Alcatraz, also known as "The Rock", is a well-known yet mysterious place containing many forgotten memories and lost ghosts. Though no one really knows everything that went on within the concealed...
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The Golden Gate Bridge, City Hall, Alcatraz and other parts of the city will go almost completely dark for an hour next month as part of a campaign to conserve energy and fight global warming.Organ...
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (Reuters) - A fierce storm
swept through central and northern California Friday,
cutting power to more than 1 million homes and businesses,
closing major roads and canceli...
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Today is Friday, May 4, the 124th day of 2007. There are 241 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 4, 1945, during World War II, German forces in the Netherlands, Denmark and no...
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Today is Tuesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2007. There are 223 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:One hundred years ago, on May 22, 1907, actor-director Laurence Olivier was born in...
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New sightseeing cruises are sailing the rivers around Manhattan, one focusing on history, one on architecture.Both are offered by NY Waterway Tours.The history cruise, developed in collaboration wi...
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Oil leaking from a cargo ship that struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has spread throughout the bay and is threatening a majestic stretch of the California coastline, the Coast Guard said ...
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The line loops past the man wearing the Lady Liberty gown, stretches around the ice cream stand, skirts a pretzel cart and passes a man playing the trumpet before snaking through metal security gat...
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A Brief History of Alcatraz
San Francisco to go dark, save energy
