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When car rental reservations aren't honored
We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. They saw the reservation. The problem: Hertz hadn't actually saved me a car. So here I was, just off a plane in Kalamazoo, suitcase in tow and ...
24 sensational sand sculptures
These beach-born works of art go above and beyond your typical sand castle. Check out these sensational sand sculptures.
Big bill to repair damaged Fort Wayne sculpture
Fort Wayne Museum of Art officials estimate it could cost more than $200,000 and take perhaps a year to repair a large steel sculpture that was knocked over and damaged by a truck that barreled across its lawn. The 8- to 10-ton sculpture sitting outside the museum was hit early ...
Fire restrictions imposed for S. Utah, N. Ariz.
Officials are imposing campfire restrictions on parts of Utah and Arizona that are under a red-flag wildfire warning. Starting Thursday, federal and state officials say they will impose the restrictions on public lands in southern Utah and northern Arizona. Fireworks and welding are also banned. Smoking is prohibited outside buildings ...
Mich. law protects millage money for zoo, museum
Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Calley has signed legislation to keep Michigan communities from holding back millage money that voters approved for the Detroit Zoo and Detroit Institute of Arts. Some revenues from those millages have been diverted for other purposes in some municipalities. The new laws prohibit tax incrementing authorities ...
Gibson Co. site to mark freeing of last slaves
In celebration of Juneteenth — June 19, 1865, the day that Union soldiers freed slaves at Galveston, Texas, one of the last remaining pockets of slavery in the former Confederacy — Lyles Station Historic School in Gibson County will host a three-day observance with emphasis on fellowship starting Wednesday. "We ...
Argentine cash controls bring bargains, headaches
The Brazilian visitors gawk in wonder as they stroll past shop windows along touristy Florida street in the Argentine capital. The jackets, the shoes — they're all so cheap when your purse is stuffed with black-market money. Visitors who turn to the streets rather than the banks to swap their ...
Appeals court: BLM must story more grazing plans
The Bureau of Land Management must consider a wider range of grazing alternatives, including some that provide more protections for public land, when it reviews permits in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Western Watersheds Project, which brought the lawsuit ...
Raw: First Lady, Daughters Enjoy Irish Sights
First lady, Michelle Obama took a tour of Ireland's Wicklow Mountains National Park with daughters Sasha and Malia on Tuesday. They are in Ireland while President Obama attends the G-8 summit. (June 18)
Ohio theme parks rank in top 15 in attendance
Ohio's Cedar Point and Kings Island were the most visited theme parks in the nation last year outside of the usual hot spots in Florida and California, according to a new report from an industry trade group. Cedar Point in Sandusky came in 14th in the nation in attendance, and ...
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