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TripExpert, a new hotel ranking website based on professional reviews, launches today

TripExpert, a new hotel ranking website based on professional reviews, launches today

TripExpert offers hotel recommendations based on trusted sources and expert reviews, ensuring that travelers always know what to expect

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The TripExpert listing for Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City (PRNewsFoto/TripExpert)

NEW YORK, June 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ – TripExpert, a new…

Growing Up WISE: Sex Education from the Playground to the Prom

Growing Up WISE: Sex Education from the Playground to the Prom

By: Site Admin, 2014/6/13 1:30:00

Colorado Youth Matter is proud to present an informal happy hour series on sex education from the playground to prom (and beyond). If you’re a parent, trusted adult or just feel passionate about informed, empowered and healthy young people — then this is the seriesfor you. Each session we’ll be…

Sri Lanka field against England

Sri Lanka field against England

London (AFP) 2014/6/12 19:43:54

Andrew Yates/AFP

Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews celebrates after hitting the winning runs during the fifth one-day international (ODI) cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at Edgbaston in Birmingham, central England on June 3, 2014

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elected to field against England in the…

U.S. Open 2014: Tee times for Thursday and Friday

U.S. Open 2014: Tee times for Thursday and Friday

Kevin Manahan/NJ.com 2014/6/12 19:30:25

Don’t bother looking for Tiger Woods. He’s not at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, because he’s still recuperating from back surgery (not that he would’ve been a favorite anyway).

Here are the tee times for the first two rounds of the U.S. Open:

THURSDAY All Times EDT

No. 1

6:45 a.m.: Daniel Berger; Brett…

Trenton third-graders display artistic, intellectual gains through Princeton program

Trenton third-graders display artistic, intellectual gains through Princeton program

Times Staff Writer 2014/6/12 19:30:00

By Brielle Urciuoli

Teaching children about art isn’t simply about putting paint to a canvas or turning materials into sculpture, especially for a group of Trenton third-graders who participated in a yearlong art program offered through Princeton University.

Learning…

Jim Six: Man, can you believe this humidity?

Jim Six: Man, can you believe this humidity?

Jim Six/South Jersey Times 2014/6/12 19:00:00

Well, it’s almost mid-June and it has begun.

People are complaining about the heat and humidity.

Oh, sure, I say: Man, it’s humid. It’s so humid I can’t breathe. Wow, it’s like walking into a sauna.

But those are comments about the humidity.

The complaints are: It’s too hot. It’s too humid. I wish this…

Army mom surprises son for birthday at Fairfield Township Elementary School

Army mom surprises son for birthday at Fairfield Township Elementary School

Don E. Woods/South Jersey Times 2014/6/12 19:00:00

FAIRFIELD TWP. — Fourth grader DaShalon Benefield wasn’t expecting to see his mom on his birthday because she is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army National Guard.

Unbeknownst to him, however, his mother, Vonda Rivera, was surprising him at Fairfield Township…

Atlanta Lyric Theatre Expands To The Marietta Square

Atlanta Lyric Theatre Expands To The Marietta Square

Former Alley Stage to become The Lyric Studio Theatre in the Square.

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Atlanta Lyric Theatre, the metro area’s only professional musical theatre company, has agreed to lease the Alley Stage at the former Theatre in the Square in Marietta.

In addition to the company’s main stage productions,…

Can you defeat the Ruler of The Tower of Terror?

Can you defeat the Ruler of The Tower of Terror?

By: Richard Dambrosi, 2014/6/12 18:48:48

Guilford, Maine – AppEndix LLC and Wimborne Publishing today are thrilled to announce the release of Proteus – The Tower of Terror. The first release in a series of interactive fantasy and sci-fi gamebook adventures is now available exclusively on the App Store for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Written…

Greenwich Reads Together — ‘The Boys in the Boat’

Greenwich Reads Together — ‘The Boys in the Boat’

The fourth annual, community-based book reading program will focus on ‘The Boys in the Boat.’

Greenwich Library Board of Trustees President Haley Rockwell Elmlinger and First Selectman Peter Tesei reveal the 2014 GRT selection. Contributed photo.

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown has been chosen for Greenwich Reads Together 2014.

Jealous lover eats rival’s heart in S. Africa

Jealous lover eats rival’s heart in S. Africa

Cape Town (AFP) 2014/6/12 18:17:21

Mujahid Safodien/AFP/File

Police stand by as Gugulethu residents turn out to vote during South African elections on May 7, 2014

A jealous lover in South Africa stabbed a rival, cut out his heart and ate it with a knife and fork, police and media reported Thursday.

Police were called to the gruesome scene at a…

Celebrating Women in Film

Celebrating Women in Film

Associated Press 2014/6/12 18:08:49

Cate Blanchett, Eva Longoria and Kerry Washington are honored at the Women in Film’s annual Crystal + Lucy Awards in Los Angeles, and Blanchett says a lot of doors still need to be opened when it comes to women in filmmaking. (June 12) Subscribe for more Breaking…

Rogan/Franco re-team in ‘The Interview’ Trailer #1

Rogan/Franco re-team in ‘The Interview’ Trailer #1

James Franco and Seth Rogan re-team in the action comedy The Interview, where they must assassinate Kim Jong-Un.  Directed by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, who made their directorial debut with the hilarious This is the End, The Interview looks absolutely insane.  And I mean that in the best way possible.

The Interview is written by Goldberg,…

Book Watch: The Last Ancient by Eliot Baker #bookwatch

Book Watch: The Last Ancient by Eliot Baker #bookwatch

Title: The Last Ancient Author: Eliot Baker Publisher: Burst Books, imprint of Champagne Books Pages: 316 Genre: Supernatural Thriller, Historical Mystery Format: Paperback/Kindle

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Around Nantucket Island, brutal crime scenes are peppered with ancient coins, found by the one man who can unlock their meaning. But what do the…

SANDY HOOK: LIGHTS & CAMS ON CENTURY III

SANDY HOOK: LIGHTS & CAMS ON CENTURY III

National Park Service spokesman John Harlan Warren explains the Fresnel lens used in the Sandy Hook Lighthouse. (Photo by Dan Natale. Click to enlarge)

By DAN NATALE

On the night of June 11, 1764, stonemason Isaac Conro watched his newest creation come to life. Several pounds of whale oil were poured into a copper lamp atop the Sandy Hook lighthouse and…

Elmhurst Students Recognized for Positive Contributions To Their Schools

Elmhurst Students Recognized for Positive Contributions To Their Schools

Students honored for academic achievement, character and compassion.

Front:Katherine Steahly, Connor Polomsky, Matthew Milani, Anthony Bauer, Grace Wilton, Haley Brown, Emily Shea. Back: Nashita Syeda, Emily Schlecht, Corey Elliott, Christopher Ziebert, Madison Collins, Joseph Kesslering, Jaclyn Salgado, Sam Griffin

Ohio man accused for third time of performing sex acts on pool float outdoors while nude

Ohio man accused for third time of performing sex acts on pool float outdoors while nude

An Ohio man with a history of public indecency was arrested Wednesday morning after he was caught for a third time performing sex acts on a pool float.

Police said 35-year-old Edwin Tobergta was spotted having simulated sex with a pink life raft about 8 a.m. along state Route 4 in Hamilton, reported…