3-month-old money makes Denver Zoo debut
(Denver Post © 03/26/2010)
Visitors to the Primate Panorama at the Denver Zoo are likely to encounter Kanani, a baby De Brazza's monkey finding her way in a new playground. Kanani was born Dec. 19 to mom Marinda and dad Kisoro. Marinda was born in captivity in Fort Wayne, Ind., and came to Denver from North Carolina in 2009 to be paired with Kisoro, who was rescued in 2006 from the bushmeat trade in the Democratic Republ...
Around the County: St. Johns Commissioner Mays will not run in November
(Florida Times-Union © 03/26/2010)
Mays will not run for comission in November St. Johns County Commissioner Phillip Mays announced Monday that he won't run in November to keep his current seat because he wants to spend more time on his family and consulting business, although he left open the possibility that he might run again. Mays, 42, of Ponte Vedra Beach said he felt he had helped set this commission on a good course. P...
Space group to travel to Washington, D.C.
(Fort Pierce Hometown News © 03/26/2010)
By Jenet Krol Krol@hometownnewsol.com When manned spaceflights are a thing of the past, it won't just be aerospace workers who are affected. Many of the businesses in Brevard County, from hotels to gas stations to manufacturing plants, are concerned about the forthcoming economic impact the area will see after the last shuttle flight. For 14 years, members of the "Citizens for Space Explorati...
Four Corners is Down But Still Looking to The Future
(Lakeland Ledger © 03/26/2010) (Registration Required)
CHAMPIONSGATE | In the two years since the last Four Corners Municipal Summit, the area has suffered a devastating downturn in the local housing market and hasn't been growing at the same rapid pace as it had during the past decade. Even so, for the people who have made Four Corners their home, a number of important projects are in the works now, promising a higher quality of life in the future. ...
Universal Orlando to Open The Wizarding World of Harry Potter June 18
(Lakeland Ledger © 03/26/2010) (Registration Required)
ORLANDO | The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry will open to Muggles for the first time June 18. The Three Broomsticks Inn, Honeydukes sweets and all the other quirky shops in Hogsmeade village will open then, too. That's when the non-wizarding public will be allowed to step into The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the much-anticipated new attraction inside Universal Orlando's Islands of...
Senator Says Cuba Could Help End Travel Ban
(Orlando-WKMG (CBS) © 03/26/2010)
CANCUN, Mexico -- A U.S. senator urged Cuba on Thursday to free a jailed American contractor to help persuade Congress to lift a travel ban that ended American tourism to the Caribbean island in 1962. Cuban officials have been holding Alan P. Gross, a Maryland-based U.S. contractor, since December, accusing him of spying. The man's family says he is a development worker helping Cuba...
‘Complete collapse’ of coral possible
(Panama City-WJHG (NBC) © 03/26/2010)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Coral reefs are dying, and scientists and governments around the world are contemplating what will happen if they disappear altogether.The idea positively scares them.Coral reefs are part of the foundation of the ocean food chain. Nearly half the fish the world eats make their homes around them. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide — by some estimates, 1 billion across ...
Inside a global cybercrime ring
(Panama City-WJHG (NBC) © 03/26/2010)
BOSTON, - Hundreds of computer geeks, most of them students putting themselves through college, crammed into three floors of an office building in an industrial section of Ukraine's capital Kiev, churning out code at a frenzied pace. They were creating some of the world's most pernicious, and profitable, computer viruses.According to court documents, former employees and investigators, a reception...
Stepping back in time | StAugustine.com
(St. Augustine Record © 03/26/2010)
On Saturday, 45 Girl Scouts from Northeast Florida, all in the sixth grade and dressed in period clothing, will travel back in time to the 18th century as members of Girl Scouts of Gateway Council walk in the footsteps of young women of 1740s St. Augustine at the San Agustin Reenactment Encampment. The scouts will be demonstrating heritage craftwork such as making cord using a lucet, basket wea...
JFK Library to show Salinger letter to Hemingway
(St. Paul Pioneer Press © 03/26/2010)
"The talks I had with you here were the only hopeful minutes of the whole business," Salinger writes at the close of his letter to Ernest Hemingway, which will be displayed publicly for the first time on Sunday at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The letter, which has been available to and referenced by scholars over the years, is part of the Ernest Hemingway collection that has been k...
Theme parks counter attendance dip with new attractions
(St. Petersburg Times © 03/26/2010) (Registration Required)
Busch Gardens in Tampa this weekend debuts its first character meet-and-greets with Sesame Street's Big Bird and Cookie Monster. Universal Orlando promises its Harry Potter mega-attraction will open by June 18 with some never-before-seen magical ride effects. By summer, Aquatica at Sea World will be touting a new water slide, and Walt Disney World will bring back the Main Street Electrical Parade....
Personal Income Drops Across the Country
(The Wall Street Journal © 03/26/2010)
Personal income in 42 states fell in 2009, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Real Time Economics Overview 2009: Income, Population, Jobs and Home Prices by State Declining Incomes View Interactive How state personal income changed in 2009 from 2008. Nevada's 4.8% plunge was the steepest, as construction and tourism industries took a beating. Also hit hard: Wyoming, where incomes fell...
Indonesian zoo welcomes birth of 25 Komodo dragons
(WFTX Fox 4 (Ft. Myers) © 03/26/2010) (Registration Required)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian zoo is welcoming the births of 25 endangered Komodo dragons, hatched after eight months in incubators. Veterinarian Rahmat Suharta says the eggs, from three giant female lizards, hatched at the Surabaya Zoo in East Java over the past week. He said Thursday that the babies, weighing between 2.8 ounces (80 grams) and 4.2 ounces (120 grams), brought to 69 the...
