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amusement Parks To Stay Open A Little Longer
usually by nov. 1, southern new england amusement parks have shut their gates and have started dismantling rides for winter storage.
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Ohio: The Highs (and Lows) Of The World's Fastest Roller Coaster - Belfast Telegraph
for the past 10 years, cedar point in ohio has been voted best amusement park in the world. ben ross nervously samples the ups – and very fast downs – of america's 'roller coast' there's nothing mickey mouse about cedar point, ohio. but let's ...
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Theme Park Vacations - Hartford Courant
usually by nov. 1, southern new england amusement parks have shut their gates and have started dismantling rides for winter storage. but this year, the carousels will be turning, the roller coasters will be racing and — park operators hope ...
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Week In Review
school board junket cost $36g taxpayers picked up the $36,000 tab for seven officials from mid valley school district to attend a conference earlier this year in orlando, fla. many brought family members along at taxpayer expense and racked up charges for expensive dinners, hotel minibars and snacks at amusement parks. receipts the officials filed for reimbursement show six school board members ...
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Ohio: The Highs (and Lows) Of The World's Fastest Roller Coaster
for the past 10 years, cedar point in ohio has been voted best amusement park in the world. ben ross nervously samples the ups – and very fast downs – of america's 'roller coast'
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amusement Parks To Stay Open A Little Longer - Hartford Courant
usually by nov. 1, southern new england amusement parks have shut their gates and have started dismantling rides for winter storage. but this year, the carousels will be turning, the roller coasters will be racing and — park operators hope — the ...
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Six Flags Strains In Steep Climb - Baltimore Sun
austell, ga. - six flags inc. chief executive mark shapiro looked up at goliath, a 200-foot-tall roller coaster just outside of atlanta, as riders roared downhill at 70 miles per hour. "nice ride," he noted. "but we'll never get our return on ...
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Turnout Steady At U.s. amusement Parks
toddlers swept along by their parents. parents dragged by their teens. church groups eager to grab one last bit of summer before heading back to school. on a sweltering day late last week, they all streamed through the main gate at carowinds, drawn by the water park, the roller coasters — and, for many, the chance to have fun close to home in a travel season pinched by high gas prices. even with ...
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A Money-saving Plan For The Summer Vacation Clan
(ara) - are you looking to embark on a summer family vacation that won't break the bank? whether it's heading to an amusement park or road tripping across the country, there are simple ways to spend within your means by making informed, cost-conscious decisions while on the road.
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Save It! - San Diego Union-tribune
don't buy food at amusement parks if you can help it. many allow you to pack your own food and beverages, says beth caulfield, editor in chief of aol travel. at national parks, skip the restaurants; you're there to enjoy the outdoors, anyway, so why ...
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No Prison In Sex Abuse Of Boy - Baltimore Sun
the four 8-year-old boys were supposed to go to walt disney world the next day. they were staying overnight at the reisterstown house of the man who had befriended them at a baltimore recreation center and had been promising for weeks to take them to ...
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Save It!
pack your own lunch. don't buy food at amusement parks if you can help it. many allow you to pack your own food and beverages, says beth caulfield, editor in chief of aol travel.
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At amusement Parks, The Fun Screams On
toddlers swept along by their parents. parents dragged by their teens. church groups eager to grab one last bit of summer before heading back to school.
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Iraqi Arabs Seek Vacation Escape In Kurdistan - Seattle Post Intelligencer
an iraqi family from baghdad visits liberation gardens, a former military camp under saddam hussein's regime now turned into a garden and amusement park, in sulaimaniyah in the kurdistan region of iraq friday, aug. 22, 2008. after five years of war ...
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Six Flags Great America/new Dark Knight Ride Makes Chicagoland ... - Nwi.com
it's been 15 years since my last visit to six flags great america . growing up, it was always one of the most anticipated trips to be lucky enough to spend a day at what was then marriott's great america. in fact, my "next day" trip after senior prom ...
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Projects Improve Access To River
group leads effort to develop parks, trails and spans along appomattox.
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$500m Development In The Works For Gatlinburg, Using Arrowmont Land And Lots More
gatlinburg - a $500 million development, including indoor and outdoor water parks, four hotels, four retail villages and more, is planned for the arrowmont property and a lot more land adjacent to it, the mountain press has learned.
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Conflict In Iraq Video   - Msnbc
aug. 22: u.s. and iraqi leaders have agreed to have u.s. combat forces out of cities by next summer, and out of iraq entirely by the end of 2011—a year later than the iraqis wanted. nbc's john yang reports. for the kurds, it's mainly business. for ...
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Chesapeake Parents Sound Plea For Band's Disney Trip - Hamptonroads.com
more than a dozen parents, including some from other high schools, spoke before the school board on monday night to ask that students in the great bridge high school marching band be allowed to perform at disney world and to ride the park's ...
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State Says Fair's Restroom Staff Was Cheated
twenty-five restroom attendants at the erie county fair received monetary tips from fairgoers -- but they also were getting cheated by the company that hired them, the state labor department has announced.
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