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Daytrippers: Boston Segway Tour
FOX CTThey’re geeked up from the get go in the north end of Boston. Here tourism has gone high tech. With all due respect to a trolley ride, there are those advocating a Segway glide. At about 10 miles per hour, Boston Gliders Segway Adventures is finding...Tags: Human Interest, San Antonio
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Bacon recipes galore!
We were opening Christmas gifts last year when my much better half dropped a package on my lap -- a cold, heavy package. Curious (and suddenly chilly), I opened it. Bacon. Six pounds of artisan bacon, ranging from thick-cut hickory-smoked to jalapeño-...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Tennessee, Holidays
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Ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Moves Back to Tucson
CNNTUCSON, Ariz. -- Nineteen months after she and 18 others were shot at a political event -- six of them fatally -- former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned home Sunday to her native southern Arizona, her husband said. Giffords has spent most of the time...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Body, Human Interest, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Health
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AWOL Soldier Sentenced to Life in Fort Hood Bomb Plot
KTLA NewsWACO, Tex. -- A U.S. soldier charged with plotting to blow up troops from the nation's largest Army post has been sentenced to life in prison. Naser Jason Abdo was found guilty in May of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, attempted murder...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Human Interest, Afghanistan
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Amazon, Web Retailers Begin Charging Sales Tax in California
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- The days of most tax-free Internet shopping in California are over. After years of controversy, the world's largest online retailer, Amazon.com Inc., was set to begin collecting state and local sales taxes on California purchases at 12:...Tags: Jeff Bezos, Crime, Law and Justice, Computer Networking and Internet, Executive Branch, Consumers
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Nonsurgical cosmetic devices that tighten, smooth and slim
Los Angeles TimesDoctors' offices are full of brochures listing new nonsurgical procedures that promise to tighten skin, eliminate redness or brown spots and get rid of fat. Though the machines have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the clearances don't...Tags: Radio, Los Angeles Times, Food and Drug Administration, Cutera Incorporated, Entertainment
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He's a stickler about no-fuss parties
Food photographer and blogger Matt Armendariz knows how to be the life of the party: Make food on a stick.
"It almost doesn't matter what you actually make. People see food on a stick and they just start to smile and laugh and they love it. I think it...Tags: Tomatoes, Whole Foods Market, Recipes, Martha Stewart, Human Interest
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Oil pipeline expansion fuels concerns in Kansas
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsWorkers laid pipe across Kansas last summer, and earlier this year oil started gushing through it on its way from Canada to Oklahoma. That took it right through Mike Voit's property south of Chapman. "We kind of had the last pipeline agreement we signed...Tags: Oklahoma, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, TransCanada Corporation, Kansas, Career and Workplace
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Who will bat against 'Alibi' Obama?
"If he popped up in the pinch he should of made a base hit and the reason he didn't was so-and-so. And if he cracked one for three bases he ought to had a home run, only the ball wasn't lively, or the wind brought it back, or he tripped on a lump o' dirt,...Tags: The Washington Post, Political Candidates, Executive Branch, Libya, Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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This is Obamaland: Bad luck, bad faith
"We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, got the economy moving again. … But over the last six months, we've had a run of bad luck." President Barack Obama, Aug. 15 WASHINGTON — A troubled nation wonders: How did we get mired in...Tags: The Washington Post, Branch Rickey, Republican Party, Politics, Barack Obama
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Obama is on the way out
On Saturday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry got into the race for the GOP presidential nomination, and within 24 hours, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty got out.
Perry didn't exactly chase Pawlenty out of the race; the Iowa straw poll (in which T-Paw finished a...Tags: Executive Branch, Iowa, Republican Party, Politics, Barack Obama
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