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What to expect in 2013
In the last Travel Mechanic, two travel industry experts looked back on 2012. This time they look ahead to 2013; their answers were edited for space. Chris McGinnis, director of Travel Skills Group (travelskills.com) Q: What trends can travelers...
Tags: Travel, Mexico, Trips and Vacations, Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Industry
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Russia's Putin lives like a 'galley slave' with jets, yachts, limos, report says
World NowRussian President Vladimir Putin once lamented that he works "like a galley slave" to improve the life of his countrymen. But according to a report compiled by two prominent opposition politicians, the Russian leader more often toils in the opulence of... -
Music review: Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica take a spiritual plunge [updated]
Culture Monster“I love beautiful women,” Gidon Kremer wrote in 1995 at the end of his memoir “Splinters of a Childhood.” “Obviously I shall have a lot of unpleasantness because of this.” Still the Latvian violinist -- who appeared with his chamber...... -
Firefighters rescue deer stranded on Baltic Sea ice floe
L.A. UnleashedWARSAW, Poland -- Polish firefighters dodged treacherous sheets of ice in a risky after-dark rescue of a terrified deer stranded on a floe in the Baltic Sea, a spokesman said Wednesday. The rescue team faced serious hazards navigating among the...... -
Maryland National Guard celebrates foreign partnerships
For Capt. Martin Noorsalu, deploying to Afghanistan with the Maryland National Guard last year was an unusual opportunity. Noorsalu is one of only a dozen helicopter pilots in the Estonian Air Force. The sole air defense service of the former Soviet...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Martin O'Malley, Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan
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Sceptical Czechs may be pushed to change tone on euro
ReutersBy Jan Lopatka PRAGUE, April 25 (Reuters) - When Czech President Milos Zeman said last week his country could join the euro by 2018, he met with little more than a shrug from the country's other political leaders who have shied away from setting a date....Tags: Government, Political Fundraising, Politics, European Union, Donald Tusk
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CORRECTED-INSIGHT-Ageing deepens debt-laden Europe's economic woes
Reuters(Corrects names in paragraphs 8, 35, 44) * Growth, productivity to suffer as population ages * Demographics to put Europe's social contract under strain * Emigration adds to challenge for likes of Latvia, Portugal By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics...Tags: Portugal, Media Industry, Politics, United Nations, Latvia
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Nikkei seen rising on optimism over economic outlook, Wall St gains
ReutersTOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average is likely to open higher and may test a fresh multi year-high on Tuesday on ongoing optimism about the outlook for growth on the back of central bank and government efforts to revive the economy....Tags: Government, Nuclear Power, Politics, Shinzo Abe, Religion and Belief
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Find the perfect cruise
Cruise! A Guide to Ships and Trips From SutroMedia by Anne Chalfant $3.99 for iOS and Android What it is: a comprehensive guide for everyone from the Baby Cruiser to an Old Salt. Helpful filters sort cruises based on price, pampering, and travel-...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Cruises, Travel, Oslo (Norway), Norway
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Tuning in to the public: GABBF director emphasizes importance of community to annual event
jbrummett@amnews.comNiki Kinkade takes seriously community involvement in the Great American Brass Band Festival. The festival executive director emphasizes the GABBF is a community event. The GABBF committee simply directs the festival, she added. Since last year’...Tags: Marketing, Festive Events, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, United Kingdom
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Organ-donation bills head to Daugaard
Organ and tissue donation will be getting a higher public profile in South Dakota. State senators gave final legislative approval Tuesday to two measures intended to provide more publicity for organ donation and to make registration as organ and...Tags: Government, Politics, Dennis Daugaard, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Monday Prep Basketball Scores
Monday’s Scores| |Boys Basketball| Chamberlain 65, Lyman 41 Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 74, Mobridge-Pollock 71 Flandreau 72, Sioux Valley 60 Hanson 58, Scotland 36 Kimball/White Lake 61, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 41 Madison 71, Milbank 52 McCook...Tags: Tri-Valley Corporation
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