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The 10 Hardest-Working Towns In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Claritas and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hiring, Total Cereals, Compensation, Worker Productivity, Mri, Corporations, Wages, Parade, Business News

With relatively few Americans in the workforce, those who do have a job are working harder than ever these days. But which city’s got its nose press...

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The Grandeur And Fanfare Of Malta's Good Friday Celebrations

Meg Pier | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Church, Good Friday, Parade, Tradition, Community, Catholic, Belonging, Easter, Celebration, Grand Harbor, Last Supper, Pageantry, Malta, Wirja, Vittoriosa, Zebbug, Lent, Religion News

Scanning the faces of the multitude assembled, I saw that their countenances were reverential rather than delighted, and deeply moved more than amused; some had tears in their eyes.

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Surviving St. Paddy's FAQ: Leprechauns, Getting Lucky and Pint Pouring

Sarah Hall | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Ireland, St. Paddy's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Parade, St Patricks Day, Comedy News

We thought you might have some of the same burning questions we had about that special day so we compiled all our research for you in a green-themed FAQ.

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Weird And Wacky Parades From Around The World

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Weird, Slidepollajax, St. Patrick's Day, Parade, Women News

We love a good parade, and it's not just the big ones that count! All around the world, people have been coming together and starting parades in celeb...

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St. Patrick's Day: Why I Love A Parade

Marlo Thomas | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: St. Patrick's Day, Parade, Marlo Thomas, Slidepollajax, Women News

We live on the park in New York where there seems to be a parade at least a few times a month for every possible nationality there is. One of the biggest is St. Patrick's Day, which of course thrills my husband. There's nobody named Donahue who doesn't love a St. Patrick's Day parade.

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If You Got It, Float It: Fat Tuesday A Huge Win For New Orleans Economy

AP | STACEY PLAISANCE | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Parade Floats, Video, Carnival, New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, Fat Tuesday, Louis Armstrong, Jazz, Mardi Gras World, Tulane University, Parade, Mardi Gras, Krewe, Business News

NEW ORLEANS -- As Carnival builds toward its out-of-control crescendo of Fat Tuesday, Barry Kern and his team of float-builders and artists are alread...

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Air's Latest From Their Silent Film-Themed Album

Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Georges Melies, Video, Excursion to the Moon, Parade, Track of the Day, Air Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Air Parade, Segundo De Chomon, Air, On Our Radar, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Culture News

What better music to score a once-silent film than a band called Air? As we reported on Jan. 5, the French electronic/ambient duo wrote the music for ...

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St. Louis Hosts First Parade For Returning Iraq War Soldiers

Maryland Heights Patch | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Iraq War, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, Military, Afghanistan, Parade, Iraq War End, Returning Soldiers, Veterans, Good News News

Grassroots organizers and The Mission Continues collaborated on a parade welcoming home troops from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Swarms of people...

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2012's Worst Rose Parade Floats (Doug's Dozen VIDEO)

Doug Molitor | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Walmart, Goldman Sachs, Occupy, Cheney, Romney, Parade, Obama, Perry, Paul, Global Warming, Gingrich, Diebold, Bachmann, Comedy News

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King Mango Meets Wynwood Walls

Tom Falco | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Glenn Terry, Miami Around Town, King Mango Strut, Coconut Grove, Wynwood Strut, Parade, Miami News

The wild, parody parade did not disappoint. And the young, hip Wynwood art crowd was the perfect energy needed to enhance the Strut experience.

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Snubbed Time Mag Writer Blasts Romney Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.02.2011

NEW YORK -- Although Newt Gingrich may be surging lately, it's Mitt Romney who's stealing magazine covers this week. The former Massachusetts Governor...

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Hot to Trot: The Tradition Before the Tradition

Ben Falik | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Downtown, Run, Thanksgiving, Race, Turkey Trot, Parade, Detroit, Detroit Turkey Trot, Thanksgiving Traditions, Thanksgiving Day Parade, Detroit News

On Thanksgiving in Detroit, a powerful parade of people pour into the streets of downtown. But there are no floats. They are part of the parade before the parade, the kickoff before kickoff: the Turkey Trot.

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PHOTOS: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Floats Through The Years

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Photos, Photography, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thanksgiving-Floats, Macys, Thanksgiving, Parade, Float, Exposure, Balloons, New York, New York News

The 85th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will begin November 24, 2011 at 9 a.m. Can't wait that long? Then take a look at some of your favorite ...

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Tim Burton Will Build Macy's Parade Float

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Macy's, Takashi Murakami Thanksgiving Day Parade, Holidays, Holiday Season, Takashi Murakami, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Parade, Thanksgiving, Albert Lamorisse, Tim Burton, Tim Burton Director, New York City, New York, The Red Balloon, Arts News

We might associate director Tim Burton's macabre characters and gothic aesthetic more with Halloween than with Thanksgiving, but Burton's upcoming con...

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October Family Traditions

Nikki Luongo | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Clown, October, Family Traditions, Halloween, Parade, Parenting, Nostalgia, Family, Memories, Women News

Our aunts instilled in us the need to cherish the traditions of our family.

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Hey Kids, It's the Trespass Parade!

Wyatt Closs | Posted 11.29.2011

What exactly is a Trespass Parade, outside of being something blaring and whirring through downtown LA that is associated with the Pacific Standard Time initiative led by a madcap roster of artists, musicians, and dancers?

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George Clooney: AARP 'Shocked The S*** Out Of Me'

Parade | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: George Clooney Parade, David Pressman, Aging, David Gergen, Parade, Ides of March, Aarp, George Clooney, Italy, Lake Como, Fifty News

As the gates opened into George Clooney's place along Lake Como in Italy, I was apprehensive and wondered how the next two days would be. What I found...

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I Love a Parade

Warren Adler | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: World War II, Victory Parade, America, Parade, Culture News

As a parade watcher, there is one parade that sticks in my mind and just recalling the images of that day sends chills of patriotic pride down my spine.

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PHOTOS: Latino Festivals Spread and Thrive

The Huffington Post | Gabriel Lerner | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Latinos in the US, Puerto Rican Day Parade, Parade, Cuban Food, Calle Ocho, Cinco De Mayo, Hispanic Culture, Fiesta Broadway, Latino Voices News

It can happen everywhere, even in those cities and towns without a massive Hispanic presence. But in each of them, as the Latino population grows, t...

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Caribana -- The Best Caribbean Festival Outside of the Islands

Marcello Arrambide | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Caribbean Festivals, Caribana, Toronto, Canadian Travel, Parade, Travel News

Caribana is held every year in the beginning of August on a massive strip of land in Toronto. Major Caribbean artists come from the world over to attend the event.

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Lest Cuba Become Egypt: The Choreography of Authoritarianism

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cuban Communist Part, Raul Castro, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Yoani Sanchez, Military, Parade, World News

I don't know how a military parade can be beautiful, what emotion can be found in these synchronized automatic beings. But the resulting effect I know well.

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New Development In MLK Parade Bomb

AP | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: MLK Day, Mlk Day Bomb, Martin Luther King Day, Parade, Bomb, Terrorism, Spokane, Washington, Politics News

SPOKANE, Wash. — The two T-shirts found with a bomb placed along a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade route in Spokane both came from the same ne...

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Rose Parade Floats: Street Art by Another Name

Mat Gleason | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles, Outdoor Sculpture, Public Art, Rose Parade, Parade, Pasadena, Parade Floats, Pasadena-Rose-Parade, Rose Parade Floats, Arts News

The Pasadena City College parking lot had lots of plastic orange parking poles arranged in order to get people to stand in line for a row of shuttle...

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Twitter and Facebook Led This Hometown Parade

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Firefighters, Boulderfire, Boulder, Parade, Bogota, Fourmile Fire, Columbia, Colorado, Ciclovia, Bouldergreenstreets, Denver News

For a single day, a mile-long-stretch of Boulder's downtown city streets would be closed to motor vehicles. And that included firetrucks.

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Dash Magazine: Parade Plans Food Magazine

New York Times | STUART ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parade, Dash Magazine, Parade Magazine, Food Magazines, Magazines, Media News

Soon to join the parade is, well, Parade Publications, part of Advance Publications, which plans to introduce a newspaper magazine and a Web site unde...

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