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22 cool and unusual hostels
Los Angeles TimesHostels can be boring, cheap, safe places to stay for a night. Of course, in Eli Roth's "Hostel" horror flicks, they can lead to torture and malice. This list leaps beyond the bare white walls and hard mattresses, while stopping short of chainsaws and...Tags: Turkey, Florida, Landforms, Crime, Law and Justice, Real Estate
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Chrysler Museum redefines Victorian art in new exhibit
Daily PressMention the word "Victorian" today and -- almost invariably -- certain kinds of stereotypes tend to creep into the conversation. Stuffy, strait-laced and hypocritical are just a few of the terms often used to describe the culture that dominated the globe...Tags: Chrysler Museum of Art, United Kingdom, Arts, Arts and Culture, London (England)
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Lobdell: Remember these historic figures
This year's Daily Pilot 103 got me to thinking. Who would make the all-time DP 103 list of influential people in Newport-Mesa history? Here's my stab at the beginnings of the list. I limited myself to folks who could be considered early pioneers or...Tags: Newport Beach, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), History, Real Estate, Landforms
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Found on EBay – Streetcar Items
The Daily MirrorThe Pacific Electric Railway routes radiated from downtown like the spokes of a wheel, as one early transportation engineer observed. What's this? A subway to Avalon? A recent post referred to the dangers of streetcar crossings. These photos provide a... -
Before the Rumble Seat
Times Staff WriterEIGHTEEN EIGHTY-SIX was a very big year. John Stith Pemberton invented Coca-Cola. Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty. King Ludwig II of Bavaria died, much to the delight of Bavarians. Also having a good year were mutton chops and diphtheria....Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Real Estate Agents, Grover Cleveland, Commuting
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New subpoenas issued in Dixon case
The state prosecutor's office has issued a fresh round of subpoenas seeking information about four development projects, the latest chapter in a long-running probe focused at least in part on gifts Mayor Sheila Dixon received from a developer who received...Tags: State Budgets, Interior Policy, Joint Ventures, Sheila Dixon, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama wants to get moving on high-speed rail
Tribune staff reporterPresident Obama touted his plan for developing high-speed railways Thursday, detailing how $13 billion in federal money would act as a "down payment" on creating speedier passenger train service. "High-speed rail is long overdue, and this plan lets...Tags: University of Southern California, Florida, San Francisco, Anaheim, Science and Technology
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Johnstown's Inclined Plane is steeped in history, tragedy
Special To The SunHere's a trip for the experienced traveler who's seen and done it all. Sure, you've flown around the world in a jumbo jet, sailed across the ocean on a cruise ship and seen the countryside by train. Maybe you've traveled by a horse and buggy, hot air...Tags: Restaurants, Heavy Engineering, Bethlehem Steel, Tour Operations Industry, Disasters and Accidents
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The beauty beyond a name
Tribune staff reporterGLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont.--"So, where are they?" the woman from Wisconsin asked. She meant the glaciers, of course. In Glacier National Park, one expects to see glaciers, but the 48 that exist may be hidden, or easily mistaken for temporary snow...Tags: Landforms, Tourism and Leisure, Horse (animal), Hotels and Accommodations, Natural Resources
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Did auto, oil conspiracy put the brakes on trolleys?
Times Staff WriterIt has been 40 years since the last clang-clang-clang of a trolley in Los Angeles. The Yellow Car -- the city's local electric-car line -- made its final run March 31, 1963, a farewell tour on the "V" Line from Los Angeles City College on Vermont Avenue...Tags: Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), History, Crime, Law and Justice, Commuting, Arizona
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From a Baghdad bus, scenes of a broken city
Sun Foreign StaffBAGHDAD, Iraq - Suffering a serious spinal cord injury seems like a real possibility on this city's red double-decker, smoke-belching buses, given how they heave and jerk and slam their passengers without mercy against the white plastic seats. And that'...Tags: Madrasas, Religious Conflicts, Moving, Crime, Law and Justice, Transportation Accidents
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Copper Canyon thrill ride
Times Staff WriterThis peaceful colonial town on the route of the Chihuahua al Pacífico Railroad is a good place to anticipate attractions. At the hem of the western Sierra Madre, it is surrounded by mostly flat farmland. The wide El Fuerte river flows languidly to the...Tags: Florida, Oklahoma, Forests, Hotels and Accommodations, Natural Resources
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