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In the early hours of April 7th, 1982, a collision in the third bore of the Caldecott Tunnel involving a tanker truck carrying gasoline caused a devastating fire. The road tunnel, carrying westbound traffic from Orinda to Oakland, acted as a chimney during the fire with the natural draft moving smoke towards oncoming vehicles. Seven people died in the accident, Read more...
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The Holland Tunnel emerges in Lower Manhattan parallel to Canal Street in the Tribeca neighborhood. The Holland Tunnel Rotary road loops around Saint John’s Park, with right-lane exits in the following order: Exit 1: West Street (or West Side Highway 9A) via Laight Street Exit 2: Uptown via Hudson Street Exit 3: Brooklyn via Manhattan Bridge or Williamsburg Bridge Exit Read more...
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The capital city of Nova Scotia is Halifax, which is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. The Nova Scotia House of Assembly, Nova Scotia’s legislative assembly, is based at Province House in downtown Halifax, where it has met since 1819, making the building Canada’s oldest house of government. Named after the 2nd Earl of Halifax, the city was established in Read more...
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Greeley Square Park is a small, triangular, tree-lined, paved park in midtown Manhattan at 6th Avenue and West 34th Street, near the 33rd Street subway and PATH station. There are many things to see and do within a short walking distance: See Alexander Doyle’s bronze statue of Horace Greeley, founder and editor of the New York Tribune newspaper. Bring your Read more...
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The Newport Mall shopping center in Jersey City is located near Newport PATH station, which is served by: 33 Street / Journal Square PATH train from Manhattan’s 33rd Street (at 6th Avenue), 27th Street, 14th Street, 9th Street, and Christopher Street stations World Trade Center / Hoboken PATH train on weekdays from World Trade Center PATH station at Vesey Street Read more...
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Southampton Airport Parkway Station is located adjacent to Southampton Airport and is a short walk from the terminal building via a mostly covered walkway. The station is on the South Western Main Line between Winchester and Southampton Central stations. Read more...
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The NPR member radio station in Southampton, NY, is WLIW-FM which broadcasts to eastern Long Island and southern Connecticut on FM and HD Radio at 88.3 MHz, and also streams online. Formerly called WPPB-FM, the station was acquired in 2020 by the WNET Group, parent company of New York’s THIRTEEN and WLIW21 public television broadcasters and operator of New Jersey’s Read more...
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University of Utah freshman running back Ty Jordan died, aged 19, of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound on the evening of December 25th, 2020. Police responding to reports of a shooting at 1109 South Avenue B in Denton, Texas, found Jordan suffering from a gunshot injury to his abdomen. He was transported to hospital where he died shortly afterwards. Jordan, Read more...
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The Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team plays its home games at American Airlines Center in the Victory Park neighborhood of downtown Dallas, Texas. The Mavs relocated here from the Reunion Arena where they played until 2001. American Airlines Center is also the home arena of the Dallas Stars NHL ice hockey team. Read more...
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A person who is a long-time resident or native of Stockport is called a Stopfordian. It is the commonly used demonym for someone from Stockport, Greater Manchester. Read more...
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Whistler ski resort in British Columbia is named after the whistling sound made by the hoary marmots native to the area’s alpine environments. Whistler Mountain itself was originally named London Mountain by British naval officers surveying the area in the 1860s. The name Whistler Mountain was officially adopted in the mid-1960s during the early years of its development as a Read more...
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Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman on the evening of February 26th, 2012, on a path between houses on Twin Trees Lane and Retreat View Circle, at The Retreat at Twin Lakes residential community in Sanford, Florida. Martin, a 17-year-old high school student, was returning on foot from a nearby convenience store to the home of his Read more...
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Notorious American gangster Al Capone spent 4½ years in the prison on Alcatraz Island after being transferred there in August 1934 from the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta. Capone was serving an 11-year sentence for tax evasion, during which time his mental health seriously declined due to syphilis contracted prior to his incarceration. He spent his final year at Alcatraz on Read more...
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The Kalamazoo Greyhound stop is at the Kalamazoo Transportation Center on North Burdick Street at Kalamazoo Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The transport hub is shared by the Amtrak train station and bus services operated by Metro Transit, Greyhound Lines, Miller Transportation and Indian Trails. The complex has a concession stand, restrooms, and a waiting area open until 11 pm Read more...
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The City of Palo Alto prohibits smoking in public places, including workplaces, bars, restaurants, stores, and theaters. The ban extends to all commercial areas, including publicly-owned sidewalks, alleys, parking areas, and service areas such as taxi and bus stops, in the city’s commercial zones, including downtown Palo Alto, California Avenue business district, Town and County Shopping Center, and Stanford Shopping Read more...
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The 96.5 KOIT radio studios are located on the third floor of the DC Station building on Junipero Serra Boulevard in Daly City, California. The Adult Contemporary format radio station relocated here in 2020 from its former studios in downtown San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. The broadcast facilities are shared with three other Bonneville-owned Bay Area FM stations, 99.7 NOW (KMVQ), Read more...
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For Colorado Avalanche ice hockey games at Ball Arena in Denver, doors open 1 hour before puck drop. Read more...
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On January 8, 2011, US Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot during a constituent meeting held in the parking lot of the Safeway store at the Oracle Place Shopping Center in Casas Adobes, near Tucson, Arizona. Giffords was shot in the head at close range and taken to hospital in critical condition. Eighteen others were shot at the event, six fatally, Read more...
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You can drive to Manitoulin Island via the Little Current Swing Bridge which carries Highway 6 over the North Channel of Lake Huron in Northeastern Manitoulin, Ontario. To reach the Swing Bridge, from Highway 17 (Trans Canada Highway) between Sudbury and Sault Saint Marie, turn on to Highway 6 for Espanola and continue for 50 kilometers (or 31 miles) towards Read more...
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American entrepreneur Tony Hsieh died, aged 46, at Bridgeport Hospital, Connecticut, on November 27th, 2020, due to complications from smoke inhalation. The former CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos was rescued by first responders from a fire in a shed at a waterfront home on Pequot Avenue in New London, Connecticut, in the early hours of November 18th, 2020. Hsieh Read more...