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'Wheel' to spin into SeaWorld
Sentinel Staff WriterFour days of hosting a game show at SeaWorld Orlando will result in four weeks of national exposure -- and an expanded stage -- for the theme park. The long-spinning Wheel of Fortune begins production of 20 episodes Thursday at the park's Bayside...Tags: Theme Park Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Aquatica, Discovery Cove, Nature
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Voice of the People
A Christmas lesson When I read the article about the mother who was going to have to cut back on Christmas gifts for her kids, I was saddened—not because the kids would have to manage with fewer gifts but because the mother doesn't realize what a...Tags: Richard Durbin, Rod Blagojevich, Trump Tower, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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Carmakers push but no consensus on auto bailout
WASHINGTON - Desperate U.S. automakers ran into fresh obstacles from skeptical lawmakers yesterday as they appealed with rising urgency for a $34-billion bailout. Without help, said one senator, "we're looking at a death sentence." With lawmakers in both...Tags: Emergency Planning, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy
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Community events
The Kiwanis Club of Poquoson invites residents to the official lighting of the Poquoson Christmas Tree 4:30 p.m. today at Poquoson City Hall, 500 City Hall Ave. Mayor Gordon Helsel Jr. will illuminate the tree with help from local children. Santa Claus...Tags: Santa Claus, Health and Safety at School, Christianity, Charity, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Automakers try to sell Congress on rescue
The Associated PressU.S. automakers drew fresh skepticism from lawmakers today in a rocky confrontation over their pleas for an expanded $34 billion rescue package they say they need to survive. Congressional analysts said one bailout plan under consideration would fall...Tags: Upper House, General Motors Corp., Automotive Equipment, Heads of State, Opinion Research Corporation
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Congressional analysts tell Democrats fuel-efficiency loans won't cover cost of auto bailout
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to tap fuel-efficiency loans to bail out U.S. auto makers doesn't come close to covering the $34 billion the Big Three say they need to survive, officials say. Budget analysts have told top Democrats privately that...Tags: The White House, Harry Reid, Automotive Equipment, National Government, Foreign Aid
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Congressional analysts: Auto aid plan falls short
Associated Press WriterA plan to tap fuel-efficiency loans to bail out U.S. automakers doesn't come close to covering the $34 billion the Big Three say they need to survive, officials say. Budget analysts have told top Democrats privately that diverting funding for the $25...Tags: The White House, Harry Reid, Automotive Equipment, National Government, Foreign Aid
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Town Of Union Breaks Ground For Its New School
The Hartford CourantImagine being a superintendent of schools whose tiny desk is in the hallway of an old school. Or a physical education teacher without a gym who teaches floor hockey on the school's blacktop in February. Or a principal who's often called on to unclog the...Tags: Thomas Fitzgerald, Agricultural Research and Technology, Energy Saving
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New Poconos exit is faster, and now cheaper
Of The Morning CallThe first phase of what will be the Turnpike's first new interchange in 17 years -- a project that will open the road to the heart of the Poconos -- will cost a quarter-million dollars less than expected, bids for the work opened Wednesday show. It...Tags: Contracts, Scranton
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Business Briefing - December 4, 2008
MARKETS CONTINUE RALLY NEW YORK | Wall Street withstood another stream of bad economic readings Wednesday, closing sharply higher. The market, which also fluctuated sharply on Tuesday before closing higher, has now advanced in seven of the last eight...Tags: Ford Motor Co., Interior Policy, Sales, Nashville, Automotive Equipment
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July 27, 2007: Bridgeport Family's Luck Turns
The Hartford CourantIt's been lights, cameras, cranes and hammers for Bridgeport as the ABC tearjerker ``Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'' rolled onto Hollister Avenue this week. The show's cast and crew descended on Gloria Brown's dilapidated East End home Wednesday morning...Tags: NAACP, New Canaan, Danbury
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Roads and reasons
I've been reading some old articles of late, all centered around our transportation crisis in Virginia. We've been talking about this problem since Gov. Gerald Baliles was in office in the mid-1980s. What's changed? Nothing. Nothing directed to the...Tags: Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Hampton Roads
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