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10 Best Places To Stay In Terracina, Italy

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The azure sea hugging the shore like two long lost friends meeting after a long time under the beautiful ambiance of the golden sun, highlighting Mount Circeo . Welcome to Hotel Torre Del Sole , where you are greeted with tempting visual treats along with attentive service that promises you a dream vacation of a lifetime. Hotel Torre del Sole , offers an elegant space, positioned directly in front of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The hotel leaves no stone unturned in providing their guests with amenities like a private beach, swimming pool, beach bar and entertainment on the beach, taking full advantage of the priceless vista. You receive a buffet style breakfast and the restaurant serves Mediterranean specialties at lunch and dinner. Through summer, meals are served out on the veranda, so you enjoy your meals in sheer heaven. Bedrooms are just to crash in, but then, what are you doing in the bedroom when you have the beautiful beach to take advantage of? Torre del Sole Address : Via Ponti...

'A horrible night': Floodwaters carried death and destruction through Winona County | Local

Employees at We-no-nah Canoe are used to working on boats. They don’t usually have to use them to get to work. The morning of Aug. 19, 2007, We-no- nah Canoe workers had to paddle to the Bundy Boulevard facility . The canoe finishing area and warehouse were underwater. So was much of Winona County . The floods claimed seven lives in Winona and Houston counties and damaged thousands of homes in the region. Dozens of roads and bridges were impassable as a result of high water, downed trees and mudslides. Starting late Saturday night , Winona County authorities began evacuating residents from Stockton, Elba, and campgrounds near Whitewater State Park . Areas of St. Charles, Goodview and Minnesota City were evacuated as rainwater rushed out of the bluffs and hills, turning creeks into torrents that washed away whatever was in their paths. Winona County Assessor Steve Hacken ’s office reported to the state in October 2007 that Winona County ’s flood-related property losses totaled $28.4...

Apartment firms' punitive damages slashed for tenant's injuries

A federal appeals court has drastically reduced the punitive damages jury award to a woman who suffered severe injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning in her apartment, in a closely watched case . Amber Nicole Lompe , a then 20-year-old college student, was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide from a malfunctioning furnace in her apartment at the Sunridge Apartments in Casper, Wyoming, in February 2011, according to Friday's ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver in Amber Nicole Lompe v. Sunridge Partners L.L.C.; Apartment Management Consultants L.L.C. Ms. Lompe was evacuated from her apartment unit and taken to the hospital after a gas company employee detected high levels of carbon monoxide emanating from her apartment. She was treated for acute carbon monoxide poisoning , and as result of the incident has suffered from various neurological conditions including cognitive deficits , chronic headache, sleep disturbance and emotional disorders. She ...

Life on Colonnade Row: The Hidden History Behind the Columns

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For a particular New Yorker, the sort who rues having missed out on the city’s cobblestone past, Colonnade Row is a distinct architectural marvel . The Greek Revival rowhouses were completed in 1833 and are known for their imposing Corinthian columns . But they were also a stage on which the birth of Manhattan’s gilded era played out, a period when no one dared host a ball the same night as Alva Vanderbilt, and the city itself didn’t extend much past Great Jones Street . Photo Credit New- York Historical Society , via Getty Images They were built for families like the Vanderbilts and the Astors — indeed, John Jacob Astor was among the first residents — and the group was originally named La Grange Terrace , after an estate of the Marquis de Lafayette . What remained of the facade was among the first structures protected by the Landmarks Preservation Commission . In the landscape of contemporary New York, however, Colonnade Row offers other quirks. While crusty old bars and last-of-...

Remington Place Apartments | Fort Washington, MD

RENTAL OF THE LOWER LEVEL OF LARGE BRICK RAMBLER HAS 3 BEDs ( two OF THE 3 BEDROOMs'S ARE NOT "LEGAL BR'S" BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE WINDO... Salvator · 3 hours ago on Remax

Trapped by a search for freedom, the life of an Alabama refugee

Just a couple of miles from the Mexican border, where approximately 200, 000 immigrants illegally cross every year, 14-year-old Guatemalan Byron Raxcaco came face-to-face with reality of life on this nearly 2,000 mile border. A local drug lord demanded that Raxcaco and his chaperone pay $800 for safe passage across the border, where criminal gangs ferry humans and drugs across daily, and where police presence is almost non-existent, he said in an interview with AL.com. Poor and desperate to reach the U.S., Raxcaco was detained in a hotel in the Mexican region of Senora for a day until his aunt in Semmes, Alabama, gathered the money for the drug lord. After paying up, Raxcaco was released and free to start a new life in the United States.  He approached a border patrol post , told them he was an unaccompanied minor and asked for political asylum. In the four years since crossing the border, he has moved in with his aunt, enrolled in school, learned English, and got himself a girlfri...

New Yorkers Are Fleeing To Los Angeles In Droves, Study Shows

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NEW YORK, NY — It's one of the oldest rivalries in American migration: New York vs. Los Angeles. For the better part of a century, residents of the nation's two largest metro areas have been defending their chosen kingdom and dismissing the other on an endless loop of judginess between kitty-corner coasts. Ew, the traffic! But the sunshine! But the subway! But the garbage! But the skyline! But the coastline! But the bustle! But the chill! In this tireless war of words, a clear winner has yet to emerge. But it's harder to argue against the numbers. Thousands of working professionals have relocated to Los Angeles County from New York City in the past year and a half, according to a series of monthly "workforce reports" released this spring and summer by the job- networking site LinkedIn (and spotted by LA Weekly). And it's not exactly a two-way street. Since early 2016, according to LinkedIn, around seven or eight out of every 10, 000 site users in LA report...