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Military families get free entry into national parks
msnbc.com
If weather permits, visitors at the top of the mountain can see three other Hawaiian islands. (The Washington Post via Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation Grand Canyon National Park is perhaps the most recognizable national park.

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eBay Item Of The Day
Baseball Nation (blog)
if you want to take them out of their frame for that purpose. (Pictured, American League scrapers. NL after the jump.) The Washington Senators ice scraper bears a striking resemblance to the Borax Kid from the "Neutopia" episode of Futurama.

Jerry Aiken Joins Passport Potash Board of Directors
MarketWatch (press release)
Prior to beginning work as a consulting geologist, Mr. Aiken worked for 29 years for US Borax (Rio Tinto Exploration) ("Borax") in Tucson, Arizona and Valencia, California. Before focusing his career in borates, potash and lithium he worked for five

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EVENTS CALENDAR for Week Starting May 18
New Haven Register
RJ Julia Booksellers, Discussion/book signing by Matthew Schialabba and Melissa Pellegrino, co-authors of “The Southern Italian Farmer's Table”, 7 pm May 21, free, must register; Reading/book signing by Bill Bradley, author of “We Can All Do Better”,

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EVENTS CALENDAR for Week Starting May 11
New Haven Register
Gunn Memorial Library and Museum, Discussion/book signing by Michael Quadland, author of “Offspring”, 6:30 pm May 17, free, must register, 5 Wykeham Road, Washington; 860-868-7586. Hagaman Memorial Library, Personalized Resumes Critique and

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