Archive for May, 2010

Gary Coleman’s model trains stored in Colorado

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Gary Coleman's legacy lives in Colorado Springs.  The late actor was an avid model train designer, and over the course of several years, he put together an 800-square-foot collection.  He housed the collection at his home in Highlands Ranch.  In the early '90s, he moved back to California and couldn't take his model trains with him, so he gave them to the Pikes Peak "N" Gineers Model Railroad ...

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Andrew Wilkes: Expanding the Promise: Will the Cradle-to-Career Model Overtake the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline?

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Let us take this weekend to remind our houses of worship -- to remind America -- that the itinerary of impoverishment and incarceration is not the last word for our children.

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Leeds: Help to trace rare model trains and cars

Friday, May 28th, 2010

POLICE are appealing for help to trace rare model trains and cars worth £30,000 stolen during a burglary in Leeds.

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Replica rail depot celebrates 10 years

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

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U.S. looks at ways to head off home-grown extremism

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Terrorist plots spur a search for a new strategy, but what is government's role in fighting an ideology? After more than a dozen home-grown terrorist plots involving American Muslims since President Obama took office, the administration is moving to step up its scattershot efforts to counter domestic radicalism, prompting a debate over the proper role of government in addressing ideological ...

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Lots to See, But More Importantly Do, at Maker Faire

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

More than 80,000 people descended on San Mateo in California's Silicon Valley this weekend for the fifth annual Maker Faire, the world's largest DIY -- or Do-It-Yourself -- festival.

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MODELS ON DISPLAY

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

An S Scale Model Train Display will be located in the Owosso Elks Club during Curwood Festival from June 2-6. The model trains represent prototypes that operated in Owosso, such as Grand Trunk, Ann Arbor and the New York Central. The group also operates other Michigan area railroad prototypes such as Chessie System, Wabash and Soo Line. The 12-by-40-foot display represents the time period ...

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Farmyard to Backyard: Trains in Motion Event at ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Small G-scale Model Trains Chug Around and Through the Heritage Farm's Vineyards By Terry Axline Albuquerque, NM - Calling all model train enthusiasts! The ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden and the New Mexico Garden Railroader's Club are co-sponsoring the first Farmyard to Backyard: Trains in Motion spring event, which includes live music in the farmhouse. See small G-scale model trains chug around and ...

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Miners make A$4.9b bid for rail network

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

PERTH: Australian coal miners made a joint A$4.85 billion (A$1 = RM2.76) cash bid for a rail-track network in the country's biggest coal state, aiming to prevent it being sold onto the stock market in a wider privatisation. The group of 13 firms headed by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata said its bid for the network was conditional on the Queensland state government dropping its plan to sell ...

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AmeriCorps Helps Focus the Futures of Two Gap Year Students

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Two recent high school grads discuss their year dedicated to service work across the country.

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