A scary place: NY State Capitol tours explore building's ghost stories, legends, folkloreOctober 5th, 2009 Ghost tours of Albany, NY, State CapitolALBANY, N.Y. — Is the State Capitol haunted? Visitors to the historic building in downtown Albany can determine for themselves this month.
South Carolina Preservation Society offers home toursSeptember 30th, 2009 South Carolina Preservation Society home toursCHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina's oldest city is preparing to open its most beautiful homes to visitors.
Mass. officials place electronic tag on great white shark for first time in Atlantic OceanSeptember 5th, 2009 Mass. officials tag great white for first timeBOSTON — Massachusetts officials are using a high-tech tag to track the movements of a great white shark near Cape Cod — the first time the fearsome fish has ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean. The electronic tag uses satellite technology to record the shark's travels, allowing scientists to better understand its migratory patterns.
Fall garden tours offered in Newport, RI, and Charleston, SCAugust 17th, 2009 Fall garden tours offered in Newport, CharlestonNEWPORT, R.I. — Fall tours of private gardens and homes are being offered in Newport, R.I., and Charleston, S.C.
Former Kentucky governor's mansion opening for tours soonAugust 10th, 2009 Kentucky governor's mansion to open for toursFRANKFORT, Ky. —The "Old Governor's Mansion," which has been undergoing a needed revitalization, is scheduled to open for public tours next month.
Reports: Body of shark left in middle of Miami street after men failed to sell to fish marketsJuly 22nd, 2009 Dead shark left in Miami street after failed saleMIAMI — The body of a shark was left lying in the middle of a downtown Miami street after two men tried to sell it to several fish markets. The men apparently carried the five or six-foot-long fish around on the city's Metromover downtown train, prompting calls to police.
Attack victims call on Congress to strengthen protections for endangered sharksJuly 15th, 2009 Attack victims push Congress for shark protectionsWASHINGTON — Nearly a dozen shark-attack victims — many of them badly scarred or missing limbs — pressed Congress on Wednesday to protect a sea creature they'd rather not run into again. The group wants to strengthen laws protecting sharks from "finning," in which fins are sliced from sharks for their meat, leaving the fish for dead.
20-foot basking shark washes onto beach and dies on New York's Long IslandJuly 15th, 2009 Shark washes up and dies on NY beachBABYLON, N.Y. — A 20-foot-long basking shark that washed ashore on a beach on New York's Long Island appears to have died from some kind of illness.
'King of Pop' bus tours from Chicago to Michael Jackson's home in Gary start July 25July 13th, 2009 Chicago bus tours Michael Jackson's home in GaryCHICAGO — A tour company is selling tickets for a tour from Chicago to Gary, Ind., to see Michael Jackson's childhood home and other places associated with his years there. "The King of Pop Hometown Tour," created by Chicago-based J W R Tours, promises stops at 2300 Jackson St., which was the singer's boyhood home; Jackson's junior high school; the high school his siblings attended; the steel mill where his father worked, and one of the first places the Jackson 5 performed.
Surfers, environmentalists, Native Hawaiians trying to shut down shark tours in HawaiiJuly 4th, 2009 Movement to shut down shark tours in Hawaii growsHALEIWA, Hawaii — Three women donned scuba masks and jumped into the waters off Oahu's North Shore, floating inside a submerged cage as about a dozen sharks glided toward bloody fish scraps tossed into the water by a tour company. Tourist Kim Duniec said the experience of coming eye-to-eye with sharks was exhilarating.
In the belly of the beast: Mexico finds nearly 1 ton of cocaine hidden inside shark carcassesJune 18th, 2009 Mexico: almost 1 ton of cocaine found in sharksMEXICO CITY — Mexico says it found nearly one ton of cocaine hidden inside frozen shark carcasses. Prosecutors says hundreds of packages stuffed in the bellies of dozens of dead sharks seized in the Gulf port of Progreso contained 1,965 pounds (893 kilograms) of cocaine.
Owners of property defaced by shark posters say they don't want actress prosecutedJune 12th, 2009 Property owners forgive actress' stuntOKLAHOMA CITY — The owners of property allegedly plastered with great white shark posters by actress Jessica Alba say they have little interest in pursuing criminal charges. Oklahoma City police are continuing to investigate the allegations, but say they first plan to meet with property owners to see if they are willing to prosecute.
Motorized tours OKd for Cumberland Island, Ga.June 8th, 2009 Motorized tours OKd for Cumberland Island, Ga.SAVANNAH, Ga. — Motorized tours are coming to Cumberland Island, where federal protections have long limited most visitors to hiking or biking.
Minn. governor's residence open for toursJune 8th, 2009 Minn. governor's residence open for toursST. PAUL, Minn. — The nine-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion that serves as the official home of Minnesota governors has opened for public tours.
Sharks, adventure slide, Star Wars weekend at LegoLandin Calif.June 1st, 2009 LegoLand News: Sharks, slide, Star WarsCARLSBAD, Calif. — LegoLand in California has a number of new attractions this summer, including a shark exhibit and an adventure slide.
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