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  • Florida editorial roundup

    06/11/13 05:01 PM

    Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: June 10 The Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat on fired trooper was victim of favoritism practices: A state hearing officer's recommendation that a fired Florida Highway Patrol trooper be reinstated is the correct response in a case that brought to light...

  • Busch Gardens announces new drop tower ride

    06/11/13 05:01 PM

    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Busch Gardens in Tampa is getting a 335-foot drop-tower ride. Park officials said Tuesday that Falcon's Fury is scheduled to open next spring in the park's Timbuktu area. It is replacing the Sandstorm ride. Planned as the tallest free-standing drop tower in North America,...

  • South Carolina editorial roundup

    06/11/13 04:45 PM

    Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: June 9 Aiken (S.C.) Standard on the Legislature: Legislators opened the 2013 session in January with a hefty list of crises that demanded an immediate response: The ethics law was exposed as a self-protection racket for the political class;...

  • Mackinac Island: Victorian charm in modern era

    06/11/13 04:31 PM

    MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Producers of the 1980 movie "Somewhere in Time" didn't need to build elaborate sets to depict the tale of a playwright who travels back to 1912 to find romance. They simply filmed on Mackinac Island, a Great Lakes enclave that retains its Victorian-era charm...

  • Alaska Editorials

    06/11/13 02:45 PM

    Here is a sampling of editorial opinions from Alaska newspapers: June 11, 2013 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Breathing room: Air Force grants time to review F-16 plan Air Force officials should be commended for delaying public hearings on the proposed move of Eielson Air Force Base's F-16...

  • French strike leads protest of EU air travel plan

    06/11/13 10:00 AM

    PARIS (AP) — Air traffic controllers in France kicked off a series of strikes against a European plan to overhaul their industry, forcing the country's main airports to cut their flight timetables in half on Tuesday. The Civil Aviation Authority said some 1,800 flights were cancelled at...

  • Hitler's alpine retreat getting makeover

    06/11/13 09:30 AM

    BERLIN (AP) — Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat in Bavaria is getting a makeover, with a 17-million euro ($22.5 million) renovation project that will enlarge the historical information center now there. The Bavarian government said Tuesday that building should begin in 2015. The daily...

  • Students learn Ind. history through tourism course

    06/11/13 05:15 AM

    NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Fourth-graders in a Noblesville school are meeting the requirement to learn Indiana history by learning how to promote the state to tourists. The Indiana Office of Tourism Development has provided teachers at Promise Road Elementary School in Noblesville with a...

  • Scientists want protections for salmon in Tongass

    06/10/13 09:15 PM

    JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — More than 200 scientists have signed onto a letter asking Congress to enact legislation protecting 1.9 million acres of salmon habitat in this country's largest national forest. The proposal is billed at the "Tongass 77," referring to the number of watersheds in the...

  • Park visitor shoots moose, says animal charged

    06/10/13 08:45 PM

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An aggressive cow moose was fatally shot last week at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, prompting concerns that two calves seen in the area since then could attract bears to the park's busy entrance, a park biologist said Monday. A park visitor shot the...


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