Monthly Archives: May 2012

Coast Guard Beach in Mass. listed among America’s Top 10

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CORONADO, Calif. (AP) - Like a Hollywood star, Coronado's 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That's one of the reasons why Coronado - flanked by the iconic hotel featured in Marilyn Monroe's 1958 film "Some Like It Hot" - has been named the No. 1 beach in the United States in the 2012 survey by "Dr. Beach" professor Stephen P. Leatherman of Florida International University. It is the first time "Dr. Beach" has given the top Read more [...]

Listing of 2012 Memorial Day weekend events – Champaign/Urbana News

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(Editor's note: If you have a ceremony that isn't listed here, please add it in the comments at the end of the story.) CHAMPAIGN — The American Legion Post 24 is sponsoring a Memorial Day service on Monday at 2 p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery, 611 E. Pennsylvania Ave., C. The invocation and benediction will be by the Rev. Chuck Carlson of First Presbyterian Church, Champaign, with the "address of the day" by Harl Ray, detachment commander of Illinois Sons of the American Legion. The program will Read more [...]

New shows going on sale: The Dukes of September, Celtic Woman, ‘Sesame Street … – The Star-Ledger

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The Dukes of September (from left, Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs) are performing in Atlantic City on Aug. 5, with tickets going on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. The following are concerts and other events for which tickets are going on sale this week, listed by sale time. Unless otherwise noted, call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. FRIDAY, 10 A.M. • Irving Plaza, New York. El-P, Killer Mike, Despot, July 13, $25. • Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Read more [...]

Flatpicker Doc Watson listed as critical

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RALEIGH, N.C — Master flatpicker Doc Watson was in critical condition Thursday at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week.Watson's daughter, Nancy, said in a telephone interview that Watson fell Monday at his home. She said he didn't break any bones but that he was "real sick." A spokeswoman at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem said Arthel Watson — Arthel is Doc Watson's legal first name — was in critical condition Thursday.The 89-year-old blind Read more [...]

Memorial Day Events Honor Veterans

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This weekend will kick off summer with plenty of events in the area to honor our veterans on Memorial Day. Local events for Cecil, Muse, Canonsburg, and North Strabane are listed below as well as local closings for the holiday. The Muse Fire Department Parade will be held on Memorial Day, starting at the staton, 186 Muse Bishop Rd., and ending about ¼-mile down in front of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church. The parade kicks off a few minutes before 9 a.m. and is led by local Boy Scout troops. Speakers Read more [...]

Auction house CANCELS online sale of Ronald Reagan’s stolen blood after the ex …

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Seller will donate the blood to the Ronald Reagan Presidential FoundationThey now claim to have obtained the vial at a U.S. auction earlier this yearThe blood is said to have been collected after a 1981 assassination attempt By Christine Show and David Williams PUBLISHED: 06:20 GMT, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 06:49 GMT, 25 May 2012 A European auction house has called off plans to sell a vial containing the blood of Ronald Reagan on the internet after complaints from the late U.S. president's Read more [...]

Master flatpicker Doc Watson listed as critical in hospital – Asheville Citizen

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<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2-->Master flatpicker Doc Watson was in critical condition Thursday at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week.Watson’s daughter, Nancy, said in a telephone interview that Watson fell Monday at his home. She said he didn’t break any bones but that he was “real sick.” A spokeswoman at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem said Arthel Watson — Arthel is Doc Watson’s legal first name — was in critical condition Thursday.The Read more [...]

Two Grade-II dream homes: one with world-class equine facilities

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Burnham Westgate Hill, Norkfolk It’s not every day you describe a potential home as “important” – well, this building is just that: a Grade II listed Georgian country house by the famous Sir John Soane, set in over 30 acres of beautiful Norkfolk parkland, and only a couple of miles from Burnham Market town. Architectural features include a cantilevered staircase from 1783 as well as John de Carle’s fireplace, a important piece for which sketches were found in Soane’s Read more [...]