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Coastal cities and climate change: You're going to get wet
BEFORE Hurricane Sandy tore through New York and New Jersey, it stopped in Florida. Huge waves covered beaches, swept over Fort Lauderdale’s concrete sea wall and spilled onto A1A, Florida’s coastal highway. A month later another series of...Tags: Beaches, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Tropical Storms, FEMA
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More severe storms, rain possible Wednesday, Thursday
The broken tree limbs and large puddles remain from Monday's storm, but forecasters are already looking ahead to more severe weather chances Wednesday and Thursday. Maryland is included in areas with about 15 percent chances of severe storms both...
Tags: National Weather Service, Weather Reports, Weather
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Comedy Club of Williamsburg owner banking on expansion
The owners of comedy venues in the Outer Banks opened the Comedy Club of Williamsburg in May. Ten years ago, Ed and Leslie Kappes took the reins of The Comedy Club of the Outer Banks, which was founded in 1984 and organizes shows for venues in Corolla...
Tags: Entertainment, Corolla, Arts and Culture, Washington, DC, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Tropical Storm Andrea zipping up the East Coast
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After bringing rains, heavy winds and even tornadoes to parts of Florida, Tropical Storm Andrea moved quickly across south Georgia and was speeding through the Carolinas on Friday morning, promising sloppy commutes and...
Tags: Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Floods, Tropical Storms, Weather Warnings, Rick Scott
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Outer Banks Hampton Inn sold to Maryland hotel group
The Hampton Inn and Suites in the northern Outer Banks was sold to a Maryland hotel operator, CBRE|Hotels announced. Turnpike Properties and Pine Island Holdings sold the 123-room hotel at 333 Audubon Drive in Corolla, N.C., to The Harrison Group,...
Tags: Corolla, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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In jailhouse interview, man explains why he stole cars and a boat
Michael Bowyer of Roanoke was arrested last week and charged with stealing a couple of cars and a boat on a journey that took him from Roanoke to Hampton Roads and to the waters of the Outer Banks. In an jailhouse interview with WTKR NewsChannel 3,...
Tags: Theft, Hampton Roads
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Three Florida beaches make Dr. Beach Top 10 list for 2013
The smile of Dr. Beach still shines on the Sunshine State as three Florida beaches made his annual Top 10 beaches in the U.S. list. Dr. Beach is Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman and he's Director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal...
Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Key Biscayne, Springs, State Parks
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Ocean City one of U.S.'s most sought after places for vacation homes
The Baltimore SunOcean City, Md., is the fourth most-searched location among Americans looking for vacation homes online, according to website traffic from Trulia collected over a 12-month period ending March 31, 2013. Cape May, N.J., the county encompassing that state&...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Corolla, Kissimmee, Cape May (Cape May, New Jersey), Ocean City
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Nicholas S. Frobouck, 62
Nicholas “Nick” S. Frobouck, 62, of Sharpsburg, Md., and formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa., passed away Friday, May 10, 2013. Born Nov. 10, 1950, in McKeesport, Pa., he was the son of Anne Stevenson of Bath, N.C., and the late Nicholas Frobouck....Tags: Pittsburgh, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Graduation, University of Pennsylvania, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Surfer moms are catching the wave more and more
Beth Schub started surfing with one of her uncles on Long Island when she was 13, but she went off to college in Pennsylvania and later settled there after getting married, she thought she was pretty much done with the sport. It took a move to Emerald...
Tags: Ocean Surfing, Mother's Day, Surfing, Long Island, Sports
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Kimberly McBroom's Blog
Tuesday, May 28 Hope you had a fabulous Memorial Day weekend! Of course, having yesterday off makes today feel like a Monday... We had perfect weather for all of the Memorial Day remembrance events. It's so important to take a moment and honor those who...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Holidays, Sleep Deprivation, Pet Shops, Services, and Supplies, Nose
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A passionate, dynamic spark for Chicago ad agency
Peter McGuinness, an East Coast advertising wunderkind who took the helm at DDB Chicago less than two years ago, is competitive, passionate and driven to succeed. He also likes to stir things up. Those qualities got him into and out of hot water growing...
Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Safeway Inc., Omnicom Group Incorporated, Robert Downey Jr., Marketing
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