential party
What better way to celebrate Presidents Day weekend than getting up close and personal with all 43 presidents — well, their lifelike wax figures, that is.
The Presidents Gallery at Madame Tussauds Washington opens this week with an unveiling of the...Tags: Politics, Elections, Tourism and Leisure, Barack Obama, Arts and Culture
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Today in history: May 24
1844: Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message, ''What hath God wrought'' from Washington to Baltimore as he formally opened America's first telegraph line. 1883: The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was dedicated by President Chester...Tags: Brooklyn Bridge, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn (New York City), Chester Alan Arthur, Cincinnati Reds
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