Great Wolf awakens year-round tourism The Western Star
MASON — They may slip on ice outside, but inside they'll shoot down water slides at the new Great Wolf Lodge. The $100 million resort with its 78,000 square-foot indoor waterpark opens today next to Paramount's Kings Island on Kings Island Drive.
More than 1,000 mallard ducks die along Idaho creekbed Casper Star-Tribune
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- State wildlife agencies and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Wednesday were testing tissue samples from more than 1,000 mallard ducks that are dying in a bizarre cluster along a southeastern Idaho creek bed, hoping to rule out an avian flu outbreak.
Great Wolf awakens year-round tourism Dayton Daily News
MASON — They may slip on ice outside, but inside they'll shoot down water slides at the new Great Wolf Lodge.
Officials ready to chuck the muck; Will hire engineer to plan cleanup of Furnace Pond Patriot Ledger
Pembroke is set to take its first step toward a multimillion dollar project to dredge the muck-infested Furnace Pond. Next month, officials expect to hire an engineer to determine how to purge the 103-acre basin of sediment that has collected over decades.
Premier Cricket double Warrnambool Standard
THE south-west will now host two Premier Cricket matches on January 6 after drought forced a game scheduled at Horsham to be moved to Warrion. The Horsham Cricket Association (HCA) relinquished its country round match between Melbourne and St Kilda because of conditions of the league's grounds.
Present perfection Los Angeles Daily News
MILK WARMER AND FROTHER: Despite the price, this is one of the hottest gift choices of the year, notes a Sur La Table spokesperson.
Last residents exit mobile home park Naples Daily News
As Greystone Mobile Home Park residents packed their lives into cars, trucks and U-Hauls on Friday, the mood was as dismal as the cloudy, drizzling skies. Residents began moving out after a Dec. 8 hearing when their request for an injunction to stop the pending sale of the park to Outdoor Resorts of Naples was denied.
Get away from it all Rapid City Journal
Editor’s note: With gasoline prices nearing $3 a gallon, the Rapid City Journal is offering a series of stories on travel within one day’s drive of Rapid City. This, the first in the series, highlights Wall Drug and surrounding attractions.
Toney-Peter Conference Call! Fightnews.com
A mere four months after one of the most exciting heavyweight fights in years ended amid a whirlwind of controversy, Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter (27-1, 22 KOs) and James "Lights Out" Toney (69-5-3, 43 KOs) are set to go at it again in the main event on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. A 12-round elimination bout to determine once and for all who the mandatory
More than 1,000 mallard ducks die along Idaho creekbed Glenwood Springs Post Independent
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State wildlife agencies and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Wednesday were testing tissue samples from more than 1,000 mallard ducks that are dying in a bizarre cluster along a southeastern Idaho creek bed, hoping to rule out an avian flu outbreak.
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