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Howard County metal sculptor's talents come through clear as a bell
When he wanted to get the attention of his scuba class, Ed Kidera would bang on a full air tank that he used for instruction. His students would instantly redirect their eyes toward him, drawn back to reality by the beautiful tone emanating from the heavy...
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Food FYI: FDA now bans BPAs from baby bottles
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June Romance Roundup
Special to Tribune Newspapers'Heart of Brass' By Kate Cross (Signet, $7.99) The good news is that after he disappeared seven years earlier, Arden Grey's husband Lucas has finally turned up back in London. The bad news is that he doesn't remember Arden and he has been ordered by the...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Jane Austen, Human Interest
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Walter Mosley, L.A.'s easy writer
You can take Walter Mosley out of Los Angeles — in fact, Mosley did so himself, moving to New York decades ago — but you can't take L.A. out of Walter Mosley. The master of several genres keeps the city present, from his Easy Rawlins detective...
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Ray Bradbury dies at 91; author lifted fantasy to literary heights
Ray Bradbury, the writer whose expansive flights of fantasy and vividly rendered space-scapes have provided the world with one of the most enduring speculative blueprints for the future, has died. He was 91. Bradbury died Tuesday night, his daughter,...
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Review: Luigi's Flying Tires fail to live up to levitating legacy
I always wished I could have ridden the Flying Saucers at Disneyland. Opened in 1961, the space-age bumper cars hovered like pucks on an enormous air hockey rink, a strange combination of retro and futuristic, like a scene from a Jules Verne novel. I...
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VOD Spotlight: Classic tales inspire “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”
Channel Guide MagazineIn Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (the sequel to 2008’s Journey to the Center of the Earth) the characters are on a quest that takes them to an island located in place where no island is supposed to exist. Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson), his... -
Florida EcoSafaris goes out on a limb with Cypress Canopy Cycle
Central Florida's newest attraction wants you to slow down up in the air. The Cypress Canopy Cycle is now open at Florida EcoSafaris at Forever Florida, an ecotourism site in Osceola County.
Think of the Cypress Canopy Cycle as a cross between a...Tags: Natural Resources, Travel, Osceola County, Interstate 4, Florida's Turnpike
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The Review: Hungry Cat Santa Monica Canyon
Los Angeles Times Restaurant CriticBeneath an old diving helmet straight out of Jules Verne, a couple seated at a corner of the raw bar feed each other oysters, clams, bites of lobster. They eat slowly, luxuriously, between sips of wine. He whispers in her ear. She laughs and pops a shrimp...Tags: Hamburgers, Tom Hanks, Lifestyle and Leisure, Human Interest, Bars and Clubs
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'Journey 2: The Mysterious Island'
Zap2ItThe success of the 2008 remake of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" yielded this sequel, which fans of another Jules Verne story - "The Mysterious Island" - will recognize many elements from. Young Sean (returnee Josh Hutcherson) is joined by his...Tags: PG Rated Movies, Movies, Michael Caine, Gulliver's Travels (movie) , Blu-ray Discs
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Wet, Warm and Wild
Can’t you just feel summer around the corner? The warmth of the sun, the laughter of the kids, the sand squishing between your toes and the yearning for a double-dip ice cream cone. Celebrate the beginning of summer with a visit to Catalina Island....
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80% Of Something You Are Entitled To 100% Of Is Not A Bargain
A few months back I threw out the idea that this fuddy duddy little document here, the U.S. Constitution, gave the State Courts near exclusive power over any cases concerning foreign countries and a state. I was told that the Constitution didn’t...
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May 17, 2012
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May 17, 2012
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