Texas state Senator Royce West gives convention center hotel sales pitch Posted: 5 months ago by 7mmantle
The controversial convention center hotel plan in Dallas has support from most local politicians, including state Senator Royce West, who has a hard time answering a question about the project.
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Senator: China plans to spy on Olympic hotel guests Posted: 7 months ago by deEPCHill
A Senate lawmaker accused the Chinese government on Thursday of ordering U.S.-owned hotels in China to install Internet filters that can spy on international visitors coming to see the summer Olympic games.
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The Democratic Convention "Coming" To Denver Posted: 10 months ago by MuppetmakeR
The Cities Businesses are expected to thrive, profits sore, but the one industry that is really going to take off, The Sex Business. Prostitutes are traveling into the city, as the 35,000 guests that arrive during a convention always drive up the illegal sex services.
(Dont worry Dems, the Republican Convention does it too...)
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Man rips head off tame duck that lived in hotel Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Scott D. Clark, a guest at the Embassy Suites Hotel in St. Paul, cornered the duck early Saturday morning, grabbed the bird and ripped its head from its body while a hotel security guard and others watched. Clark then turned to onlookers and said: "I'm hungry. I'm gonna eat it."
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Beatles-themed Hard Days Night Hotel opens in Liverpool Posted: 10 months ago by bevissimo
Visitors to Liverpool, birthplace of the Beatles, can rest their heads in the Lennon or McCartney suites at the Fab Four-themed Hard Days Night Hotel that opened Friday.
Hotel's website:
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State senator caught speeding in school zone Posted: 7 months ago by muppet
Senator John Goedde sponsored a bill to sharply increase fines in Idaho for speeding in school zones...
...Can you see where this is going?
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California State Parks - Top Picks Posted: 2 years ago by myrthachang
Gorgeous pictures of top california State parks
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"Houston, We Have A Problem" Again - Gunman and Hostage Dead at Johnson Space Center Posted: 2 years ago by indierockcafe
Gunman kills one male hostage and then himself. Police say the gunman had a hand gun.
5:25pm EST
Isn't NASA a secured facility? Apparently not.
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Beatles Hotel gets mixed reviews Posted: 9 months ago by Pocksucket
Costing some £22 million, the Hard Days Night (sic) hotel in Liverpool is now open. The low key Beatles styling has impressed some (such as in the article linked) but not others, as evinced here.
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Space Invaders attack the World Trade Center Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
The artist, Douglas Edric Stanley, explains his reason for the art installation at a games convention. More from his website including video link.
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Hotel offers smashing good time Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A Madrid hotel combined its need to refurbish its rooms and stressed-out city residents' need for an outlet, letting them take sledgehammers to their rooms and demolish it.
DUPE
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Veteran Alaskan senator indicted Posted: 4 months ago by BernardBlack
A senator is actually being indicted for receiving and hiding gifts including renovations on his home. Only shocking thing here is why only he and not the rest of the senate is being indicted. None of them are innocent.
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Soldier Refused Room At Hotel Posted: 3 months ago by DoggyLives
So you're on leave from a tour of duty in Afghanistan and go to visit a wounded colleague and go to book in at a hotel only to be told, "Sorry we don't accept military personnel".
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*UPDATE*
Hotel says that, "the hotel had in recent months "experienced some rather serious incidents" resulting from the stay of personnel from a local barracks and staff had been requested to be "cautious" in taking future bookings from the armed forces.
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Las Vegas Hotel Reviews Posted: 1 year ago by vyking
Traveling to Las Vegas is usually exciting. It can be even better if you plan ahead a little and set things up around your budget, entertainment needs and location. Hotels in Las Vegas run from skanky cheap to absurdly extravagant.
Why settle for what your convention planners recommend, or the easiest hotel to find. A trip to Vegas is worth taking the time to plan a few things.
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"One State, Under God." Texas adds four new words to state pledge Posted: 1 year ago by ReBoot
Texas students will have four more words to remember when they head back to class this month and begin reciting the state's pledge of allegiance.
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Bear takes dip with hotel guests Posted: 5 months ago by lpoindexter
Guests at a hotel in Ouray, Colo., said they were surprised when a "cute, little cinnamon bear" walked onto hotel grounds and got into the pool with them.
"We're doing what we can to keep our guests safe," said the general manager.
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World Trade Center won't be rebuilt by 2011 Posted: 5 months ago by JoshSF49
Reconstruction of the World Trade Center site is over budget and won't be finished by the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that destroyed the twin towers, the owners reported Monday.
"The rebuilding effort is not where it should be," says New York Gov. David Paterson.
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The West Wing, Obama, and Plagiarism Posted: 9 months ago by gammerus
"Obama did not plagiarize his whole campaign from Jimmy Smits fictional campaign on The West Wing. No, no, The West Wing plagiarized Obama's campaign from the future."
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Senator Craig: "I am not gay" Posted: 1 year ago by hisidea
Senator says newspaper is conducting a "witchhunt."
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Creative Hotel Rooms Posted: 10 months ago by muppetmaker
Escape from a night in jail, sleep like a vampire, or take a lovely stay in a room lined wall to wall to ceiling in mirrors...
These hotel rooms are amazing.
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West Nile virus kills 1, infects 27 in California Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
West Nile virus has surged in parts of California, killing one woman and infecting 27 other people, health officials said on Sunday. *gak*
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