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May 18, 2013 | 07:24 PM
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  • Pa. park's plans cause fireworks from neighbors

    Yesterday

    ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — There are some fireworks in an eastern Pennsylvania community because of an amusement park's summer plans. Dorney Park in Allentown wants to have a seven-minute fireworks show every night for eight weeks. Some people living in the near the park say that is a lot of noise...

  • New adventure tour opening in NC mountains

    Yesterday

    SALUDA, N.C. (AP) — A new adventure tour in opening in the North Carolina mountains. Green River Adventures gives visitors a grand tour of the Green River Gorge near Saluda through nine zip lines, two sky bridges and three rappels. Co-owner Tim Bell says The tour takes about 2½ hours and...

  • Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans

    Yesterday

    MUMBAI, India (AP) — In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of spinning wheels called the Ring of Death....

  • 'Scandal' cast performs finale live for Academy

    Yesterday

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forget the DVR. Not this time. Not after this long of a wait. Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates. But a crowd of approximately...

  • Watergate exhibit opens at NC Museum of History

    Yesterday

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The N.C. Museum of History is hosting an exhibit about Watergate on the 40th anniversary of the opening of the televised proceedings about the scandal. The exhibit called "Watergate: Political Scandal & the Presidency," opens Friday and continues through Aug. 10, 2014,...

  • DSO Pops to perform Lennon and McCartney classics

    Yesterday

    DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will "come together" to perform some classic selections from the John Lennon/Paul McCartney catalog. Michael Krajewski (kruh-JEV'-skee) is to conduct the DSO Pops for performances Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Orchestra Hall. Tunes on the set...

  • How Candice Glover won 'American Idol'

    Yesterday

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a flawless voice that recalled past "American Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson and a sense of determination after not making it in previous seasons, Candice Glover did the one thing Hudson wasn't able to do: She won the title of "American Idol." "I always knew for some...

  • Candice Glover wins 12th season of 'American Idol'

    Yesterday

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The third time's the charm for Candice Glover on "American Idol." The booming 23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. Helena Island, S.C., won the Fox singing competition after auditioning a trio of times and making it to the finals this year. Glover looked stunned when "Idol"...

  • Paper wrap: 'The Office' ends its 8-year run

    Yesterday

    NEW YORK (AP) — That's a wrap! Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. lives on, but "The Office" has closed shop. The NBC workplace comedy, set at the fictional company's Scranton, Pa., branch, aired its finale Thursday to end an eight-year run. As expected, office manager Dwight wed tempestuous...