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Funding for Orange County's planned Great Park is in jeopardy
The grand park that officials had promised would be built on a retired Marine base in the heart of Orange County was in jeopardy Wednesday after state officials ruled that $1.4 billion in property funds can't be spent to transform the sprawling stretch of...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Verizon Communications, Jerry Brown, Tourism and Leisure, Larry Agran
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Quick Takes: 'Hatfields & McCoys' shoots to No. 1
If "Hatfields & McCoys" is any indication, viewers just can't get enough of old-fashioned feudin'. History's three-part miniseries about the 19th century Appalachian clan war broke records with its first installment Monday night, attracting 13.9...Tags: The Bachelorette (tv program), Satellite and Cable Service, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (tv program), Roger Bart, Music Theater
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Google's self-driving car faces competition from Europe
Google isn't the only one with a self-driving car up its sleeve. Last week, the SARTRE project, a joint venture among seven European companies, took a convoy of three self-driving cars and one self-driving truck for a 124-mile test drive on a Spanish...
Tags: Transportation, Human Mishaps, Volvo, Road Transportation, Media Industry
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg skips tip on Italy honeymoon, reports say
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Right, Mark Zuckerberg? The Facebook CEO and co-founder was recently in the capital city of Italy celebrating the wedding to his longtime girlfriend on their honeymoon, but on the Web, the young billionaire is getting...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Priscilla Chan, Italy, Social Media, Trips and Vacations
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Undermining L.A.'s subway plans
There's an urban legend that you can derail a train by putting a penny on the tracks, but in reality, all you end up with is a wasted (and very flat) penny. There's a lesson in that somewhere for Beverly Hills. Egged on by community activists who fret...
Tags: Laws, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation, Subway Transportation, Zev Yaroslavsky
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Anthony Bourdain to join CNN in 2013
Show TrackerAnthony Bourdain will be joining CNN in 2013 with a new travel and food show. He'll also be appearing across the network's programming as a commentator. Anthony Bourdain is currently the host of Travel Channel's "No Reservations."... -
Review: Pirate Reef ride guaranteed to get you wet at Legoland
The weather forecast for Legoland California this summer calls for a 100% chance of getting 100% soaking wet. PHOTOS: Pirate Reef water ride at Legoland California The new Pirate Reef water attraction opened over Memorial Day weekend at the Carlsbad...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Memorial Day, LEGO Group, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations
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Beryl: The little storm that smashed a big record
Beryl’s here, and she hasn’t broken much — physically. Once a tropical storm churning and gusting through the Atlantic with 70-mph winds, Beryl has now weakened into a depression, dumping buckets of rain all over the Southeast during...
Tags: National Hurricane Center, Meteorological Disasters, American Legion, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Holiday Vacations
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'Chernobyl Diaries': Horror movie and travel book depict extreme tourism
24 Frames"Chernobyl Diaries," a horror movie following a group of tourists on an excursion to the abandoned Ukrainian site of the meltdown, hits theaters just as a pollution travelogue by journalist Andrew Blackwell, "Visit Sunny Chernobyl," is arriving in book... -
Michael Wigge is the ultimate budget traveler
Michael Wigge left Berlin without a penny and traveled 25,000 miles to Antarctica, hitchhiking, bartering and working his way by ship, plane, car and foot, from Europe to Canada and the U.S. and then through Latin America. Wigge, a travel journalist...
Tags: Cruise Ship Jobs, Berlin (Germany), Tourism and Leisure, Antarctica, Trips and Vacations
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Theme parks' entry prices jump
Alhambra secretary Laurie Casado struggles each year to buy Disneyland annual passes for herself and her family, so the park's announcement last week that it was jacking up prices by up to 30% wasn't exactly good news.
But Casado will buy the passes...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Six Flags Inc., Amusement and Theme Parks, Passenger Cars, Tourism and Leisure
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Zip lines spread across the U.S. as the rides soar in popularity
In the 1970s, disco-themed skating rinks were all the rage. In the '80s it was paintball battlefields, followed in the '90s by urban skateboard parks.
And now comes the zip line — an elevated cable ride that zips harnessed riders downhill at high...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Hugh Jackman, Companies and Corporations, Natural Resources, Science and Technology
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