Long-standing Territory Days festival on tap for weekend
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The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Regional News Live

May 23--Territory Days, one of Colorado Springs' largest and longest-standing street festivals is on tap this weekend, running 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, on Colorado Avenue between 23rd and 27th streets. This time-honored celebration commemorating the founding of Old Colorado City, the first territorial capitol of the region, has grown from a small ...

May/23/2013 10:45 PM

BLOG: Baltimore Diner: Ice cream trail opens in time for holiday weekend
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The Baltimore Sun
MCT

May 23--Imagine a trail, a trail made of ice cream! Well, that's not what this is. But the Maryland's Best Ice Cream Trail is pretty cool all the same. Launched in 2012 by the department of agriculture to promote Maryland's dairy industry, the ice cream trail leads visitors to eight ice-cream-producing Maryland farms, stretching from Worcester to Washington County. The eighth and newest farm ...

May/23/2013 10:44 PM

Cafe Nine in New Haven lights the BBQ late Memorial Day afternoon
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New Haven Register, Conn.
Regional News Live

May 23--NEW HAVEN -- Summertime is upon us -- and so is the new summer tradition, now in its second year, of holding an all-day summer Memorial Day jam and barbecue at Cafe Nine. This year's party, dubbed "The All-Star Rhythm & Blues Memorial Day Barbecue," will feature performances by The Convertibles, The George Baker Experience, The Langley Brothers, The Strangers and The Legendary Cafe ...

May/23/2013 10:43 PM

Connecticut parades, ceremonies honor fallen heroes on Memorial Day weekend
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New Haven Register, Conn.
Regional News Live

May 23--It's the unofficial beginning of summer, but Memorial Day will never lose its place as the day when the nation pays tribute to those who gave their lives for their country. We honor them in solemn ceremonies, parades that showcase our community spirit and even just plain fun events such as picnics to celebrate their lives. Here's what going on around the area: New Haven: The City of ...

May/23/2013 10:43 PM

BRIEF: No Trader Joe's in Carlisle for at least two years
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The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa.
Regional News Live

May 23--Trader Joe's won't be coming to Carlisle in the near future. The name of the specialty grocery store came up in Monday night's update on the progress of the Carlisle Urban Redevelopment Plan. The plan is aimed at revitalizing three former industrial sites in the northwest quadrant of the borough. While discussing the former International Automotive Components site, Sean Garrigan of ...

May/23/2013 10:41 PM

Decades later, key war moments shared
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The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
Regional News Live

May 23--It's hard to imagine having been shot down, captured, imprisoned and sentenced to die. And, for modest former servicemen like Jack Gibson, 92, it's even harder to talk about it after the fact. Many area residents know Jack and Jane Gibson as former managers and still active participants in the Cambria Farmers Market on Fridays, as town Citizens of the Year for 1999 and as parents of ...

May/23/2013 10:39 PM

Inmate sues Taco Bell over Doritos taco shells
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Daily Pilot, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Regional News Live

May 23--Many an inebriated college student may have thought about how good tacos wrapped in a Doritos shell would taste, but a prison inmate is suing Irvine-based Taco Bell, saying the idea for the fast-food hit was his. Gary Anthony Cole, 49, filed a federal lawsuit May 15 in Dallas against Taco Bell, which is owned by Irvine-based Yum Brands, and Frito-Lay, which owns Doritos, and Pepsi Co. ...

May/23/2013 10:35 PM

Bird Center brings duckling to life after mother hit by car
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Times-Herald, Vallejo, Calif.
Regional News Live

May 23--CORDELIA -- A baby Mallard at the International Bird Rescue Center is only a few days old and has no name, but the duckling already has led a charmed life. In the first ever incident of its kind at the center, staff saved an egg still inside a critically injured bird -- a Mallard duck that had been brought in after being hit by a car. The duck was so badly injured she had to be ...

May/23/2013 10:34 PM

Villa Park VFW post reopens after fire
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Chicago Tribune
Regional News Live

May 23--A Villa Park VFW post damaged in a fire that started in a basement rifle range was down for a while, but not out. It's been a year since fire roared through Veterans of Foreign War Post 2801, 39 E. St. Charles Rd., injuring 10 and causing extensive damage. Now the rebuilt post is open and will have a grand reopening June 1. The May 29, 2012, fire started in the rifle range in the ...

May/23/2013 10:11 PM

Oklahoma tornadoes: Dub Raper's boys are giving back to their coach
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The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City
Regional News Live

May 23--Mark Vancuren described his old basketball coach as a great guy, a big teddy bear. Most people who saw Dub Raper coach high school ball all around Oklahoma during a four-decade-long career thought otherwise. He yelled. He stewed. He ranted. He kicked a hole in the bench in the old gym at Piedmont that is still there. Raper was a tough love coach if there ever was one. "He was mean, ...

May/23/2013 10:10 PM