Annapolis Has a New Sister (Bay Weekly)
Imagine Baltimore ? and then some ? smack on the Annapolis side of the Bay Bridge, and you would have Rio de Janeiro. Add about three more miles to the Bay Bridge. Then drop a city of 500,000 on polluted and dying bay with Atlantic beaches right where Kent Island begins on the Eastern shore....more...Virginia Beach's boardwalk sparkles, but be sure to enjoy the rest (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Read this article ]...more... Blackstone Group Buying Hilton Hotels (The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fresh off a $4.1 billion initial public offering, private-equity house Blackstone Group solidified its position as a power to reckon with on Wall Street with a multibillion dollar deal that gives the company control over a hotel empire with more than 600,000 rooms worldwide....more... Nation Celebrates 4th of July (The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tens of thousands of people braved heavy rain to mark the Fourth of July holiday, cheering as the city's massive fireworks display light up the sky and for the first time seemed to set the East River's surface aflame....more... Candidates March in Iowa July 4th Parade (The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung)
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) - Fourth of July virtually everywhere is about fireworks, flags, firetrucks and floats. In Iowa Wednesday, people eyeing the White House also were in the mix....more... Nation Celebrates 4th of July (The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung)
NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of people staked out viewing spots Wednesday for Fourth of July pyrotechnics extravaganzas, while rain in the East and dangerously dry conditions elsewhere canceled some festivities....more... Freed BBC Reporter Recounts Long Ordeal (The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The first night after he was snatched in Gaza nearly four months ago, BBC reporter Alan Johnston feared he was about to die. The kidnappers' masked leader appeared in the doorway, and moments later the prisoner was handcuffed, hooded and taken outside....more... Great family summer trips: On the boardwalk (MSNBC)
From gorging on hot dogs at Coney Island to listening to music in Ocean City, Maryland, there's no shortage of fun for everyone. Find out where you and your family can walk the planks together. ...more... Citylife: Editors' Choice (The Sun Post)
A night out in South Beach wouldn?t be complete without a permanent reminder. Why give your honey a rose that will wither as soon as the humidity hits it? Get that rosebud etched into your arm and hope your relationship lasts as long as the ink....more... |