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Beautiful sounds in the great outdoors: Your summer guide to music alfresco
In Hampton Roads, summertime means outdoor music time. Right along with the sizzling heat and stifling humidity comes a season of simmering grooves, scorching solos and sultry vocals. Some of the biggest names in American music cruise through the region...
Tags: Darius Rucker, Music Industry, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), O.A.R. (music group)
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Ocean City fishing pier reopens after repairs
Ocean City’s fishing pier officially opened Friday as the Maryland resort town signaled it is ready for summer visitors. During last fall’s storm, about 100 feet of the pier collapsed into the surging sea. The damage was featured...
Tags: Ocean City
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NOAA predicts 'possibly extremely active' hurricane season
U.S. government meteorologists predict a “possibly extremely active” hurricane season in 2013, the top National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official said Thursday, with as many as half a dozen major hurricanes. NOAA expects 13...
Tags: Oceans, Weather, Tropical Weather, Tropical Storms, Hurricanes
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National Hurricane Center Forecasts 'Active To Extremely Active' Season This Year
The Hartford CourantThe Atlantic Ocean hurricane season this year is expected to be "active or extremely active," federal forecasters said Thursday. The season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, will bring 13 to 20 named storms, of which seven to 11 will be hurricanes,...Tags: Oceans, National Hurricane Center, Tropical Weather, Tropical Storms, Hurricanes
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Retired astronaut encourages Western Heights students to follow dreams
julieg@herald-mail.comRetired NASA astronaut Don Thomas encouraged Western Heights Middle School eighth-graders to follow their dreams and to persevere, as he did. “If you forget everything else I told you here today, the one thing I want you to remember is to never...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Space Programs, Science, Colleges and Universities
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Conservationists decry shark finning loophole
Conservationists are decrying a move by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to loosen what critics say is already a lax restriction on shark finning, the controversial practice of slicing the fins off and discarding the body at sea. At its...
Tags: Aquaculture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Conservation, Fishing
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Abrupt climate shifts spurred Stone Age innovation in Africa
A rapid shift in climate that brought wetter and warmer conditions in southern Africa during the Middle Stone Age helped propel innovation and cultural advances in early man, a study has found. Paleontologists have long known that anatomically modern...
Tags: South Africa, Africa, Invention and Innovation
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Florida resorts put out the welcome mat for family reunions
It's that time of year again, when families start planning spring and summertime reunions. A good family reunion resort will offer activities and pastimes for all age groups, and accommodations with spacious, connecting rooms and suites, and condo- or...
Tags: Animal, Wildlife, Norton Museum of Art, Basketball, Tennis
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Florida water park guide
Special CorrespondentNot only does Florida have spectacular coasts on the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico but the state also has plenty of other opportunities for relaxing, refreshing, renewing H2O fun -- at many water parks around the state. Here's a selection of...Tags: LEGO Group, Key West, Walt Disney World Resort, Wet 'n' Wild, Amusement and Theme Parks
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A LOOK BACK
May 19, 1943: In his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country's full support in the fight against Japan. May 20, 1969: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured Ap Bia Mountain, referred to...Tags: American Cancer Society, John F. Kennedy, U.S. Congress
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1928-2013: Ohio Company head was civic leader
The Columbus DispatchDonald C. Fanta, the former president and chief executive officer of the Ohio Company, was remembered yesterday as a civic leader while he led the securities firm. Fanta, who lived in German Village, died on Friday at Mount Carmel West hospital. He...Tags: Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations, The Salvation Army, Korean War (1950-1953), U.S. Army
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Course Source: Bell Bay Golf Club, World Golf Village
ReutersThe Sports Xchange By Tom LaMarre, The Sports Xchange Course Source: Bell Bay Golf Club, World Golf Village IN THE PUBLIC EYE: Bell Bay Golf Club in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada. THE LAYOUT: Thomas McBroom, one of Canada's most noted designers,...Tags: PGA Tour, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Lakes and Ponds, International Travel, Folklore and Mythology
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