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How To Keep Your Car Summer-Ready
KickingTiresWith summer here, parents have to be prepared for anything the season's heat may bring. Sure, you've got the kids enrolled in a few camps and sporting adventures, secured your pool membership and know where every playground within reach is,......Tags: Passenger Cars, Vehicles, Tourism and Leisure, Cancer, Travel
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Study Finds Women Are Better at Parking
KickingTiresThe verdict is in, at least in the United Kingdom: Women are better car parkers than men. A parking lot company in the U.K. called National Car Parks conducted a monthlong study in which it evaluated how men and women......Tags: Companies and Corporations, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, United Kingdom, Economy, Business and Finance
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Today's News From the Cars.com Family
KickingTiresToday, our friends at PickupTrucks.com put the 4X4 Toyota Tacoma T|X Pro through its paces in Southern California???s Red Rock Canyon State Park, surrounded by beautifully colored red rock cliffs. Mike found the truck to have excellent bottom-end and...Tags: Luxury Vehicles, State Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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The Chesapeake saga -- from the Baltimore Sun archives
Dining@LargeAt sea re the Chesapeake saga. Me, too. I've been looking through the archives. This Ed Gunts article from 2003 was very, very helpful. Consider it exposition for the following eight years of Jarndyce and Jarndyce.Please share your memories of......Tags: Public Officials, Family, Government, Travel, Real Estate
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NE Baltimore windstorm ruled an EF-1 tornado
Maryland WeatherThe National Weather Service concluded tonight that the violent windstorm that struck Northeast Baltimore and Parkville was an EF-1 tornado with top winds of 85 to 100 mph. Damage was tracked along a path five miles long, all done within......Tags: Tornadoes, Photography and Video, Parkville, Weather Reports, Disasters and Accidents
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America's Five Fastest Roads
KickingTiresAmericans are traveling more slowly than they were a few years ago, according to a company that tracks GPS data. The average speedster traveled 81 mph on America???s top 10 fastest roads, down from 85 mph last year, according INRIX,......Tags: Phoenix (Maricopa, Arizona), Petroleum Industry, National Parks, Arizona, Oklahoma City
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A month's rain in a week
Maryland WeatherThe slow-moving remnants of Tropical Storm Lee continued to unload on Maryland Wednesday morning, pushing rivers ands creeks toward flood stage, inundating many roadways and slowing the morning commute to a crawl. Barely a week into the new month and........Tags: White Marsh, Floods, U.S. Geological Survey, Tropical Weather, Travel
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Hastert's Prairie Parkway push: FOX eyes
The Swampby Mark Silva The former speaker of the House, Republican Dennis Hastert, is among the subjects of a FOX News Channel examination of questionable "earmarks'' in federal spending. His earmark: the Prairie Parkway that runs near land he owned west......Tags: Politics, Ken Calvert, Government, Rod Blagojevich, Elections
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Pa. park wins "dark sky" designation
Maryland WeatherPennsylvania's little-known, but much-beloved (by amateur astronomers) Cherry Springs State Park has been named an International Dark Sky Park by the International Dark Sky Association. It is only the second park to win that honor. The first (last year)...Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Pollution, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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John McCain, looking to Teddy Roosevelt
The Swampby Jill Zuckman At his Hidden Valley ranch near Sedona, Ariz., Sen. John McCain takes his guests for long hikes across the creek and up the hill, pointing out species of birds, plants and wildlife, and occasionally serving as medic......Tags: Barack Obama, Corruption, Environmental Issues, Roosevelt, Academic Progress
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Dick Cheney's retirement: Court-watch
The Swampby Mark Silva Tough news for Dick Cheney - and word of interest to Todd Palin as well -- from the federal court in Washington, courtesy of our court-watching Countdown to Crawford friends. The Bush administration has attempted to expand......Tags: Politics, Heads of State, Executive Branch, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Constitution Day: Laura Bush's lesson
The Swampby Mark Silva The Constitution is 221 years old today. First Lady Laura Bush, who turned 60 not long ago, spoke to the occasion today in the East Room of the White House. Joined by the director of the National......Tags: Ellis Island, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, History
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