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Best state fairs in the U.S.
Special to the Los Angeles TimesJim Kopel has been a big fan of state fairs since he was 10, when he exhibited his Chester White pigs at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Since retiring from teaching a few years ago, Kopel has visited state fairs in all 50 states, turning his ardor...Tags: The Great New York State Fair, Dallas, Milwaukee, Syracuse, Agricultural Research and Technology
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State tourism offices
States and many U.S. territories have tourism offices to help visitors. When requesting travel literature, be as specific as possible. Alabama: Alabama Tourism Department, 401 Adams Ave., Suite 126, P.O. Box 4927, Montgomery, AL 36103; (800) 252-2262...Tags: 60601 (zip code), Madison (Dane, Wisconsin), Montgomery (Kane, Illinois), Honolulu, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Sada Thompson dies at 83; stage and TV actress known for playing matriarch on 'Family'
Sada Thompson, a Tony Award-winning actress best known to TV viewers for her Emmy Award-winning role as the matriarch in the 1970s dramatic TV series "Family," has died. She was 83.
Thompson, a resident of Southbury, Conn., died of lung disease Wednesday...Tags: Dylan Thomas, Tallulah Bankhead, Human Interest, Theater, George Furth
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Sarah Palin book tour 2.0: Focus on middle America including, hmm, Iowa and South Carolina
Top of the TicketSarah Palin tour for America By Heart starts this month and runs into December.... -
'The Buried Life': Crashing parades and heading to the big screen?
Show TrackerCrashing parades -- itâs what all the hip kids are doing. In the new episode of âThe Buried Life,â which airs Monday at 10 p.m. on MTV, the guys take a cue from âFerris Buellerâs Day Offâ and head to...... -
More good news for Sarah Palin: President Obama doesn't even think about her
Top of the TicketSarah Palin: He's too busy being president, you see, to think about anything as mundane as 2012 politics.... -
Forget 'white meat.' Pork industry wants you to 'be inspired.'
Money & CompanyChicken -- now it's the only white meat. The National Pork Board has pushed aside its famous ad campaign and herded out a new official slogan: "Pork: Be inspired." Yep. That’s right. Don't be hungry. Be inspired. The Des Moines-based...... -
Ron Paul announces he is forming an exploratory committee to run for president -- again
Top of the TicketRon Paul is one step closer to running for the GOP nomination for president for 2012... -
What Michelle Obama is telling graduates this year
Top of the TicketFirst Lady talks at the University of Northern Iowa.... -
New database lets people search for information on outbreaks of food-borne illness
Money & CompanyWant to know if the food in your kitchen or favorite restaurant is safe â- or has been linked to a food-safety recall? Marler Clark, the Seattle-based group known for being the nationâs leading law firm for victims of food-borne...... -
Michele Bachmann said to ponder a presidential run
Top of the TicketMichele Bachmann, yes, Michele Bachmann might run for president. Of the U.S.... -
Here we go again with the Iowa Jackson Pollock sale
Culture MonsterProposed Jackson Pollock sale is still myopic...
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