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The river Seine flows through the city of Rouen in northern France. The second-longest river in France, the Seine has a total length of 777 kilometers (or 483 miles) and originates at Source-Seine, approximately 350 kilometers (or 217 miles) to the southeast of Rouen and 30 kilometers (or 19 miles) northwest of Dijon. From there, the Seine flows through Paris, Read more...

The city of Deerfield Beach, Florida, originally called the town of Deerfield, was so named because of the deer that grazed along the nearby Hillsboro River. Located some 5 miles (or 8 kilometers) south of Boca Raton in Broward County, the original Town of Deerfield was incorporated on June 11, 1925, when it was primarily an agricultural community. In 1939, Read more...

Trucks with three axles or greater are permitted to use the Hugh L Carey Tunnel, also known as the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel, Battery Tunnel or Battery Park Tunnel, which connects Red Hook in Brooklyn with the Battery on the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City. Operated by MTA Bridges and Tunnels, the Hugh L Carey Tunnel is tolled in both Read more...

Kaufman County district attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found shot dead in their home on Blarney Stone Way in Forney, Texas, on March 30th, 2013. Their shooting came almost two months after Assistant DA Mark Hasse was fatally gunned down on January 31st as he walked to the courthouse on East Grove Street in Kaufman, Texas. A Read more...

Catch-and-release fishing is permitted in designated areas of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Prospect Park has the only freshwater waterbody in Brooklyn and the lake supports a variety of warmwater fish species, including largemouth bass, black crappie, yellow perch, chain pickerel, bluegill, pumpkinseed, common carp, and golden shiner. Fishing is prohibited from bridges and in fenced areas and no barbed hooks or Read more...

Tubbs Hill in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is named after Tony Tubbs, a German immigrant and prominent figure in the early history of the city after its incorporation in the late 19th century. Tubbs opened one of the Coeur d’Alene’s first hotels and acquired a tract of land on the lakefront that included the north and west faces of what became Read more...

The house from where the popular British breakfast television show The Big Breakfast was broadcast during its original run from 1992 to 2002 was located at Old Ford Lock on Fish Island in Bow, East London. Built in 1947, the house was originally three separate cottages where the lock keepers, toll takers, and navigation operators of the Old Ford Locks Read more...

In the city of Berkeley, California, yellow curbs indicate commercial loading zones reserved for businesses to actively load and unload merchandise or materials. General vehicles may also stop at yellow curbs for up to three minutes to pick up and drop off passengers, and the driver must remain present with the vehicle. Commercial vehicles have a 20-minute parking limit at Read more...

Cryder Beach in the Village of Southampton, New York, is open to the public, including non-residents. A season parking permit is required between May 15 and September 15, which can be obtained from Southampton Village Hall in-person or by mail. Beach parking permit fees range from no charge for village property owners and year-round renters to $500 for summer visitors. Read more...

The Aer Lingus Lounge at New York’s JFK Airport is located after security in Terminal 5 departures, across from Gate 26. The lounge overlooks the airside operations towards the iconic TWA Hotel, and offers self-serve food and beverages, free wi-fi, printers and shower facilities. The Aer Lingus lounge is open from 12:45 until the last Aer Lingus departure for the Read more...

The speed limit on the Staten Island Expressway, also known as Interstate 278, is 50 miles per hour in most places. However, there are areas where the posted speed limit may be lower, such as in construction zones or at exits and on-ramps. The Staten Island Expressway runs across Staten Island, New York City, between Goethals Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Read more...

Peekskill, New York, is derived from a nearby creek named after Jan Peeck, a 17th-century Dutch settler in New Amsterdam. The name is derived from a combination of Peeck’s surname and kil, a Dutch word for a water channel or creek. In the mid-1600s, Peeck was known to travel by boat up the Hudson River and established a trading post Read more...

Long Island City, also known as LIC, is a residential and commercial neighborhood in Queens, New York City, situated just across the East River from Manhattan at the eastern terminus of the Queensboro Bridge. Once a heavily industrial area, Long Island City was rezoned for residential use in 2001 and subsequently underwent a period of redevelopment and gentrification, becoming one Read more...

Dublin Airport is located in Collinstown, 7 kilometres (or 4.3 miles) north of Dublin, and 3 kilometres (or 1.9 miles) south of the town of Swords in Fingal, Ireland. It is located just off the M1 and the M50 motorways and the main public transport options between the airport and Dublin city centre are buses, taxis and other ride-hailing services. Read more...

The Boston Bruins NHL hockey team has won the Stanley Cup championship six times, in the 1928–29, 1938–39, 1940–41, 1969–70, 1971–72, and 2010–11 seasons. The Bruins have made the Stanley Cup Finals 20 times and are tied with the Chicago Blackhawks for the fourth-most number of Stanley Cup wins. Founded in 1924, the Boston Bruins are one of the Original Read more...

San Francisco’s Sutro Baths building was destroyed by fire caused by arson on June 26th, 1966. The landmark structure, opened by Adolf Sutro in 1896, stood below the Cliff House and housed indoor bathing pools, with an ice rink and penny arcade added later. It struggled financially because of high operating costs, and was sold in a deteriorated condition in Read more...

Town of Banff violation tickets can be paid by the following methods: Online at banff.ca by Visa or Mastercard, with the licence plate or ticket number, provided the ticket is not past due. By mail with a cheque or money order payable to the Town of Banff posted with the parking ticket, or the ticket number recorded on the cheque, Read more...

Lake Ronkonkoma is a natural freshwater lake on Long Island, located around 8 miles (or 13 kilometers) northeast of the town of Islip, New York. Most of Lake Ronkonkoma is less than 15 feet deep but it reaches depths of up to 65 feet in places. Formed by ancient glaciers and covering an area of 243 acres, Lake Ronkonkoma is Read more...

The closest hotel to Newark Liberty International Airport is the Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott, an on-airport hotel offering complimentary shuttle service to and from all EWR terminals. Off airport, there are several chain hotels within a 10-minute drive of the terminals, including: Wyndham Garden Newark Airport Crowne Plaza Newark Airport Motel 6 Elizabeth, NJ – Newark Liberty Intl Airport Read more...

The landmark tower at HM Prison Manchester, also known as Strangeways Prison, is a heating and ventilation extraction tower dating to the opening of the prison in 1868. The 234-foot (or 71-meter) minaret-style octagonal tower is built of red brick with sandstone dressings, with an arched recess in each side, a perimeter gallery with brick balustraded parapet on stone corbels, Read more...