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Route 66 News

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35 min ago | KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Mo. strives to make welcome center an attraction

Hoping to make the state's new Welcome Center along Interstate 44 near the Oklahoma border an attraction, transportation officials have asked artists for their ideas for a custom mural.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, MO

4 hrs ago | Theeagle.com

Tulsa's art deco noticed

Think art deco architecture, and what places pop into your head? New York. Miami Beach.

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Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, Oklahoma State University System, Tulsa Metro, Tulsa, OK

Fri Jul 25, 2008

Route 66 News

Indie film being shot in Missouri, Oklahoma

A crew from Sleuth Productions in Brooklyn, N.Y., was in Webb City, Mo., on Thursday to shoot footage for an independent film, titled "Soft Rot." Route 66er Rod Harsh wrote in an e-mail: The first location was ...

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Webb City, MO

Associated Content

Last Call for Needles California

According to an Article in the Needles Desert Star, the Town is Analyzing the Possibility of Becoming Needles, AZ or Needles, NV Grab this Last Call for Needles, California? Needles, a border town in San ...

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Related Topix: San Bernardino County, CA, Needles, CA

Route 66 News

Housing bust hits Victorville

I always liked Victorville, Calif. It's got a lot of old-style charm, unlike many other communities in Southern California.

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Related Topix: Victorville, CA, Foreclosures, Housing, Los Angeles Metro

Thu Jul 24, 2008

The Independent and Free Press

Road trip: Tasting - Road Foods' along Route 66

Dave is writing today... I have talked about it, planned for it, daydreamed about it but never seemed to have the opportunity to drive Route 66 in a Corvette.

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Related Topix: Flagstaff, AZ

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Pittsburgh Tribune

Police seek cause of SUV plunge in Hempfield

State police at New Stanton are looking for witnesses to determine why a sport utility vehicle veered out of control Tuesday night and plunged 60 feet from an overpass on Toll Route 66 in Hempfield, killing a ...

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Related Topix: New Stanton, PA, Murrysville, PA, Westmoreland County, PA

Treehugger

Graphic Of The Day: Romancing The Highways - A Half-Century History Of US Transit Funding

However, from the scientific literature on bats, most bat mortality happens in winds..." [ read ] Josh V said: "^^ I believe theiy're only being sold in California for the time being, but you're right.

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WPXI

1 Dead, 3 Injured After SUV Plunges Off Overpass In Hempfield Twp.

One person was killed and three others were injured in a crash late Tuesday night in Hempfield Township.

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Related Topix: Murrysville, PA

Clovis News Journal

Commission visits Tucumcari to hear "racino" proposal

The New Mexico Racing Commission visits Tucumcari on Thursday to hear a proposal for building a racetrack and casino.

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Related Topix: Tucumcari, NM, Raton, NM, Quay County, NM

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Times-News Online

Masked gunman fires shot into Rogersville Pizza Plus door

Rogersville police are looking for a masked gunman who fired a shot into the Route 66 Pizza Plus restaurant's glass door late Sunday night after an employee tried to lock the door.

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Mon Jul 21, 2008

San Francisco Chronicle

The ultimate family budget road trip

On June 29, my family embarked on a great adventure--driving Route 66 from Santa Monica to Chicago.

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Sun Jul 20, 2008

BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

'On An Average Day' Update

The Company Will Present the Chicago Premiere of the Smash Hit Drama On An Average Day Opening August 2 at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater Stef Tovar, Jeff Award-winning actor, American Theater Company ...

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Related Topix: Drama, The Company, Music!, University of Chicago, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Theater, Arts

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Route 66 News

"Route 66 in New Mexico"

This broadcast by New Mexico PBS station KNME has been posted on YouTube in seven parts, totaling about 55 minutes.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Route 66 News

Talking about motels

Route 66 author Michael Wallis preaches the gospel to the Tulsa World about some of the Mother Road's mom-and-pop motels.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Route 66 News

Gallery opens in historic Route 66 hotel

The historic Aztec Hotel on Route 66 in Monrovia, Calif., opened its Route 66 Gallery on Saturday night, reports the Foothill Weeklies .

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Related Topix: Monrovia, CA

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Joplin Globe

Surveillance video captures cougar or large house cat w/ surveillance ...

GALENA, Kan. - Galena police are seeking the help of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to determine if the animal caught on a video surveillance camera at a local business is a cougar or some other ...

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Related Topix: Galena, KS

San Francisco Chronicle

Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, St. Louis

I wanted to do only one thing in St. Louis: sample frozen custard from Ted Drewes.

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Related Topix: St. Louis, MO, Life, Food, Pudding, Lincoln Continental, Lincoln

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Slam Sports

Tulsa's Art Deco architecture makes Preservation magazine cover

Think Art Deco architecture, and what places pop into your head? New York. Miami Beach.

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Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, Tulsa Metro, Tulsa, OK, Travel

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Route 66 News

Signing project in Missouri proceeds

This story from the Carthage Press about a recent meeting of the Route 66 Association of Missouri had a few interesting news tidbits, including this one: In the association reports, President Tommy Pike told ...

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