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Memorial Day start for WWII show at Gratiot museum
Memorial Day marks the opening of a World War II exhibition at the Gratiot County Historical Museum. The museum is located in Ithaca in the central Lower Peninsula, about 40 miles north of Lansing. It's operated by the Gratiot County Historical & Genealogical Society. The Morning Sun of Mount Pleasant ...
Norfolk Southern touts heritage with 15-city tour
Norfolk Southern is celebrating its corporate heritage and showcasing the benefits of rail freight transportation with a 15-city tour. The Norfolk-based railroad operator says its Norfolk Southern Exhibit Car will travel to the cities between June and December. The exhibit car is a restored 1926 Pullman passenger car that was ...
Grand Canyon rangers recover body below South Rim
Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park say they've recovered a body of a man from below the South Rim. Officials received witness reports shortly after noon Tuesday about someone falling over the canyon's edge at Pipe Creek Vista. Rangers rappelled over the edge and began finding evidence of a fall ...
GOP senators question judicial conference on Maui
Hawaii officials defended the islands Tuesday as a place of business amid criticism from two key U.S. senators who questioned the decision to hold an upcoming conference for federal judges on Maui. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, say the planned meetings of the 9th U.S. Circuit ...
Mountain lion killed in downtown Santa Monica
Police shot and killed a mountain lion that somehow made its way through an urban landscape before it was found early Tuesday in a downtown Santa Monica office building courtyard near an outdoor mall and a bluff-top park that offers tourists views of the ocean and the city's famed pier. ...
Okla. lawmakers to vote on $260M in bond proposals
Three separate bond proposals totaling $260 million for repairs to the state Capitol and nearby buildings and for the construction of museums in Oklahoma City and Tulsa cleared House and Senate committees on Tuesday. One proposal is for $200 million for repairs to the state Capitol, the nearby Jim Thorpe ...
Seagrasses drop sharply in Md., Va. coastal bays
Deteriorating water quality and summer heat combined to kill off more than a third of seagrasses in coastal bays along the Eastern Shore, Maryland and Virginia officials announced Tuesday. Seagrass acreage dropped 35 percent between July 2010 and May 2011, including nearly all of the grass beds in the Assawoman ...
RI Senate votes to repeal sightseeing sales tax
The Rhode Island Senate has voted to remove a sales tax on package tours and sightseeing trips less than one year after they voted to impose it. The Senate voted 36-to-0 Tuesday in favor of making tickets for such events exempt from the sales tax. The measure now moves to ...
LA museum to unveil artist's big rock work in June
A rockin' good time is planned next month when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulls the covers off artist Michael Heizer's latest creation — a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it's floating in mid-air. The gigantic work titled "Levitated Mass" will be unveiled June 24 and ...
Doggy couch surfing? Website has lodging for dogs
When you travel and have to leave your dog behind, you can call a kennel, hire a pet sitter — or find him a new friend online. The website DogVacay debuted in New York and Los Angeles in March and, just in time for the summer travel season, is now ...
Lakota culture focus of tourism diversity training
As summer tourism season kicks off in South Dakota this weekend, staff from several of the state's most popular attractions are learning about Lakota culture in an effort to drive visitors to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Starting Wednesday, more than 100 employees from attractions across the Black Hills — ...
UK virtual orchestra puts you in conductor's stand
A London museum is putting the conductor's baton in visitors' hands, allowing guests to direct a virtual orchestra using three-dimensional motion sensors. The "Universe of Sound" installation is an effort by the British capital's Science Museum to dissect how classical music is made, using specially shot footage, immersive sound, and ...
Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall
Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal, all fossilized in stone — all modern-day evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth. The almost certainly painful death is perfectly preserved in a rare fossil skeleton, ...
Low gas prices mean more holiday travel in SC
Memorial Day weekend travel in South Carolina is expected to increase more than 3 percent this year in part because the state has the lowest-priced gas in the country. AAA Carolinas estimates 437,000 South Carolinians are expected to take to the road for the long holiday weekend. Gas prices in ...
Cardinals reveal new plan for Ballpark Village
The latest plan for Ballpark Village in St. Louis is far less ambitious than previous proposals, but the Cardinals say it is far more likely to succeed. The team on Monday announced a scaled-back plan for the area just outside of Busch Stadium. It includes plans for a team hall ...
Activists, lawmakers jump into fracking debate
Local environmental groups are fighting the possible lease of land in the Talladega National Forest to the oil and gas industry, and the Alabama Senate is on their side. "I'd like to keep this area as clean and pristine as we can for future generations, and I see this drilling ...
Wichita Art Museum names new director
The Wichita Art Museum did not look far for its new director. The museum announced Tuesday that Wichita State University's Patricia McDonnell will replace Charles Steiner as director. McDonnell currently is director of Wichita State's Ulrich Museum of Art. Her new position is effective Aug. 20. The Wichita Eagle reports ...
Historical clothing collection a window to past
For three days last week, Jean Druesedow sifted and sorted through gowns, garments and other items in the Wayne County Historical Museum's clothing and textile collection. "We're looking at as much as we can to get an idea where the riches of the collection are," Druesedow said. "It's really interesting ...
Ohio judges to study Holocaust leadership issues
More than 450 judges across Ohio will participate in a fall leadership training program focusing on the Holocaust and the failures of German police and judges in the Nazi era. The program was developed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. It was highlighted Monday in suburban Cleveland ...
For young Civil War re-enactor, history is passion
Walkersville High School junior Chris Sniezek enlisted in the military when he was 10 years old. Sort of. The now 17-year-old Civil War re-enactor said his love of history has kept him interested in the hobby throughout his adolescence, although he's one of a few people in his age group ...
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