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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Tea Party Movement, Star Sailing, Fish and Reptiles, Apple iPod
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Emmaus High graduate wins gold at U.S. skydiving championships
Emmaus High graduate Curt Bartholomew last week added another skydiving title to resume. Bartholomew, a 27-year-old Zionsville native who lives in Florida, won three medals, including a gold, at the U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving...
Tags: Skydiving, FIFA World Cup, Awards and Prizes, Parachuting, Sports
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Santiago Rosell: Pilot found sky diving the best form of flying
For Mother's Day four years ago, Santiago Rosell took his wife skydiving in DeLand. It was the first time for both. "It was on my bucket list, and he knew it," said Linda Ivey, 55, of Altamonte Springs. "I enjoyed it. It was kind of a thrill, but not...
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Skydiving, Tom Cruise, Sports, Mother's Day
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Social Security Disability could be fixed by reexamining the role judges play
The Social Security Disability Insurance system is supposed to provide a financial safety net for workers and their families in the event that a serious medical impairment prevents them from working ("Judges sue Social Security over 'quotas' on disability...Tags: Justice System, Laws, Parachuting, Sports, Crime, Law and Justice
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Travel Picks: Top 10 spots to get an adrenaline rush
ReutersLONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Everyone likes a bit of excitment on holiday. But for those bold travelers who enjoy testing their limits with exhilarating stunts, rides and thrills, the members and editors of VirtualTourist (www.virtualtourist.com) have...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Everest, Ernest Hemingway, Sports, Gardens and Parks
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Santiago Rosell: Skydiver killed in DeLand identified as former pilot for Boston Red Sox
They told him he was too old to start skydiving but that didn't stop Santiago Rosell from finding a way. The Altamonte Springs man wanted one more thrill to add to what had been an exhilarating life as a former fighter jet pilot, aviator for the...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Skydiving, Federal Aviation Administration, Sports, Air Transportation Industry
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May 6 in History: State being sued for $1,000,000 for having allegedly caused the death of five
>> 50 Years Ago — BRAWLEY — More than 200 dune buggies from 110 Southern California cities and Arizona competed in the sand buggy competition at Osborne Memorial Park off Glamis Road Sunday, which was combined with a parachute-jumping...Tags: Labor Legislation, Skydiving, Work Relations, Sports, Career and Workplace
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Jump into U.S. history instead of skydiving
In colonial Virginia in 1654, a black man named John Casor became an answer to this trivia question: Who was the first man in the colonies to be legally declared a slave by the courts? But the more interesting trivia question concerns Anthony Johnson,...
Tags: Skydiving, U.S. Congress, The Herald-Mail, Slavery, Sports
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Watch skydiver survive 8,000-foot plummet after parachutes fail
Skydiver Craig Stapleton, 51, is lucky to be alive after his parachutes failed during a jump on Sunday. Stapleton jumped from 8,000 feet, and then his primary and backup parachutes failed. "I thought, 'God hates me,'" Stapleton told ABCNews.com....
Tags: Skydiving, Sports
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Marine killed in skydiving accident was decorated combat veteran
L.A. NOWThe Marine killed during a parachute training accident in Perris was a highly decorated combat veteran from Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Marine Corps announced Thursday. Sgt. Caleb Medley, 26, of La Junta, Colo., died this week when he plummeted...... -
Marine who died in Perris skydiving accident identified
L.A. NOWA Camp Pendleton Marine who plummeted to his death Tuesday afternoon during a parachuting training exercise in Perris was identified Wednesday as Caleb Medley, 26, of Burlington, Colorado, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s office.... -
Camp Pendleton Marine dies in sky diving accident in Perris
L.A. NOWA skydiver plummeted to his death Tuesday afternoon in Perris, officials said....
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