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Attention Big Birdwatchers

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Bald Eagle The mascot of Florida’s Hillsborough Community College is the hawk. The campus newspaper, sports teams, e-mail accounts, all have “hawk” somewhere in their titles. It seemed reasonable that the college would want a hawk statue, and it recently spent a reported $28,000 to erect a large one outside of the library on its [...]

St. Augustine: New Port For Robot Pirates

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Pat Croce is a wealthy man who loves what he calls “The Golden Age of Piracy” — cutlass-swinging buccaneers such as Captain Kidd and Blackbeard.

Airstream Ranch: Attraction, Yes; Art, Maybe

Monday, February 15th, 2010

It’s taken two years of legal battles, but Florida’s Airstream Ranch is now officially not a bad thing. But it’s not officially art, either. Three judges from the civil appellate division of the Hillsborough circuit court have ruled that Airstream Ranch can stay, overturning a 2008 decision by the county Code Enforcement Board that ordered [...]

Cypress Gardens To Be Legoland Florida

Monday, January 25th, 2010

The news fell on Florida like a ton of tiny plastic bricks. Cypress Gardens, known for its water ski shows and Southern Belles, will be turned into Legoland Florida in 2011.

No Myopia When It Comes to Stupak Visions

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Some roadside wonders wouldn’t exist without visionaries who insist on building them. We were reminded of that when we learned that Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas will unveil, in April, an attraction named “SkyJump.”

Squawk Show

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

The town of Everman, Texas has a problem with parrots. The burg’s ever-growing colony of Quaker Parrots first appeared in the early ’90s. The feathery flocks are assumed to be descended from former pets.

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