Archive for April, 2010
Friday, April 30th, 2010
LOUISVILLE -- Horse racing awakens this weekend at Churchill Downs, as it does every year on the first weekend in May. Friday afternoon more than 100,000 people will stuff the track for the running of the Kentucky Oaks for three-year-old fillies and an undercard of races that includes 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra. On Saturday that number will swell to more than 150,000 for the ...
More here: Tim Layden: Even grand Kentucky Derby can't mask horse racing's sad state
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
BREA - The Southern California Railway Plaza Association has moved its popular Railroad Days to downtown Brea this year.It will feature model trains, memorabilia, entertainment, kids activities and a new ultra-low emitting Union Pacific Genset...
More here: Thousands expected for Railroad Days this weekend
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Benson Rollins wants a college degree. The unemployed high school dropout who attends Alcoholics Anonymous and has been homeless for 10 months is being courted by the University of Phoenix . Two of its recruiters got themselves invited to a Cleveland shelter last October and pitched the advantages of going to the countrys largest for-profit college to 70 destitute men.
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Homeless Dropouts From High School Lured by For-Profit Colleges
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
While post offices across the country are closing or cutting staff and service hours, Lindenhurst's longtime contract postal unit in Village Hall, 2301 E. Sand Lake Road, could be considered a model for the future. In the mid-1980s, former Mayor Robert Ratch pushed for a post office and a separate ZIP code for Lindenhurst.
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Going postal
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Bob Fasnacht has played with model trains since he was 2 years old.
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Train lovers track to Dalton
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Metro riders who park at rail stations or take trains late on weekends may get a reprieve from fee increases under a new proposal -- with rush-hour commuters potentially paying the difference with up to 50-cent surcharges on top of already hefty fare increases.
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Metro examining 50-cent surcharges during rush hour
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
SUBWAY® Restaurants are joining Amtrak to celebrate the importance of trains as the premier sponsor of the third annual National Train Day on May 8, 2010. SUBWAY® will brand the Northeast Regional, Hiawatha and Pacific Surfliner trains with vibrant imagery of the restaurant's new breakfast sandwiches and National Train Day.
Continue here: Amtrak Welcomes SUBWAY(R) Restaurants as National Train Day Premier Sponsor
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
THE Orb is a slightly surreal and hopefully funny column which appears each week in the Driffield Post, East Yorkshire (29/04/2010 12:24:09)
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UK General election parties, candidates and supporters profiled by The Orb
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Percentage turnout at British General Elections has dropped sharply since the 1950s, when it was over 80, its lowest since 1918 (when some voters were still at war and the registers were terrible). It has barely recovered, and nobody expects it to be enormous this time.
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Arizonas new immigration law is strict but many illegal immigrants endure far worse on their way to the north.
More here: For Migrants, New Law Is Just Another Challenge
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