Friday, April 20th, 2012
Outnumbered by the women at an Irvine senior living center, men rediscover the joy of model making that has been dormant since they were young. Along with trains and planes, they build fellowship. The ladies are everywhere at the Atria Woodbridge senior living community in Irvine: It is the ladies who fill the dining hall, the ladies who while away the afternoon chatting and doing crossword ...
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In retirees' Man Cave, a return to the hobbies of youth
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Friday, April 13th, 2012
Privately-funded service set to offer luxurious high-speed travel between Milan and Naples.
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Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Mayor of London Boris Johnson defends his vision of driverless Tube trains after a near miss in which a five-year-old boy fell between a platform and train.
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Mayor defends driverless trains
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Peter Snow, who has a model railway in his loft, explained why the British love railways and why he preferred trains to his famous swingometer.
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VIDEO: Why do the British love their trains?
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
John W. Huffman created synthetic marijuana for tests on lab animals. His formulas ended up in the hands of head shops, which have created substances that can lead to seizures, hallucinations and convulsions. John W. Huffman is a bearded, elfin man, a professor of organic chemistry who runs model trains in his basement and tinkers with antique cars. At 79, he walks a bit unsteadily after a ...
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Scientist's research produces a dangerous high
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Thursday, July 28th, 2011
At least 38 people were killed and more than 200 injured by the recent crash of two high-speed trains near Zhenzhou in Zhejiang, a province in China. The wrecked body of the ruined train was buried immediately afterward, with no investigation.
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Can China Make Bullet Trains Safe Without Stealing?
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Saturday, June 25th, 2011
South Korea trains defectors to rebuild North in the event of regime's collapse.
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Seoul trains N Korea 'intellectual troops'
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Friday, May 6th, 2011
Miniature of Knuffingen Airport Image Credit: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images A miniature of the world’s largest model airport, the Knuffingen Airport went on show on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany, several news sites reported. The model airport was said to be completed after six years of construction time. It costs around
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Miniature Model Of Knuffingen Airport At Miniatur Wunderland In Germany Goes On Display (Photo and Video)
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Hornby blamed heavy snowfall in December for derailing sales of model trains and slot car sets over the Christmas period.The hobby specialist, which also owns Airfix and Corgi, on Tuesday warned that pre-tax ...
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010
Eurostar Group Ltd., the operator of high-speed trains through the Channel Tunnel, will spend 700 million pounds ($1.1 billion) to buy 10 new expresses and add routes in a bid to fend off competition from Deutsche Bahn AG.
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