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Couple fall overboard from Carnival cruise ship
Sun SentinelA couple aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship have gone overboard in waters off Australia, and are missing, the Miami-based cruise line confirmed in a statement Thursday. The Carnival Spirit returned to port in Sydney earlier in the day without...Tags: Cruise Line Ports, Tour Operations Industry, Australia, Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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PASSINGS: Robert W. Edgar, Chrissy Amphlett, Robert Earl Holding
Robert W. Edgar Six-term Pennsylvania congressman Robert W. Edgar, 69, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives, served as president of the Claremont School of Theology and went on to lead the public interest group...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Petroleum Industry, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Religion and Belief
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Rosealma R. "Rose" Loewe 1919 - 2013
Rosealma R. “Rose” Loewe was born in Topsham, Maine, in 1919 and passed away Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in San Luis Obispo. Often calling herself a “Mainiac,” a play on the name of her birth state, Mom greeted each person she...
Tags: Errol Flynn, World War II (1939-1945), Casey Stengel
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Cold, wet Dublin braces for St. Patrick's Day
DUBLIN (AP) — Never mind the fickle Irish weather. A chilly, damp Dublin is wrapping up warm for St. Patrick's Day. An estimated half-million revelers were expected to brave snowflakes and sleet to line the capital's streets for the traditional...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Enda Kenny, St. Patrick's Day, Politics, Julia Gillard
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Neil Of Motley Crue Hospitalized
Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil was hospitalized in Australia lafter suffering a kidney stone attack during the band’s concert in Sydney. According to various reports, the band was a few songs into their set before Neil left the stage in severe...
Tags: Motley Crue (music group), Music, Entertainment
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Download before you go
There's Nothing Like Australia (free for iPad) What it is: an iPad app from Tourism Australia designed to help travelers plan a visit. It highlights 13 areas, including Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Canberra, Melbourne, Kangaroo Island and Hayman Island....
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Google Inc., Physical Fitness and Exercise, Apple iPad, Kangaroo Island (Australia)
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News of the Weird: Jails Need Locks Too?
“Fulton Jail Will Get Working Cell Locks,” read the Dec. 19 Atlanta Journal-Constitution headline. The county commission serving Atlanta had finally voted to break a longstanding 3-3 tie that prevented buying new jailhouse locks -- even...
Tags: Gonorrhea , Pet Shops, Services, and Supplies, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Australia's Back to Back pushes theatrical boundaries
At first blush, "Ganesh Versus the Third Reich" sounds like a long-lost Monty Python skit about some bizarre time-tripping action-figure wrestling bout. Indeed, as the title hints, a cosmic smackdown between the pachyderm Hindu god and the German Führer...Tags: The New York Times, Nazi Party, Manhattan (New York City), Genres, Religion and Belief
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Fires rage on as Australia sizzles with triple-digit temperatures
Scores of fires continued to rage across southeastern Australia on Tuesday as the country sizzled under scorching heat. More than a dozen were still burning out of control late in the day, as firefighters battled to squelch flames sweeping through dry...
Tags: Julia Gillard, Australia
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‘Hobbit’: Stephen Hunter on Bombur’s blubber, dwarf boot camp
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comOne of the most memorable dwarfs in “The Hobbit” is Bombur, described by J.R.R. Tolkien as “immensely fat and heavy.” ...... -
Australian fires spread in extreme heat, prompt warning of high risk
Flames continued to lick Monday at the Australian island of Tasmania, while officials warned that other stretches of the country faced some of the most dangerous conditions for fires on record. “I cannot say it more plainly: The risk is real and...Tags: Global Change, Julia Gillard, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems
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Lyric names new chorus master
Michael Black is returning to Lyric Opera as the company’s new chorus master. The Australian, who served as interim chorus master for the 2011-12 season, will resume duties here as of the 2013-14 season. He presently serves as chorus master of...Tags: Poetry, Australia, Music, Entertainment
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