Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013

GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad (AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening,...

Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With the unofficial kickoff to summer looming, the issue of parking at California state beaches is heating up. In search of new revenue, the state parks system is eyeing parking fees for parts of the Northern California shoreline where none existed before. It's also mulling...

Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Officials in Maryland and Delaware beach towns are hoping renovations, good publicity and activities pegged to historical events will help usher in a strong summer beach season, and they say the states are on track to receive more visitors this year. While the...

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Fort Worth museum has granted the wish of a 91-year-old amateur artist by exhibiting her works. Two dozen paintings by Dolores "Toppy" Cochran went on display Friday at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The exhibit called "Toppy's Passion" is on view through...

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MANSURA, La. (AP) — A dozen new inductees into the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame were recognized in ceremonies May 11 at the 4-H Museum in Mansura. Recognized for their work with 4-H programs across Louisiana were: — The late Sherian Reed, Avoyelles Parish. — Amanda Roberts, Natchitoches...

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FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — An anthropologist seeking a job as archaeology curator at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will speak at a public seminar on prehistoric subsistence next week. University of Alaska Fairbanks officials say Kathyrn Krasinski (cra-SIN'-skee) will speak about...

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GORHAM, N.H. (AP) — Early risers are celebrating International Migratory Bird Day with a guided walk in the White Mountain National Forest. Forest biologist Lesley Rowse is leading a two-hour walk Saturday morning starting from Gorham. The program is meant to educate the public about the...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Chicken connoisseurs in North Carolina's capital city are holding their annual tour of backyard pens, part of a national movement of backyard poultry farming. Raleigh holds its ninth annual Tour D' Coop event on Saturday. The one-day tour of chicken coops and urban farms...

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NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters....

Updated: 12 hr ago

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — It's a big weekend for live music on the Alabama coast, with the third annual Hangout Festival opening Friday on the public beach in Gulf Shores. Organizers say three-day festival passes are sold out, but single-day tickets are still available. Started during the BP...