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The reluctant tourists
Tribune reporter252ROCHESTER, Minn.—It's the town full of tourists who don't want to be here. Because who wants to get sick? Who wants to watch a loved one slip away? But that's why they come to this small city in southeastern Minnesota's rolling bluff country,...Tags: Radio City Music Hall, Bob Dole, Restaurants, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford
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Velodrome cycles from boom to bust
Of The Morning CallThe Valley Preferred Cycling Center -- a world-renowned track perhaps better known in the bicycling world by its former name, the Lehigh County Velodrome, or simply as ''T-town'' -- is facing its own race for stability. A string of money-losing years,...Tags: Management Change, Sales, Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Government, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
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Nurturing may put Velodrome back on track
Of The Morning CallEditor's note: This is the second part of a two-part story. The management of the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, which has been swimming in red ink for the past four years, could look to local minor league baseball for a path to profitability. For...Tags: Management Change, Lehigh Valley Velodrome, Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Philadelphia Phillies, Government
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Bethlehem dealt losing hand by hotel stoppage
Of The Morning CallThe uncertainty about when Sands Casino Resort will continue building its hotel in Bethlehem has cost the city one convention booking, and Mayor John Callahan is scrambling to keep it from losing another. Two days after Sands officially put the brakes on...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Government, Hotels and Accommodations, John Callahan, Tourism and Leisure
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Valley to get gold stars
Of The Morning CallIt took about half a season last summer for Randy Mobley to determine that the Triple-A All-Star game should come to the Lehigh Valley. After seeing the region's early response to the IronPigs' inaugural season, the International League president...Tags: Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Government, Philadelphia Phillies, Television Industry, Multi-Sport Events
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IronPigs named Organization of the Year
Ballpark Digest, a leading sports-business Internet publisher, today honored Lehigh Valley IronPigs' owners Joe Finley and Craig Stein with its Organization of the Year award. This comes after Ballpark Digest named Coca-Cola Park as Best New Ballpark...Tags: Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Coca-Cola Company, Family, Reading Phillies
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Having its fill of Fulmer, Tennessee forces coach out
An emotional Phillip Fulmer, with his wife at his side and tearful, angry players surrounding him, announced Monday that he had accepted Tennessee's decision that this will be his last season as the Volunteers coach. Fulmer, 58, is being forced out after...Tags: Marathon, Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Government, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers
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Coca-Cola Park gets All-Star game
Of The Morning CallThe best players in Triple-A baseball will be coming to the Lehigh Valley in 2010, The Morning Call has learned. The 23rd annual Triple-A All-Star game between the International League and the Pacific Coast League will be played in mid-July 2010, at...Tags: Todd Helton, Alfonso Soriano, Tim Salmon, Major League Baseball, Multi-Sport Events
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A taste of M*A*S*H in Toledo
Special to the Chicago TribuneHere's a little tourism morsel for the next time you're in Toledo, Ohio. The long-gone "M*A*S*H" TV series immortalized two restaurants, the fictitious Adam's Ribs in Chicago and the very real Tony Packo's in Toledo. It's been an institution there since...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Jamie Farr, Burt Reynolds, Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Farewell dear catch phrases, and thanks for the memories
Special to The TimesFor more than 40 years, news anchor Jerry Dunphy greeted his viewers with the words, "From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California, a good evening." Longtime sportscaster Gil Stratton introduced his segments this way: "Time to call 'em as...Tags: Walter Cronkite, Mary Tyler Moore, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, David Brinkley
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Baseball and superstition
Chicago Tribune reporterBaseball may be the most superstition-filled sport, with bizarre traditions that range from players who insist on chewing the same gum each day during a hitting streak to the Chicago Cubs' yearly reminder of the infamous billy goat curse. Now a new study...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Major League Baseball, Terrorism, Anthropology, Religious Events
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How I Made It: Peter Y. Levin
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe gig: Levin is chief executive of GYL, a Santa Monica technology investment portfolio focused on digital media companies and video game platforms. He serves as a board member for online virtual world Habbo Inc.; in-game advertising company Double...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Game Playing, Intel Corp., Sony Corp., Sumo Wrestling
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