Many enjoy model train show in Austintown
Sunday, November 6th, 2011By ELISE McKEOWN SKOLNICK news@vindy.com AUSTINTOWN Visitors watched as model trains chugged
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Model Trains Among $10 Million in Sotheby’s 27,000 Antique Toys
Thursday, January 6th, 2011The group is part of the Jerni Collection, which includes more than 27,000 toys made between 1850 and 1940. The auction house is offering the entire collection as a single lot in a private sale estimated to bring more than $10 million. Other experts put the value much higher.
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Trains bring out young, old engineers
Sunday, November 21st, 2010Kaiden Watts peered over a small glass barrier as a miniature locomotive made its way from Springfield toward Bloomington during the Springfield Model Railroad Club’s open house Saturday.
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Eurostar to Buy Siemens Trains in Bid to Counter Deutsche Bahn
Thursday, October 7th, 2010Eurostar will begin a redesign and overhaul of its existing fleet next year and purchase 10 new train sets from Siemens AG able to reach speeds of 320 kilometers an hour (198 mph), adding 900 seats, it said today in an e-mailed statement.
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Jon Wertheim: Should Davis Cup adopt Ryder Cup model?
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010You often mention the Ryder Cup as a model for international team play that the Davis Cup should adopt. Problem there is, the Ryder Cup is the U.S. vs Europe. Given the state of U.S. tennis these days, this would be a competition the U.S. could NEVER win. Worse, if you are Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, K. J. Choi, Retief Goosen, Ernie Els, Camilo Villegas or Vijay Singh, well, tough luck for you ...
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While the World Scales Back its Afghanistan Ambitions, Afghan Women Push Forward
Thursday, September 16th, 2010At the same time the United States is scaling back its goals for Afghanistan, women in the country are scaling up their own ambitions. In arenas ranging from medicine to the military, from small business to civil society, women are speaking up for themselves and tackling ever-larger aspirations.
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Brian Cazeneuve: Korean skating champ coaching drama; USATF looks for new CEO
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010Even before the skating season kicks off, there has been plenty of kicking and screaming from the rink over the split between Korean Olympic champ Kim Yu-na and her Canadian coach Brian Orser. Granted, Kim's mother, Park Mi-hee has always been a strong presence in her life, but she and Orser co-existed peacefully during Kim's run to the Olympic title in Vancouver last year despite their ...
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Prada Wears Devil in Eyes of This ‘Ugly’ Woman: William Pesek
Thursday, September 9th, 2010Rina Bovrisse isn’t Japan’s Gloria Steinem . Yet she may just be the heroine for which economists have been waiting.
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15°C – Rather cloudy with only a few clear intervals
Saturday, August 21st, 2010A RARE first edition Oor Wullie annual bought at a garage sale for just 20p fetched almost £1000 at auction yesterday.
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Medialets Lands $6 Million For Cross-Platform Mobile Ads And Analytics
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Mobile advertising company Medialets has raised $6 million in Series B funding led by the Foundry Group , with participation from DFJ Gotham , Dave McClure's 500 Startups and Chris Saridakis. This brings Medialets' total funding up to $10 million. Medialets launched in 2008 with Feedburner-like model of free developer tools except for mobile ad application analytics. But as the mobile ad network ...
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