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Alaska Struggles to Recover, 10 Years After Exxon Valdez
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCORDOVA, Alaska -- A year after the Exxon Valdez ground onto a reef in the middle of a frigid March night in 1989, unleashing the worst environmental disaster in U.S history, a striking thing happened. Amid oil-blinded sea otters and beached whales and...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, American Red Cross, Forestry and Timber, Environmental Issues, Travel
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Farewell Address
This is the 34th time I'll speak to you from the Oval Office and the last. We've been together 8 years now, and soon it'll be time for me to go. But before I do, I wanted to share some thoughts, some of which I've been saving for a long time. It's been...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Family, Democracy, Censorship
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D.C. on the upswing
Times Staff WriterWhen the National Museum of the American Indian opened last month, visitors were greeted with a 23-foot-long electronic sign that flashed "welcome" in more than 100 Native languages. It was the latest in a series of inviting changes in the nation's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, World War II (1939-1945), Tourism and Leisure, Minority Groups, Dining and Drinking
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More music, media on Song airline
Delta's low-cost carrier Song fired off a few more volleys in the airborne entertainment war this month. The airline said it had finished installing free MP3 programming on all its jets, allowing fliers to compile playlists of up to 32 songs from a...Tags: Gaming, Tourism and Leisure, Arts and Culture, National Parks, National Security
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Around the world in 800 stops: the World Heritage Sites
Times Staff WriterIt's hard to believe that a glacier in Greenland and the gritty burg of Liverpool, England, have anything in common. But they do. They're both UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Nearly 800 places, daunting in their sheer diversity, bear this label. Some,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Everglades, Environmental Issues, Everglades National Park
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Field of Honor edges closer to reality
The High Point Enterprise, N.C.Carolina Field of Honor has become a labor of love for Jim Burgio. Now with another Memorial Day approaching, he and other supporters of the memorial at Triad Park are eagerly awaiting the start of construction that could lead to a 2014 dedication....Tags: Colin Powell, Human Interest, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Memorial Day, Wars and Interventions
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History's 12 greatest mountaintop miles
Taken cumulatively, it might be the most historic stretch of mountaintop in the Mid-Atlantic. From the Interstate 70 footbridge south along the spine of South Mountain, the ridgeline has seen an extraordinary amount of American life (and death) go by. In...Tags: New York Yankees, Daniel Webster, Networking, Battle of Antietam, Armed Forces
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Tourism Week marked
The Washington County Board of Commissioners proclaimed May 4 to 12 as Washington County Tourism Week after a presentation of the annual report by the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau. In Washington County, 6,700 people work...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations, Travel, State Parks
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150 Boise icons: Pioneer Cemetery
The Idaho StatesmanThe oldest legible grave marker in Pioneer Cemetery on Warm Springs Avenue is that of a little girl. Carrie Logan, age 5 years, 11 months and five days, died in the summer of 1864. Her father, Thomas Logan, became mayor of Boise 10 years later. Mayor...Tags: Feminism, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Staff picks for May 9 to 15
The Top Five Simply Sally An intimate evening of songs and stories. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, and Sunday, May 12; 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11. Totem Pole Playhouse, 9555 Golf Course Road, Fayetteville, Pa. Tickets cost $19.50 to $49....
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Arts and Culture, Music, Arts, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Five for your planner: Wednesday, May 8
1. It's easy to be green Boonsboro Green Fest from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Shafer Park, Park Drive, Boonsboro.Eco-friendly vendors, sports equipment swap, exhibitors and crafters will share information about green products, offer...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Festive Events, Uganda
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Weekend road closures for FlowerMart
Roads at Mount Vernon Place in and around this weekend's FlowerMart event will be closed from Thursday at 3 p.m. to Saturday at 11 p.m., FlowerMart officials said on their website. The event is held at Mount Vernon Place, at the Washington Monument, and...
Tags: Mount Vernon Place
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