Depp, Knightley steer ?Pirates? ship (The Daily Beacon)
?Pirates of the Caribbean: At World?s End? sails into theaters on the winds of success. The third installment of the Disney franchise has garnered mixed responses, but fans are still flocking to theaters. The movie opens with the macabre scene of those accused of piracy awaiting the gallows. Row after row are hanged, finishing with a young boy, who begins a chorus of ?Hoist the Colours,? a pirate ......more...Book history of the seas that dispels pirate myths (The Post and Courier)
PIRATES: Predators of the Seas. By Angus Konstam with Roger Michael Kean. Skyhorse Publishing. 240 pages. $29.95. Angus Konstam's "Pirates: Predators of the Seas," looks like a gorgeous, oversized coffee-table book, but it is actually a very good historical overview of pi......more... National Geographic's 'Real Pirates' Exhibition Premieres at Cincinnati Museum Center on June 30 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship," a new exhibit organized by National Geographic and Arts and Exhibitions International LLC, in cooperation with Cincinnati Museum Center, will make its world premiere Saturday, June 30....more... Immigrants integral to region's economy (The Troy Record)
SARATOGA SPRINGS - The battle over immigration legislation in Washington is being closely watched from Maine to California and beyond. It is an issue that affects both citizens and non-citizens in every state and people around the world, and Saratoga County and the Capital District are no exception....more... Immigrants power local economy (The Saratogian)
SARATOGA SPRINGS - The battle over immigration legislation in Washington is being closely watched from Maine to California and beyond. It is an issue that affects both citizens and non-citizens in every state and people around the world, and Saratoga County is no exception....more... The Pirate Next Door (The Gilroy Dispatch)
Morgan Hill - It started on a whim: A pirate's plank, just a nifty addition to Rich Firato's revamped backyard. A few toy ships, bobbing above thrashing, foot-long koi. Then a mast. A skull. A prickly, taxidermied pufferfish....more... Vilma Espin Guillois (Independent)
Vilma Espín Guillois, revolutionary leader and politician: born Santiago de Cuba, Cuba 7 April 1930; married 1959 Raúl Castro (one son, three daughters); died Havana 18 June 2007....more... Do Not Disturb changes are a sign of times (Chicago Sun-Times)
Things are turning around for the hotel Do Not Disturb sign. There's always been something a little steamy about the signs that hang on a door handle like nylons on a radiator. You feel empowered by shutting out the rest of the world....more... On Course: A temporary reprieve for passports (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Through September, you can fly to Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean without a passport as long as you can present a State Department receipt showing you applied for one. (The State Department receipt is essentially something you print from its website -- www.travel.state.gov -- that confirms the passport application is being processed.) For others caught in the application crunch -- Americans ......more... |