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1 hr ago | WHDH

Commuter train from NYC shakes, derails in tunnel

A commuter train shook on the tracks and then derailed in a tunnel under the East River shortly after leaving Penn Station on Monday night, forcing the hundreds of passengers on it to be removed and delaying the trip home for many others.

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Related Topix: North America Travel, Travel, New York City Travel

5 hrs ago | WTAQ-AM Green Bay

With president at G8, Michelle Obama enjoys Irish ...

With the president locked in high-level meetings at a secluded hotel in Northern Ireland, first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters took the chance to investigate their Irish roots.

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Related Topix: Michelle Obama, Travel, Europe Travel, Ireland Travel, Northern Ireland, Ireland Travel, Dublin, Ireland Travel, North America Travel, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Chicago Travel

10 hrs ago | KIII

For young immigrants, a delayed coming of age

As a child, Jorge Tume used to sit and do homework as his parents cleaned the desks and floors of a concrete company in Miami.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Travel, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Florida International University, Social Security, Personal Finance

10 hrs ago | Bellingham Herald

For young immigrants, a delayed coming of age

In this Wednesday, June 12, 2013 photo, brothers Jorge Tume, left, and Francis Tume are shown in Miami.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Travel, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Florida International University, Social Security, Personal Finance

11 hrs ago | Sys-Con Media

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza Announces Expansion to Michigan, Ohio, Indiana & Northern California

These most recent franchise agreements further expand Blaze Pizza's growing national footprint which includes the West Coast , the Northeast , the Midwest and the Southeast .

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Pizza, California, Travel, Restaurant Management, Recipes

15 hrs ago | KRVN-AM Lexington

Move Over, Groupon: New Sites for Deals Target Kids, Couples

Many email boxes are flooded with deals for food, shopping and travel, but two new sites want to remove the clutter and boredom to provide kids and couples with ideas for fun activities.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, North America Travel, Chicago Travel, Columbia University, Parenting

19 hrs ago | WTOP-FM Washington

Miss USA crown goes to Connecticut contestant

The country's newest Miss USA is leaving a white collar job behind for the glamour and excitement that goes with her new role -- and she can't wait.

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Related Topix: North America Travel, Travel, Washington D.C. Travel

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Patch.com

Dorney Park Sued for Chinese Student's Death

A 22-year-old Chinese woman employed at Dorney Park was walking along Hamilton Boulevard when she was hit by a car and later died on Sept.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News, Travel

Sun Journal

Carolinian Shakespeare Festival succumbs to lackluster economy

After 14 years at a number of venues, the annual mixture of plays and workshops will not return in 2013.

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Related Topix: New Bern, NC, Travel

EDGE

Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks

"Gypsy." "Follies." "West Side Story." Did you know these three landmark shows did not win the Best Musical Tony Award? Peter Filichia does and he's fashioned a volume, "Stripper, Showgirls, and Sharks," that looks at these and other titles that were passed over for that award.

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Related Topix: Travel, Theater, Arts, Music!, Tony Awards

The Greenville News

Boston's 'Masterpieces of Landscape' opens at Greenville museum

The famed American artists of the Hudson River School created far more than mere pretty paintings of landscapes.

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Related Topix: North America Travel, Travel, Boston Travel, Fine Arts, Arts, Painting

Bangor Daily News

Losing dad, so soon after mom

My sister and I took our positions in the funeral home's family room and greeted hundreds of mourners who had come to pay their respects.

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Detroit News

Too many political chefs in refinery kitchen

The House, eager to do something about record high gasoline prices in advance of the Memorial Day weekend, voted narrowly Wednesday, May 23, 2007 to approve stiff penalties for those found guilty of gasoline price gouging.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Travel, Auburn Hills, MI, Opinion

Sat Jun 15, 2013

CBS Local

Thousands Of Volunteers Participate In 20th Annual Chicago Cares Serve-A-Thon

The spirit of volunteerism is alive and well in Chicago today as people spruce up schools, parks and playgrounds for the 20th annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-Thon, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.

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Related Topix: North America Travel, Travel, Chicago Travel, Chicago, IL

Examiner.com

Ravinia Benny Goodman Tribute swings

Three exceptional clarinetists and the Midwest's talented Chicago Jazz Orchestra reminded Ravinia Festival audiences why the music of Benny Goodman still excites jazz and big band lovers decades after the "king of swing's" quartet drew a record attendance in 1973.

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Related Topix: Benny Goodman, Jazz, North America Travel, Chicago Travel, Travel, The Orchestra, Big-Band, Symphony, Arts, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Classical

The Atlantic

Why Justice Stevens Is Dead Wrong About DNA Searches

Is it really less intrusive to collect someone's vital data for eternity than it is to rummage through his papers briefly? John Paul Stevens, the avuncular former justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, gave an interesting speech yesterday at the American Constitution Society Convention in Washington, D.C. Not only did he offer some provocative analysis ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, North America Travel, Travel, Washington D.C. Travel, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics

WHIO

Music composed for NH's grand hotels revived

More than a century after guests at the Crawford House awoke to the "Breakfast Bell Polka," Plymouth State University is reviving some of long-lost music composed specifically to entertain guests at New Hampshire's grand hotels and keep them coming back for more.

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Related Topix: North America Travel, Travel, Boston Travel, Newport, RI, Entertainment

Click Orlando

Bogus FBI government computer alerts hit Central Florida

A NEW VERSION OF THE RAN RANSOM WEAR COMPUTER VIRUS IS SHOWING UP AGAIN. EXPERTS SAY IT APPEARS TO COME FROM A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND THEN IT LOCKS YOUR COMPUTER.

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Related Topix: Computers, Computer Security, Science / Technology, US News, Cellphones, Travel

KOMO News

Study: Pacific Northwest vulnerable to massive earthquake

Is the big one right around the corner? A new study suggests the entire Pacific Northwest coast is vulnerable to a 9.0 earthquake that could level parts of Seattle.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Seattle Travel, North America Travel, Travel

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Business Journal

How Roger Berkowitz changed his mind on opening Legal Sea Foods in Downtown Crossing

Last year Roger Berkowitz, CEO of Legal Sea Foods, said the lack of nightlife in Boston's Downtown Crossing made it unlikely that he'd open a restaurant in the shopping district.

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Related Topix: North America Travel, Travel, Boston Travel