Sunday, July 26, 2009

Fort Worth's Split Personality

From the Houston Chronicle
Fort Worth's cowboy roots run deep, from its early days as a stop on the Chisholm Trail to its claim to the world's first indoor rodeo.

But while the city embraces its boots and belt-buckle background, the bustling metropolis also is home to incredible art, architecture, food and nightlife.
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N. Korea Executes Christian for Distributing Bible

North Korea publicly executed a Christian woman last month for distributing the Bible, which is banned in the communist nation, South Korean activists said Friday.

Ri Hyon Ok, 33, was also accused of spying for South Korea and the United States and organizing dissidents. She was executed in the northwestern city of Ryongchon near the border with China on June 16, according to a report from an alliance of several dozen anti-North Korea groups.

Ri's parents, husband and three children were sent to a political prison camp in the northeastern city of Hoeryong the following day, the report said, citing unidentified documents it says were obtained from North Korea. It showed a copy of Ri's North Korean government-issued photo ID. It is virtually impossible to verify such reports about secretive North Korea, where the government tightly controls the lives of its citizens and does not allow dissent.
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Florida Woman, 90, Behind the Same Wheel 559,000 Miles Later

The last time Rachel Veitch bought a car, gas cost 39 cents per gallon, Lyndon B. Johnson was in the White House and "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" was a hit song on the radio.

Nearly 600,000 miles later, the 90-year-old Florida woman still drives her 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente every day.

Go, Granny, Go.
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Free WiFi Internet On Certain American Airline Flights

Some American Airline flights offer free wifi now! Now available on all our Boeing 767-200 aircraft, and it's currently being installed on select MD80 aircraft. If you fly on one of our Internet-equipped planes this summer, simply use your special promotion code with your Wi-Fi enabled laptop or mobile device. valid through September 6, 2009.

Promotion Code: AAWiFi80208A2

Happy 100th Birthday Fort Worth Zoo

The Fort Worth Zoo turns 100 this year, and it’s marking the occasion with a weeks-long celebration.

Yes, the zoo has been around for a century, though it wasn’t always a sprawling park full of exotic species and natural habitats. The zoo started with a handful of carnival animals in 1909. They all drowned in a flood the next year, and the city almost shut the zoo down just a few years later. But despite its rocky start, the zoo has thrived for 10 decades now and is consistently ranked among the finest in the nation.

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