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Federal cuts slice Big Apple economy: No Fleet Week
The Virginian-PilotThis was supposed to be the week when thousands of free-spending Norfolk sailors were to descend on lower Manhattan, where New Yorkers promised to shower them with gifts, drinks and kisses. But the annual party on the Hudson River was canceled. Fleet...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), David Letterman, Hampton Roads, New York City, Manhattan (New York City)
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The Last Bison, acoustic rock act from Chesapeake, thunders home after roaming the continent
The Last Bison, an all-acoustic folk-rock band from Chesapeake, recently returned from a two-month national tour that found the young band singing and strumming for big crowds in Chicago, Seattle and Washington, D.C. On its first major headlining tour,...
Tags: Entertainment, Concerts, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Music
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Clearwater Festival Line-Up Set
Another summer folk/jam festival to mark on the calendar: Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival, better known just as the Clearwater Festival. It’s happening June 15-16 at Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson NY, just an hour or two’s...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, New Haven Green
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Wrong-way Route 209 in Carbon County
Q: On trips to Jim Thorpe from Bethlehem I've noticed a weird situation after turning right onto Route 209 'south' after crossing the Lehigh River Bridge: According to my GPS, I'm going due north on that road. Why does it say on the signs that we are...Tags: Northampton (Southampton, New York), Kutztown, Highway Transportation, Trips and Vacations, Allentown
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For its 7th birthday, Twitter looks back in video timeline
Twitter turned 7 Thursday, and to celebrate the occasion, the social network posted a quick video timeline recapping its history from an idea on a notebook to the major tech player it is today. The video starts by showing the sketch for a site called...
Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Digg Inc., Arts and Culture, U.S. Airways, Culture
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Mira Nair: An accidental timeliness
NEW YORK — Questions about assimilation, security and ideology have been front-and-center in the American consciousness since two men with Chechen roots were identified as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings last week. But globe-trotting...
Tags: Entertainment, Amelia (movie), Pakistan, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Riz Ahmed
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After Boston explosions, people rush to Twitter for breaking news
SAN FRANCISCO -- In an age of near instant communication, Twitter again became the world's town square as traffic to the service spiked minutes after the deadly Boston Marathon explosions. People rushed to Twitter for real-time information on fatalities...Tags: Boston Marathon, Entertainment, Television, Twitter, Inc., Abbottabad (Pakistan)
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Canadian Master Arthur Heming Gets Some Overdue Props in Old Lyme
Arthur Heming: Chronicler of the North Through June 2, Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme, (860) 434-5542, florencegriswoldmuseum.org Long before Second City Television's Bob and Doug Mackenzie hoisted its banner, Arthur Heming (1870-...
Tags: G7, Indigenous People, Florence Griswold House, Politics, Arts and Culture
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Collector gives presentation on 19th century artist at Singer Society gathering
Ray Snouffer, artist, docent and instructor at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts and avid collector of 19th century American art, recently spoke at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. His program to the Singer Society, the volunteer...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Fine Arts, Museums
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From the Right: Freezing in the Big Apple
I write this week’s column from a nearly frozen Big Apple. But of course it’s only cold for someone from the Imperial Valley used to the balmy winters of a desert climate. It is all of around 32 degrees in New York. For my wife and I, that...
Tags: New York University, Roman Catholicism, Greenwich Village, Madison Square Garden, Christianity
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Blind Date For 40-Year-Olds Leads To 30-Year Marriage
The Hartford CourantAmy Lynn was the new kid in town at age 40. "I had come up from the Washington, D.C., area to take a job," Amy says. Her best friend's brother asked her if she would like to meet somebody. "I said sure." Stephen Silverman, 44, a friend of the brother,...Tags: West Hartford, Arts and Culture, TheaterWorks, Culture, Hartford Symphony Orchestra
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