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App helps with safety along Great Lakes
As swimming season begins in the Great Lakes, the Great Lakes Commission has released new tools to help ensure that people's time spent at the beach, hitting the waves and cruising the waters, is safe and fun. To help protect swimmers from dangerous...Tags: Beaches, U.S. Coast Guard, Sports, Lakes and Ponds, National Weather Service
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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi buy Montecito mansion
Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, actress Portia de Rossi, have bought a 13-acre estate in Montecito that had been listed at $26.5 million. The purchase price has not yet appeared in the public record. The restored Tuscan-style villa and...
Tags: Jillian Michaels, Cheers (tv program), American Idol (tv program), The Tonight Show (tv program), David Hunt
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READER SUBMITTED: Mandell JCC Sharks Swim Team Helps Special Olympics Athletes Go for the Gold
West HartfordMembers of the Mandell JCC Sharks Swim Team teamed up with local athletes for the Special Olympic Connecticut Eastern Regional Games, on Saturday, May 11, at the University of Hartford. Over 600 athletes, 200 coaches, and 400 volunteers came together...Tags: Special Olympics, Sports, Judaism, Religion and Belief, University of Hartford
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Man-of-war, jellyfish washing ashore at beaches
Lifeguards are flying red and purple flags at Central Florida's beaches, warning swimmers of dangers in the water this weekend. A breezy onshore flow is blowing in more than dangerous, red-flag rip currents. Purple flags are warning swimmers about...
Tags: Memorial Day, Sports, Allergies, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Orlando is Florida's healthiest city! Now, the bad news
OK, Orlando, do you want the good news or the bad news? The good news, you say? Congratulations! You have been named as the healthiest major city in Florida! The bad news? Out of the 50 largest communities in these United States, you were just 34th....
Tags: Football, Robert Griffin III, Pittsburgh Pirates, Google Inc., NFC East
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READER SUBMITTED: Christopher Todd Named Windsor Public Schools' "Teacher Of The Year"
WindsorChristopher M. Todd, a Social Studies teacher at Windsor High, has been named the 2013-2014 Windsor Public Schools "Teacher of the Year." Todd also recently was selected as Connecticut's 2013 Fellow by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, and...Tags: Sports, Teachers, University of Colorado at Boulder, Culture, Students
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Lawmakers Support UConn Expansion
The Hartford CourantThe General Assembly passed some of the year's biggest bills Saturday: legislation that calls for spending $2 billion to upgrade the University of Connecticut over the next 10 years, for improving pool safety following school drownings, and for placing...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Energy Saving, Prices, Justice System, John McKinney
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Safety important when swimming
For many people, there's no better feeling than jumping into a cold body of water on a blisteringly hot day. However, people -- especially children -- need to remember that nothing is more important than safety, said Travis Lemer, supervisor of the...
Tags: Sports, YMCA, American Red Cross
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Swimming-Australia chief resigns over inappropriate remark
ReutersJune 2 (Reuters) - Swimming Australia president Barclay Nettlefold resigned on Sunday over allegations of "inappropriate" behaviour. Stood down on Saturday, Nettlefold is being investigated for an alleged inappropriate remark he made to a female team...Tags: Sports
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Fort Lauderdale needs Swimming Hall of Fame
The city of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County have a long, successful history in watersports, from the grass-roots level to international competition. When you add the International Swimming Hall of Fame to the mix, the claim that South Florida is the...Tags: International Swimming Hall of Fame, Sports
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Future Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones almost drowned at Dorney Park
Two-time gold-medal-winning Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones vividly recalls the summer day 24 years ago when his parents took him to Dorney Park's Wildwater Kingdom. "It was a normal weekend," Jones says. "It was my first time at Dorney Park and I had...
Tags: Olympic Games, Sports, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Services and Shopping, 100 M Freestyle Swimming
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Swimming-Australia chief stood down over inappropriate remark
ReutersJune 1 (Reuters) - Swimming Australia stood down its president Barclay Nettlefold on Saturday over allegations of "inappropriate" behaviour towards a female team consultant. Nettlefold would be subjected to an investigation into the alleged inappropriate...Tags: Sports
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