Wacky summer events around America
Fancy some mashed potato wrestling? Or what about the world’s largest chicken dance or an Ernest Hemingway look-alike competition? Mashed potato – Cooking – Fruit and Vegetable – sport – Wrestling
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Alleged Jamaican drug lord arrives in United States to face charges
Alleged drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke was extradited Thursday from Jamaica to the United States, where he is to face drug and weapons charges.
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Brazil feels the heat from Eurozone woes
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 24 (UPI) — Brazil is feeling the heat from the eurozone crisis with the first impact showing up as lower foreign direct investment into the country, Central Bank figures showed. Brazil – Rio de Janeiro – South America – Travel and Tourism – Travel Services
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Once homeless, Snohomish filmmaker has a message
Don’t be surprised if someday soon a man named Eric “Protein” Moseley is invited to the White House. It could happen. If all goes as he hopes, the formerly homeless Moseley, 49, will travel to the nation’s capital.
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Top 5 Crazy Summer Adventures
Looking for a summer vacation that will get your adrenaline pumping? Then Bert Kreischer — of Travel Channel’s Bert the Conqueror (Wednesdays at 10/9c) — has the top five adventure destinations that thrill-seekers can’t afford to miss. From what he calls “zip lines on steroids” in Boulder City, Nev., to a 16-second freefall in Las Vegas, watch as the comedian runs through his favorite extreme …
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