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In the Pipeline: Magic in the microfilm
A snapshot of Huntington Beach 50 years ago today, Dec. 22, 1961, courtesy of the Huntington Beach News: There was a groundbreaking for the Nordlund Village Center on Beach Boulevard between Heil Avenue and Terry Drive. It was announced that soon...Tags: Chanel S.A., Santa Claus (fictional character), Arts and Culture, Walnuts, Holidays
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In The Pipeline: A beautiful prize: Antarctica
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
So goes one of...Tags: Documentary (genre), Amusement and Theme Parks, Antarctica, Nature, Wetlands
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In The Pipeline: Fruitful centuries
"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Mark Twain "The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person." Andy Rooney I received a note from my friend Kathleen Olson last week. She works at...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, New York City, Woodrow Wilson, New Year's Day
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Finns in search of fins
The Huntington Beach Pier traveled back in time Saturday morning to Missouri of the mid-1800s, the Midwest that Mark Twain immortalized in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
About a dozen boys stood around in overalls, plaid shirts and straw hats...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Fishing, Huntington Beach, Mississippi, Missouri
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Eduardo Galeano discusses "Children of the Days"
It was May 10 and it was cold outside and I was inside, at a downtown bar/restaurant awaiting the arrival of the distinguished Latin American writer Eduardo Galeano, which latest book is titled "Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History." I...
Tags: Al Capone, Arts, National Museum of Mexican Art, Politics, Arts and Culture
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Partnership for cruise line The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), founded nearly 200 years ago to advance geographical science, is to...Tags: Star Sailing, Foods and Beverages, Nordstrom, Guggenheim Museum, Bronze Radio Return
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Ketchen, Pope and Prisby: Penn State trustees yet to reach goal of complete reform
Mark Twain once noted, "There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded." Some members of Penn State's board of trustees honestly believe that the...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Crime, Law and Justice, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), Colleges and Universities, The Pennsylvania State University
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Big events for July
As summer surges forward, there's plenty of time to catch a festive wave. For fun in the sun, consider the tall-ships gathering in Duluth, Minn., or the Ossipee Valley Fair west of Portland, Maine. For revels under the stars, look to the Candlelight...
Tags: Mavis Staples, Arts and Culture, Chincoteague (Accomack, Virginia), San Diego Comic-Con International, Entertainment
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Dad recounts family cycling adventure in 'Pedal to the Sea'
You wouldn't expect a kid who grew up on the edge of Harbor Springs to become the adult who with his wife and two kids rode from coast to coast on a bicycle built for four. Who would you expect to do a thing like that? Looking back at his teen years,...
Tags: Newburg, Book, Pacific Ocean, Science and Technology, Petroleum Industry
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Lawmaker Jason Smith will sit on judiciary, natural resources committees in U.S. House
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's newest congressman has been appointed to the U.S. House committees on natural resources and the judiciary. Republican Jason Smith, of Salem, won a special election June 4 in southeast Missouri's 8th Congressional...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Natural Resource Industry, Justice System
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Bernice "Bernie" Bender Bartholomew, 92, formerly of Salisbury
Bernice "Bernie" Bender Bartholomew, 92, died May 31, 2013, at Emeritus Senior Living in Towson, Md. Born on Aug. 27, 1920, daughter of the late Effie Miller Bender and Mark Twain Bender, Bernice graduated from Salisbury High School in Salisbury. She...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Crime, Law and Justice, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)
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The Big Read announces $1 million in grants for 2013-14
The National Endowment for the Arts announced $1 million in grants for the Big Read projects taking place across the U.S. in 2013-14. The Big Read was launched in 2005 to help create one-city-one-book-style projects; for each title on its list, it...
Tags: Ray Bradbury, Jhumpa Lahiri, Google+, Physiology
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