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Google launches Internet-beaming balloons

Google launches Internet-beaming balloons
By NICK PERRY AND MARTHA MENDOZAAssociated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) - Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into

Google launches Internet-beaming balloons

Google launches Internet-beaming balloons
By NICK PERRY AND MARTHA MENDOZAAssociated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) - Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into

Investor in Grand Canyon Skywalk dies at 51

Investor in Grand Canyon Skywalk dies at 51
By KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECAAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas businessman who developed the Grand Canyon Skywalk glass bridge in northwestern Arizona and later became entangled in legal battles about it has died in Los Angeles, a company representative said Friday. David Jin died

Investor in Grand Canyon Skywalk dies at 51

Investor in Grand Canyon Skywalk dies at 51
By KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECAAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas businessman who developed the Grand Canyon Skywalk glass bridge in northwestern Arizona and later became entangled in legal battles about it has died in Los Angeles, a company representative said Friday. David Jin died

Flag-bearing skydivers swoop into Philadelphia

Flag-bearing skydivers swoop into Philadelphia
By KEITH COLLINSAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dozens of children at the National Constitution Center craned their necks in unison Friday and began cheering as five skydivers bearing enormous American flags leaped from a small plane high overhead. The parachutists seemed to float in the air

Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S., seek work

Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S., seek work
By CHRISTINE ARMARIOAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy's restaurant in a strip mall. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching their daughters in pink leotards in a front room. "Uno, dos, tres,"

Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S., seek work

Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S., seek work
By CHRISTINE ARMARIOAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy's restaurant in a strip mall. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching their daughters in pink leotards in a front room. "Uno, dos, tres,"

Firefighters hold line on Colorado wildfire

Firefighters hold line on Colorado wildfire
By DAN ELLIOTTAssociated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Firefighters held the line Friday on a Colorado wildfire in which two people were killed as they tried to escape and 379 homes were destroyed. The Black Forest fire zone near Colorado Springs remained at 25 square miles, thanks to

TRAFFIC ALERT: Monroe Street Bridge To Re-Open On Friday

TRAFFIC ALERT: Monroe Street Bridge To Re-Open On Friday
FROM THE CITY OF SPOKANE: Stormwater and other utility work on the north end of the Monroe Street Bridge have been completed ahead of schedule, and the bridge will reopen on Friday, June 14 at 5 a.m. in time for the morning commute. The closure accommodated utility work needed for a project

TRAFFIC ALERT: Monroe Street Bridge To Re-Open On Friday

TRAFFIC ALERT: Monroe Street Bridge To Re-Open On Friday
FROM THE CITY OF SPOKANE: Stormwater and other utility work on the north end of the Monroe Street Bridge have been completed ahead of schedule, and the bridge will reopen on Friday, June 14 at 5 a.m. in time for the morning commute. The closure accommodated utility work needed for a project