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Honda Classic crowds stay strong despite bad weather early

By Dennis Glade Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type PALM BEACH GARDENS — Lino Moustafa noticed that this morning was different from the first three days of The Honda Classic. There was only one explanation: the weather. After three days of sunshine and temperatures in the mid-80s, [...]

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Holidays in Crete: Hunting for Yogi Bear in a cave on Zorba’s island

By Margarita Madden Last updated at 8:10 PM on 4th March 2012 Many people assume Crete is just a place where youngsters flock in the summer, eager to sample the throbbing nightclubs and bars. But the island offers so much more besides – there are idyllic beaches, mountains, charming villages, architectural treasures and the magnificent [...]

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Massive 1962 nor’easter toppled homes, led to new standards for buildings …

NEPTUNE, N.J. — Half a century later, the great Atlantic gale of March 1962 remains the standard for gauging storm peril for the Jersey Shore. The storm toppled oceanfront mansions in Monmouth Beach and Mantoloking, and flattened most of Long Beach Island. Along with hurricanes that ravaged southern states in the 1960s, the March storm [...]

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Recent events no deterrent for exciting vacation

About a month ago, after a week of watching the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster story develop, I was inspired. Maybe it was because I needed a vacation, but something made me think, “I bet it’s a good time to book and take a cruise.” I was right. So, my family and I have spent [...]

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Invasion of the flying robots

Long Beach, California (CNN) — It was after the robotic hummingbird flew around the auditorium — and after a speaker talked about the hypersonic plane that could fly from New York to the West Coast in 11 minutes — that things got really edgy. Vijay Kumar, an engineering professor at the University of Pennsylvania, showed [...]

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Briton missing on holiday island

(UKPA) – 3 hours ago  More than 500 people have joined the search for a British man who has gone missing in the Cayman Islands. Nathan Clarke, originally from Cheltenham, was last seen a week ago on Grand Cayman. His phone was later found in the sea. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) said [...]

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Delmarva’s perfect storm

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 11–> The weather report on March 8, 1962, was “mostly sunny and cold today with some cloudiness along the coast, high temperatures 38 to 42.” It was welcomed news for area residents who just three days prior were going about their day-to-day business, unaware that a major storm was about to slam [...]

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Pody’s column: Remembering vacations gone by in Acapulco

Talk about it I turned on the news and the announcer said 22 people had been killed at a beach in Acapulco and many others shot at random throughout the city.  Mexican authorities were warning Americans not to vacation there as the drug cartels invaded the city. This was one of our favorite vacation spots. [...]

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Qualifier reaches Delray Beach final; top-seed Isner falls in semis

By Hal Habib Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type DELRAY BEACH — Marinko Matosevic said whenever he steps foot on the court with Dudi Sela, weird things happen. One of the last places they should have been playing, then, was at the Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis [...]

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Qualifier reaches Delray Beach final; top-seed Isner falls in semis

By Hal Habib Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type DELRAY BEACH — Marinko Matosevic said whenever he steps foot on the court with Dudi Sela, weird things happen. One of the last places they should have been playing, then, was at the Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis [...]

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Kett Country Cottages Prepares for the Easter Holiday Rush

ShareThis Email PDF Print Kett Country Cottages The area offers a number of fun activities for the family to partake in including visiting historic Felmingham Hall or visiting the famous Norfolk Broads which are a short drive away. Norfolk, UK (PRWEB) March 04, 2012 Summer seems so far away for many people, but there is [...]

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Kett Country Cottages Prepares for the Easter Holiday Rush

ShareThis Email PDF Print Kett Country Cottages The area offers a number of fun activities for the family to partake in including visiting historic Felmingham Hall or visiting the famous Norfolk Broads which are a short drive away. Norfolk, UK (PRWEB) March 04, 2012 Summer seems so far away for many people, but there is [...]

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Evans Report: Lower-priced homes drive sales in Palm Beach

By Darrell Hofheinz Daily News Real Estate Writer Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type Even though more single-family houses changed hands in Palm Beach last year than in 2010, a new sales analysis shows that price-conscious buyers continued to drive sales, with the bottom end of the market far more active than [...]

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Evans Report: Lower-priced homes drive sales in Palm Beach

By Darrell Hofheinz Daily News Real Estate Writer Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type Even though more single-family houses changed hands in Palm Beach last year than in 2010, a new sales analysis shows that price-conscious buyers continued to drive sales, with the bottom end of the market far more active than [...]

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Vacation Picture Contest entries must be received at the Courier & Press …

Just 10 to 15 degrees. Most days, that’s all that separates us from St. Pete Beach, Fla. For years I have vacationed in the panhandle of Florida, where I was born. But when two friends and I decided to head south in early December, we were looking for the 75 to 80 degrees we could [...]

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