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Again this year, Land Rover is honoring local groups and charities which make a positive impact on their communities by giving away fully customized and equipped Defender 130 rescue vehicles, designed to save lives. You have until Oct. 17 to vote for one of the six finalists, who will receive a fully-outfitted rescue vehicle to assist with their life-saving mission.
Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. It has grown in 22 years, with libraries around the country offering FREE downloads of banned books, including the New York Public Library (NYPL) system, and by the American Library
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Listen up if you are a recent user of the online payment app Cash App – you could be getting money back because of a massive security breach that may have compromised your data, and any financial losses you suffered. Cash App has just reached a proposed a $15 million dollar settlement in a lawsuit
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Happy Birthday USA, born July 4, 1776. Here are some of the best Fourth of July celebrations in the USA, in New York City, Washington, DC and elsewhere, including fireworks, concerts and parades. NYC: Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular Where: Hudson River, 14th to 34th Streets It’s the granddaddy of all Fourth of July
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Movies on the cheap – Get $2 tickets for kids to Regal Cinemas Saturday Morning Kid Flicks. The discount deal is good only for the first showtime of the day, so no dawdling over breakfast pancakes. The $2 deal is for the kids. Grown-ups pay full price, unless you are a member of the Regal
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As the saying goes, everybody is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Just about every city in the United States has a parade honoring the saintly man who drove the snakes from Ireland, either on March 17, or close to that date. In 2024, March 17 falls on a Sunday, so most parades are on the
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The list of NYC parks named for women includes two First Ladies, a Revolutionary War heroine, an Olympic swimming champion, the mother of a British Prime Minister, the first African-American woman to be elected to Congress, and the first person to win two Nobel Prizes – all impressive, accomplished women who changed NYC, even the world.
Movies on the cheap: Once again this year, the Regal Cinemas theater chain is showcasing the ten Best Picture nominations for the 2024 Oscar for just $5-$7 each. The annual Best Picture Film Festival, is Friday, March 1, through Sunday, March 10, just before the Academy Awards ceremony. Advance reservations are now on sale. Tickets
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American Airlines is raising the price of its checked baggage fees effective Feb. 20, along with other baggage policy changes and limits on earning miles. Let’s hope this price increase and frequent flyer change by one of the top three US-flag carriers does not start a stampede by everybody to charge us more to check
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It was a day that would change the world by setting it in motion. Happy 137th birthday to the automobile, born January 29, 1886, when German engineer Dr. Carl Benz applied for a patent on his “gas-powered vehicle”. Later the same year and independently of Benz, German engineer and tinkerer Gottlieb Daimler built his motorized
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