Barack Obama and his wife had a great time in Hawaii this Christmas. They spent their vacation at one of their favorite spots – the Hanauma Bay Park – a 40 minute drive from their rented Kailu Beach holiday home. Good for them as every year they go to the Park on a Tuesday; it’s […]
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New Hampshire Inmates Bring Holiday Cheer to Seniors
Last week, a few jail inmates from the New Hampshire area did something really positive over the Christmas season. They were taken out of jail for just long enough to sing Christmas carols to senior citizens in the neighborhood. They were hardly the most harmonious, delightful singers, but the thought was there. And the residents […]
Rhode Island to Save Energy and Costs
By the end of February 2012, various state buildings will have their roofs fitted with solar panels, which will save energy in the state. Much of the financing for this project will come from federal stimulus funds. Beaches, parks and other areas will be getting the panels in the cities of: Charlestown, Exeter, Narragansett, North […]
Catching Some Colorado Culture
A lot is going on in Colorado culturally right now. If you happen to be planning a visit to the state, you might want to do so around upcoming events and activities. For example, next spring, the Denver Zoo will be privy to an Asian Tropics exhibit (that took $50m to construct), marking the largest […]
US Town Names
Some Remain “Nameless” Years ago, it wasn’t so easy getting a name for your town in the United States of America. Indeed, in 1880, a very small Travis County community set about the task as they wanted to get a post office in their town. But a post office requires a town name! So the […]
LA Music Awards
Earlier this week, the American Music Awards took place at LA’s Nokia Theatre. At the event, the country picked their favorite musicians. Great music was heard, smiles were seen on the faces of the winners and fun performances graced the evening. Nick Minaj and Taylor Swift won big time, with Swift taking three awards and […]
Wise White Rockians
While New Mexico’s White Rock town may be small geographically, it appears that it is rather large in the brain department. Indeed, the 6,244 population of the town comes up pretty high on the academic scale. Indeed, almost 40 percent of adults living in White Rock have graduate degrees. Next on the list is Eldorado […]
New Lake Champlain Bridge Opened
On Monday, literally hundreds of people gathered on Lake Champlain Bridge to snap photos and celebrate the reconnection of the communities located on either side of the lake. A much anticipated relief, the bridge will allow Vermont residents to return to their normal routines for the first time since the old bridge was closed in […]
Kevin Durant Plays Flag Football With Kids of OKC
On Monday, the NBA Star tweeted “This lockout is really boring…anybody playing flag football in okc… I need to run around or something!” George Overbey, a player on Sigma Nu fraternity’s intramural flag football team at Oklahoma State, replied immediately, with little hopes he’d actually hear back from from Kevin Durant. But he was wrong; […]
Miss South Carolina Sends Message to All Teens
The current Miss South Carolina, Bree Boyce, weighed 234 pounds when she was in high school. Now, she is a 124 lb beauty queen, working to inspire teens to change their lifestyles and start caring for their health.