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Booze from local crops booming
Features Comments Updated: May 07, 2013 12:06amBy MICHAEL HILL
Associated Press
GARDINER, N.Y. — With all the orchards and corn fields that dot the Hudson Valley landscape, Tuthilltown Spirits doesn’t have to look far for the...
Five free things in Portland, from parks to markets
Features Comments Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06amBy NIGEL DUARA
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two decades ago, the city of Portland’s Yellow Bike Project put hundreds of canary-colored two-wheelers on the streets for public use....
Jamestown’s 406th anniversary to be marked May 11
Features Comments Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06amWILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Historic Jamestowne and Jamestown Settlement are preparing to mark the 406th anniversary of the founding of the first permanent English settlement in what is now the...
Playing with Caterpillars — machines, not insects
Features Comments Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06amBy FRITZ FAERBER
Associated Press
PEORIA, Ill. — Here’s a place where the word caterpillar does not refer to fuzzy little insects. The new Caterpillar Visitors Center is all about the...
Royal Caribbean to sail from Galveston year-round
Features Comments Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06amGALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Royal Caribbean International says it’ll begin sailing seven-day western Caribbean cruises out of Galveston year-round.
The Miami-based cruise line says it’ll base...
Universal announces opening of Transformers ride
Features Comments Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06amORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Universal Orlando says its new, 3-D theme park ride based on the Transformers toy brand will open June 20.
According to a news release, the ride is an interactive, “...
Witherspoon pleads no contest, pays fine
Features Comments Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06amBy JEFF MARTIN
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Reese Witherspoon pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge and paid a $100 fine after berating a state trooper in Atlanta while her...
Grand Canyon redesigns Bright Angel trailhead
Features Comments Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06amGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — The start of one of the Grand Canyon’s most iconic and popular trails has been redesigned and now includes an etched rock sign marking the Bright Angel...
Ferran Adria brings elBulli exhibition to London
Features Comments Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06amBy JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON — You’ve eaten at the restaurant — or probably you haven’t. Now visit the exhibition.
Spanish chef Ferran Adria, the man behind the late,...
Final 2 trails reopen after 2011 Smokies tornado
Features Comments Updated: May 05, 2013 12:06amGATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Two Smoky Mountains hiking trails have been reopened, two years after tornado damage forced their closure.
The National Park Service said Beard Cane and Hatcher...
