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Beat heat at Splashin' Safari in Indiana
Seeded on Thu May 17, 2007 10:40 AM EDT (The Louisville Courier-Journal)
As a veteran of the amusement and water park business, Bill Koch is very much aware of the trend toward indoor water parks. But for now, the president of award-winning Holiday World and Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Ind., prefers his water fun to be in the sun.
UC student arrested in room
Seeded on Fri May 11, 2007 10:58 AM EDT (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Jessica Bailey may want to forget today. The 19-year-old University of Cincinnati student from Hillsborough, N.H., was arrested by UC police at 4:30 today after she was found intoxicated in her room with two bottles of "pure grain alcohol," court documents note.
Repairs, lawsuits slow Son of Beast's return
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2007 7:49 AM EDT (Dayton Daily News)
Kings Island and its owner, Sandusky-based Cedar Fair, are dealing with five lawsuits filed in the Warren County Court of Common Pleas by 11 riders who were hurt in 2006.
Giraffe teaches students a lesson at zoo
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2007 8:20 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
VILNIUS, Lithuania - Climbing into a giraffe's cage at the local zoo seemed a good idea after a few drinks. But the prank went wrong when the 1.3 ton animal flew into a rage and attacked the three student trespassers at a zoo in Lithuania on Monday night. ADVERTISEMENT
Athens is a fun place to take a study break
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2007 8:07 AM EDT (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Athens is undeniably a college town, but the southeastern Ohio city offers plenty of activity for those interested in less scholarly pursuits.
Comcast shows off cable modem that downloads 25 times faster
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2007 8:02 AM EDT (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
LAS VEGAS - Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts dazzled a cable industry audience Tuesday, showing off for the first time in public new technology that enabled a data download speed of 150 megabits per second, or roughly 25 times as fast as today's standard cable modems.
Wal-Mart Supercenter opening today in Evendale
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2007 8:00 AM EDT (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Wal-Mart's newest Supercenter in Greater Cincinnati opens today in the Evendale Business Park on Cunningham Drive in Evendale.
Arithmetic Errors Nix Guinness Attempt
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2007 10:25 AM EDT (Newsday.com)
AURORA, Ill. -- Errors in simple arithmetic got in the way of an attempt to get into the record books. George Hood spent 85 hours riding a stationary bike in January, riding the equivalent of about 1,080 miles, and thought he had bested the existing record of 82.
Patient given wrong diagnosis of year to live now faces bankruptcy
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2007 9:07 AM EDT (the Mail online)
When doctors diagnosed cancer and told John Brandrick that he had less than a year to live, he resolved to make the most of the time he had left.
Pig runner collapses, dies
Seeded on Sun May 6, 2007 7:52 PM EDT (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
A runner in the Flying Pig Marathon died after collapsing during this morning's race, Hamilton County Coroner Dr. O'dell Owens said.
1 Dead, 21 Hurt in Japanese Roller Coaster Accident - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
Seeded on Sat May 5, 2007 1:22 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)
TOKYO — A roller coaster traveling up to 46 miles per hour hit a guardrail at an amusement park in western Japan on Saturday, killing one person and sending 34 others to hospitals, officials said.
JFK Murder Plot
Seeded on Fri May 4, 2007 7:03 PM EDT (Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com)
The "deathbed confession" audio tape in which former CIA agent and Watergate conspirator E.
Man Throws Wife Off Boat
Seeded on Fri May 4, 2007 9:56 AM EDT (CNET News.com)
STUART, FL (AP) -- Authorities say a verbal argument ended when a Stuart man threw his wife from a boat and left her in the ocean about a quarter of a mile from shore.
Student denied bathroom during test
Seeded on Thu May 3, 2007 7:35 AM EDT (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
MAGNOLIA, Ohio - A sixth-grader was denied permission to use the bathroom during state testing this week and had an accident, an unfortunate outcome of a decision based in part on the need to maintain the integrity of the test, the superintendent said.
Rare but Real: People Who Feel, Taste and Hear Color
Seeded on Wed May 2, 2007 9:52 AM EDT (Live Science)
When Ingrid Carey says she feels colors, she does not mean she sees red, or feels blue, or is green with envy. She really does feel them. She can also taste them, and hear them, and smell them.
Terrier dies after saving children from pitbulls
Seeded on Wed May 2, 2007 9:33 AM EDT (New Zealand Herald)
A Jack Russell terrier has died after saving five children from a mauling by two savage pitbulls. The tiny dog, called George, leapt to the defense of the children when the two rogue pitbulls threatened them on the way to a dairy in the Taranaki township of Manaia.
Coroner mixes up bodies
Seeded on Wed May 2, 2007 9:09 AM EDT (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
HAMILTON - Butler County Coroner Dr. Richard Burkhardt conceded today his office messed up when they released the wrong body for burial Tuesday. "It is our fault," he said in a phone interview from his home. "It is our responsibility and we apologize to the families involved."
School sued over response to MySpace photo
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2007 6:34 PM EDT (USA Today)
MILLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A woman denied a teaching degree on the eve of graduation because of a MySpace photo has sued the university.
French amusement park accident injures 24
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:31 PM EDT (Reuters)
LILLE, France (Reuters) - Twenty four people were injured on Sunday in an accident on an amusement park ride in northern France, local officials said.
Indian woman locked in a room for 15 years by family
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:23 AM EDT (The Earth Times Online)
New Delhi - Police in India's eastern state of West Bengal have rescued a 40-year-old-woman who was imprisoned by her husband and in-laws in a cramped room for 15 years because she did not get enough dowry, a newspaper reported Sunday.
The CFL mercury nightmare
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:22 AM EDT (Canada.com)
How much money does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent light bulb? About US$4.28 for the bulb and labour -- unless you break the bulb.
Indian groom too drunk to wed, so brother steps in
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:16 AM EDT (Reuters)
PATNA, India (Reuters) - Villagers at a wedding in eastern India decided the groom had arrived too drunk to get married, and so the bride married the groom's more sober brother instead, police said on Monday.
Roller Coaster Kills Legoland Worker
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:15 AM EDT (Sky.com)
An employee at Legoland amusement park in Denmark has been killed in a roller coaster accident. The 21-year-old woman was hit by a coaster car. She had apparently jumped over a security fence to retrieve a wallet dropped by a passenger near the track .
Zoo rhino: It's a boy!
Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:13 AM EDT (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
It's a boy – an 86-pound bundle of joy for Emi, the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden's Sumatran rhino. The Cincinnati Enquirer has learned that Emi delivered at 10:59 p.m. Sunday after a 16-month gestation, and by 1:33 a.m. the calf was successfully nursing.
Hard-Drive Failures Surprisingly Frequent
Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:23 AM EDT (PC World)
Your hard drive may not be as reliable as manufacturers would like you to think. Recent studies by researchers at Carnegie Mellon and Google suggest that vendor Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) ratings for hard drives are a bit misleading.
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