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- Vermont-New York ferry crossing shifts south
- The company had hoped to keep the Charlotte route going through the winter but weather and the need for more boat capacity in Crown Point got in the way. Traffic at Crown Point has been running around 1,500 cars a day — more than twice the…
- Burlington Free Press
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- 53 minutes ago
- Penguin Plungers: Freezin' for a Reason
- Hundreds of shrieking stalwarts raced into frigid Lake Champlain for the Burlington Penguin Plunge to benefit the Vermont Special Olympics. They went in wearing pink tulle skirts, tartan kilts, Rocky-inspired silk boxers and goose bumps…
- Burlington Free Press
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- 1 hour ago
- N.J.'s Gov. Christie plans tour of snow-socked coast
- ATLANTIC CITY — Governor Christie and fellow New Jerseyans should see "a better day" Sunday, when sunshine and clear skies are expected to replace the blizzard conditions that left parts of the state under mounds of snow and brought the…
- NorthJersey.com
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- $1.3 million sale sets record at Tulsa Boat, Sport & Travel…
- Despite concerns by boat sellers and manufacturers about the lagging economy, one exhibitor made the largest sale in the history of the Tulsa Boat, Sport & Travel Show on Thursday. The $1.3 million, 50-foot, Italian designed, Made in…
- Tulsa World
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- 2 hours ago
- Boat Brings Aid to Climate-Afflicted Bangladeshis
- Women in the isolated northern chars of Bangladesh are the first to feel the effects of climate change. Fairly forgotten by most of the world, they now have a boat that floats their way, bringing some medical help and community health…
- Women's eNews
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- 1 hour ago
- Is your Bentley boring? See Miami's car detailer to the stars
- Miami may be known for hot things like bodies, bars, and automobiles, but until Will Castro arrived in Magic City recently, a car in this town -- even a hot car -- was arguably just another (yawn) set of wheels. Castro, a magician in his…
- Palm Beach Interactive
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- 1 hour ago
- Arthur - 74 Years of Paddling a Klepper Folding Kayak!
- PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 07, 2010 – Arthur Vollmer, one month shy of his 80th birthday, looks forward to greeting paddlers at the Halifax International Boat Show and share his passion for Klepper folding kayaks. ‘King’ Arthur as he ...
- PRLog (free press release)
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- Short-sale bets lift stocks
- Americans are cutting back on luxuries, but you wouldn't know it from the shares of boat retailer MarineMax. This seller of everything from tiny Boston Whalers to 100-foot Hatteras yachts hasn't made a dime in two years, and analysts don't…
- Asbury Park Press
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- 4 hours ago
- A textbook case of failure
- At its core, the economic surge in India and China comes down to brains. The industries driving the region’s challenge to American leadership — communications, information technology, biotech and the like — can’t thrive without a steady ...
- MSNBC
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- 4 hours ago
- Woman, teenager drown in Queensland floodwaters
- A MOTHER drowned after being wrenched from her son by powerful floodwaters in central Queensland, after a 14-year-old disabled boy died when a car was swept away. The dead woman's son was one of 18 people who had to be rescued when a wall…
- News.com.au
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- 3 hours ago
- If usual fails, unexpected can delight
- The children seemed content to poke, with sticks, the dead fish that washed ashore.) We decided to book passage to one of the nearby islands accessible only by boat and try our luck there. But the luck seemed bad. Our first reservation was…
- Columbus Dispatch
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- 3 hours ago
- Spreading the ‘Jersey Shore’ outrage
- The most surprising thing about the angry fallout from MTV’s “Jersey Shore” is the anger and surprise. It’s MTV. What do folks think MTV is, a music video network? Hasn’t been in 15 years. Do people think it’s a TV home for irreverent but…
- New York Post
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- 4 hours ago
New York Post
- Hop aboard for Albania coast
- Reporting from Sarande, Albania - Somewhere on Earth there must be a cheaper, easier, more exotic cruise, packed with even more beautiful sights and filled with more history, providing even tastier food, but for now, I'm happy to settle on…
- Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times
- A BUYERS MARKET: Mobile Boat Show provides buyers and sellers…
- Bill Starling, Press-Register The boating industry is hoping the worst of the economic hardships it’s been dealing with for the past two-plus years are finally starting to turn around with dealers understanding the realities of a new…
- Everything Alabama Blog
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- 5 hours ago
- It's no day at the beach
- GRAFTON -- High: 20 degrees. Wind chill: 4 degrees. Water temperature: freezing. The perfect day to hit the beach. ''Oh, my god, they must be nuts!" a woman shouted from a large crowd encircling a rectangular hole in the lake ice at Grafton…
- Times Union
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- 5 hours ago
- Taylor gets his shot at release
- RALEIGH -- Greg Taylor took a wrong turn. It was misty and dark, and Taylor didn't know these streets. He was high again. That night in September 1991 was full of wrong turns, ones that eventually led Taylor, 47, to prison. His truck got…
- Raleigh News & Observer
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- 5 hours ago
- The price of UMass law school
- LAST WEEK’S vote by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education to establish a state-run law school didn’t come close to passing the smell test. The vote authorized the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth to acquire the Southern New…
- Boston Globe
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- 5 hours ago
- A party amid lingering pain
- NEW ORLEANS -- As the Saints get ready today for America's biggest party and the world focuses on Haiti, it's easy to forget that New Orleans is only 41/2 years removed from the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history. But this city,…
- Raleigh News & Observer
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- 6 hours ago
- Valentine Queens gather for tea
- ARCATA -- The Humboldt County Council of Beta Sigma Phi will hold its annual Valentine Sweetheart High Tea at 2 p.m. next Saturday (Feb. 13) at the Baywood Golf and Country Club. After the welcome and opening ritual, the event will include…
- Eureka Times-Standard
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- 6 hours ago
- Cup yachts turn into speedboats
- VALENCIA, Spain - On a recent visit to his native Australia, America’s Cup helmsman Jimmy Spithill squeezed in the time to get his pilot’s license. It was a keen decision, considering that he has his hands on the wheel of one of the most…
- Boston Globe
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