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Family Ties: Jarrett, Petty enter NASCAR hall
NASCAR honored members of its royal families with inductions into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Past champion Dale Jarrett joined father Ned in the hall while master mechanic Maurice "Chief" Petty became the fourth member of one of NASCAR's most successful families to be honored. Maurice joins older brother, ...
Tourist didn't die saving woman at Hawaii falls
A California tourist who drowned at a Hawaii waterfall over the weekend wasn't trying to save a woman, as was previously believed, Honolulu police said. Soon after Kris Gungon, 31, of Imperial, drowned at Waimea Falls on Sunday, fire officials said he disappeared beneath the surface after going into the ...
2,000 museums offer military families free tickets
More than 2,000 museums across the nation are offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer, beginning on Memorial Day. The Blue Star Museums program was announced Tuesday at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. The program runs through Labor Day in September. The offer ...
Mont. man gets 3 years for guns in Calif. airport
A federal judge sentenced a Montana man to three years in prison on Wednesday for attempting to board a flight in Sacramento, Calif., with four loaded guns. Harold E. Waller, 46, of Circle, Mont., was arrested in March 2012 as he attempted to pass through security screening while openly carrying ...
1 child dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslide
A fourth-grade field trip to a Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others. A fourth child was missing. The landslide at Lilydale Regional Park swept over a group of children from Peter ...
Cruise industry announces passenger bill of rights
The cruise industry said Wednesday that it's adopting a passenger bill of rights that guarantees the "safety, comfort and care" of guests. The bill of rights promises, among other things, full refunds for trips that are canceled due to mechanical failure, and a backup power source on every ship to ...
Dallas exhibit reunites art JFK saw before death
Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling "reverential." Zajac's small sculpture of a bound goat was among a collection of impressive artwork that decorated the president's Fort Worth ...
NM students could win prizes for reading books
New Mexico children could win a trip to Disney's Animal Kingdom or ride in a hot air balloon with Gov. Susana Martinez under a program that state officials hope will encourage students to read when they aren't in school. The governor announced several contests on Wednesday that offer prizes to ...
Fewer Virginians expected to travel during holiday
Fewer Virginians are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home during the Memorial Day weekend. AAA Mid-Atlantic said Wednesday that it expects slightly more than 1 million Virginians to travel during the holiday weekend. That's down 1.6 percent from 2012. AAA Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman Martha Mitchell Meade says some ...
Lunch tours offer different way to see Carroll
To lifetime Carroll County residents, the history of the area may be something they take for granted. But to those just moving here or in surrounding counties, it might be interesting to learn that all of Uniontown is on the historic registry and that to drive through it used to ...
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