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10 hours ago · His organization, the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, is beginning a $100 million project for what he called “a reimagined museum,” with a 120-foot-wide video screen. For visitors who want to look up relatives — “the emotional core of a visit,” Brackenbury said — there will be an expanded family history center with a ...
1 hour ago · With great ceremony, the waitress produced a pin from her pocket and popped both balloons with a swift, deft poke. The paper inside the red balloon indicated a price of $1; the one inside the blue ...
5 hours ago · FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue’s religious and political significance is being diminished by the thousands of refrigerator magnets and other souvenirs sold around Florence focusing on David’s […]
10 hours ago · The tournament was started to honor the memory of Tony Lema, the charismatic golfer who died tragically in a plane crash on July 24, 1966, following the PGA Tournament at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Lema was the Marco Island Country Club’s touring golf pro for exactly one year after being hired July 24, 1965.
10 hours ago · Which, speaking of, yesterday, I was watching the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach. Vaughan Deadly, the Goons lead bassist, was in the booth alongside Joe Turpel and Felicity Palmateer and had me properly LOLing which, in turn, made me even more angry at the World Surf League. Keep Joe. Whatever.
10 hours ago · Young people from all 16 Adventist churches across Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac and students from Cayman Academy, wearing blue, purple, and yellow shirts, flooded the streets of George Town. Despite rain, the youth engaged in outreach and service activities. “It was great. People were receptive and respectful, and we had fun sharing the word ...
10 hours ago · A statue of him riding a horse stood in the center. Place de la Révolution (Revolution Square) was the new name for the square when the statue was destroyed and melted down in 1792. Furthermore, during the Reign of Terror, the infamous guillotine stood here, claiming the lives of many notable figures, including King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.