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What we learned from Shootout

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There was plenty of trepidation heading into Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout as a new rules package aimed to do away with the two-car tandem left many of the drivers curious as to what style of racing would be produced in the 75-lap contest at Daytona International Speedway. Some expected large packs [...]

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On drunk patrol: Pismo Beach has highest rate of drunken-driving arrests in county

But some vacationers also contribute to the city’s revenue in another way: fines paid for drunken- driving arrests. A Tribune review of drunken-driving arrests during a nearly three-year period shows that Pismo Beach has the highest rate of DUI arrests in the county, at 76 per 1,000 people. The data also show that 40 percent [...]

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Development moves ahead for former Old Salt site at beach

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Expected $4 gas by spring could hamper SC tourism

By BRUCE SMITH The Associated Press Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type CHARLESTON, S.C. — While an improving economy would seem to be good news for South Carolina’s $14 billion tourism industry encouraging more people to travel, it’s shadowed by rapidly rising gas prices that could hit $4 a gallon in as [...]

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What we learned from Shootout

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There was plenty of trepidation heading into Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout as a new rules package aimed to do away with the two-car tandem left many of the drivers curious as to what style of racing would be produced in the 75-lap contest at Daytona International Speedway. Some expected large packs [...]

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USA Water Polo Plays For Holiday Cup Title Tonight!

The USA Women’s National Team (including locals Lolo Silver and Lauren Wenger) will play for the Holiday Cup title following an 8-6 victory over Greece in the semi-finals. Team USA will meet Canada, a 9-2 winner over Italy, for the championship at 9pm est/6pm pst on Sunday, live on UniversalSports.com. The game will be a [...]

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Virginia town, US Fish and Wildlife Service square off over beach parking lot

Wendi Weber, a regional director for Fish and Wildlife, which funds the operation of the ocean­side Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, told members of the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs the agency’s plan to possibly relocate a popular beach parking lot that keeps getting washed away by the Atlantic Ocean. Residents of [...]

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Tribune Special Report: Pismo Beach has highest rate of drunken-driving …

But some vacationers also contribute to the city’s revenue in another way: fines paid for drunken- driving arrests. A Tribune review of drunken-driving arrests during a nearly three-year period shows that Pismo Beach has the highest rate of DUI arrests in the county, at 76 per 1,000 people. The data also show that 40 percent [...]

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Commentary: Another starting spot would cap crazy year for defending Daytona …

By Dave George Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type DAYTONA BEACH — Trevor Bayne turns 21 Sunday. That’s a pretty sweet landmark, but so is winning the Daytona 500, a little trick he pulled off last year. Drivers think they understand what it means to see the [...]

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Brace for traffic this busy holiday weekend – Sun

That means roads, airports, restaurants and inns will be humming this weekend and stay busy in waves for Spring Break and through Easter, when the winter travel season ends. At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, airlines are adding seats available to average 43,000 each way daily for the second half of February. And they’ll top out [...]

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ICE agent was fatally shot during struggle for gun

LONG BEACH, Calif. — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting his supervisor at least six times at the ICE office in Long Beach died after an intense struggle for his gun with another agent, authorities said Saturday. Ezequiel Garcia struggled for the gun after shooting the agency’s second-in-command for the Los Angeles [...]

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Chris Brown gets attacked by seagulls during beach vacation with girlfriend …

By Dianne King Last updated at 11:55 PM on 18th February 2012 Chris Brown came under attack by a flock of seagulls yesterday as he relaxed on the beach with his girlfriend. The RB singer was spending some down time with his lover Karrueche Tran in Miami Florida yesterday when the incident happened. This comes [...]

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