According to sanluisobispo.com, thieves in recent rash of Cambria burglaries mostly targeted vehicles in motel parking lots, county Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Keith Scott said Wednesday, July 17. He said at the monthly meeting of the North Coast Advisory County that several of the dozen burglaries in the past 90 days have involved a thief who saw a shopping bag in the vehicle, “from someplace like the Apple Store.” The thief then smashes a window “and takes the opportunity to grab what’s in there.” Read article
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Nbcnewyork.com reports that a tourist from Georgia was arrested Tuesday after he brought a gun to the Empire State Building, police said. The 39-year-old man was waiting on a security checkpoint line at about 7 p.m. when he saw a sign stating no firearms were allowed inside the building, police said. Read article
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CNN reports that ten people suffered minor injuries Monday when the nose gear of a Southwest Airlines jetliner collapsed after landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, the city’s Port Authority reported. Southwest Flight 345 was landing at LaGuardia from Nashville about 5:40 p.m. when the accident occurred. The nose of the blue-and-orange jet came to […]
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KTVU in San Francisco reports that a woman remains hospitalized with serious injuries Monday in the wake of an accident last week involving a double-decker tour bus that ran into a low-hanging wire in the Richmond District. Four people were sent to the hospital Friday after a sight-seeing tour in San Francisco took a devastating […]
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Buffalonews.com reports that city police are probing the business practices of a couple of local companies after a Spanish-speaking Ecuadorean tourist was reportedly charged $257 for a one-night stay at a Niagara Falls Boulevard motel Saturday night. The woman checked into a motel around 8 p.m. Saturday and, despite signs in front of the business […]
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According to upi.com, summer is amusement park season. But the experience was marred for a group of visitors to Ohio’s popular Cedar Point park, when the boat on their water ride rolled backward down a hill and landed upside down in the water, the Sandusky Register reported Friday. Operators of the ride, called “Shoot to […]
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Sacbee.com reports that poor track conditions have led the Nebraska Railroad Museum to suspend Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad tourist excursions for the season. Several sections of the track do not meet Federal Railroad Administration standards for safe operation, museum director Dennis Wallen told the Fremont Tribune (http://bit.ly/1bRlrt0 ). Wallen said that was determined after […]
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CNN reports that a woman died while riding a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, witnesses said. The theme park confirmed that a woman died while riding the Texas Giant roller coaster Friday, but did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding her death. Read article
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Chicago.cbslocal.com reports that you would think that some of the busiest restaurants in the city — those located in tourist destinations — would be some of the safest. But as 2 Investigator Pam Zekman discovered some of those restaurants have failed inspections or had critical temperature violations that could make people sick. The Museum of […]
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CBS News reports that a wildfire that has burned huge swaths of wilderness has turned toward the mountain community of Idyllwild, leaving the town of artists, inns and outdoorsmen virtually empty in a summer tourist season when it’s normally booming. Some 6,000 residents and visitors in Idyllwild and smaller surrounding communities had to clear out […]
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