Gotta tell you Sam's going to be a big star

Evening Times;  July 17, 2000 ;   George Bowie;   143 words ......the massive success of her debut single Gotta Tell You. Samantha got her big break last...album is called - surprise, surprise - Gotta Tell You," says Samantha. "And it'll be out...and hasn't stopped since. She says that Gotta Tell You was written about an ex-boyfriend...

Century Ride lets cyclists choose their distance.(Neighbor)(2-minute...

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  August 2, 2007 ;     604 words ......of Naperville-Sunrise's Rotary Century Ride has a scenic countryside route for its 11th annual weekend charity bike ride. It's time for riders to pump up their...Organizer Steven Essig wants everyone to ride but encourages parents to evaluate their...

Astronaut Ride gives space speech at Stanford

University Wire;  April 11, 2002 ;   Helen Kim;   592 words ......Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- Sally Ride, the first American woman in space and...a real priority for national security, Ride said during her 80-minute speech titled...first radio signal transmitter, Sputnik, Ride said. First [accomplishments] in space...

4-year-old dies after ride on giant Disney centrifuge

Charleston Gazette;  June 15, 2005 ;   Mike Schneider;   497 words ......a spin on a Walt Disney World spaceship ride so intense that some riders have been taken...gravity. The boy's mother carried him off the ride, and paramedics and a theme park worker...minimum 44-inch height requirement for the ride. The $100 million ride, one of Disney World...

Experienced RAGBRAI participants set to ride again.

Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  May 29, 2007 ;     731 words ......veterans of the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa are already gearing up to ride the 2007 route and see old friends from around...RAGBRAIs over the years. But he also likes to ride with his team from his Cedar Falls home to the...

3 GET TO RIDE IN A MUSEUM PIECE

The Boston Globe;  January 16, 1988 ;   John R. White, Globe Staff;   787 words ...It is time to announce winners of the ride in a DeLorean. Dec. 19, the Globe auto scribe offered a ride in a DeLorean automobile to a person selected...in 10 words or less why he or she wanted a ride in a DeLorean. The postcards came in a flood...

Equestrian World: ILDRA Ulster Branch ride at Craigantlet.(Farming Life)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  March 29, 2003 ;     237 words ......March 2003 with their ever popular Craigantlet ride on Saturday 22nd March 2003. As always this ride was a firm favourite and the organiser was kept busy throughout the day with pleasure ride entries. Unfortunately the sun did not make...

No Solo Ride for Blind Girl; Ferris Wheel Operator Insists on Adult to...

The Washington Post;  August 17, 2000 ;   Manuel Perez-Rivas;   718 words ......she loves the motion of an amusement park ride, a roller coaster, say, or a Ferris wheel...County fair told her she couldn't board the ride without an adult--because she was blind...children--of the same height, however, could ride on their own. "I was stunned," her mother...

Epcot ride in Orlando, Fla., sees steep decline in hospital stays.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  January 4, 2005 ;     769 words ......Disney World designed Epcot's Mission: Space ride to rocket tourists on a fake journey to...trip to the emergency room than any other ride in Orlando. That dubious distinction now...months that followed, according to state ride safety data. Has Mission: Space -- a ride...

Bird's-eye view of exhibit at zoo: Ride overlooks construction on African...

News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN);  June 2, 2007 ;     516 words ......Most leaned back, relaxed and enjoyed the ride. A few sat stiffly, gripping the safety...reaction was positive to the new Sky Safari ride at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo when it...About 100 people had gathered for the first ride, and a cheer went up when the first passengers...

Amusement park worker thrown from ride, killed

Oakland Tribune;  July 1, 2007 ;   Associated Press;   448 words ......safety precaution put in place for a thrill ride after a fatal accident three years ago...followed when a worker was killed on the same ride, an amusement park official acknowledged...3 years old. It wasn't her fault." The ride was immediately shut down for the rest...

HUNDREDS RIDE GREAT PUMPKIN TRAIL

Evansville Courier & Press;  October 2, 2006 ;   REBECCA COUDRET, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7509 or coudretr@courierpress.com;   575 words ......were on hand for the Great Pumpkin Metric Ride on Sunday. Amid the pumpkin patches and...Jennifer Bracher of Boonville, Ind. "We ride this every year with a team from work...I'm in a car. If I didn't get out and ride after work, I don't know what I'd do to...

Colorado Firm's Theme-Park Ride Unites Hang Gliding, Skydiving.(Originated...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 9, 1996 ;   Gonzalez, Erika;   787 words ......Fun 1 Inc., has created an amusement park ride that is causing screams of delight and...Known as the Accelerator at Elitch's, the ride combines hang gliding with skydiving. Visitors brave enough to ride the Accelerator, which is shaped like a...

Worker killed when thrown from amusement park ride

Oakland Tribune;  July 1, 2007 ;   Associated Press;   448 words ......safety precaution put in place for a thrill ride after a fatal accident three years ago...followed when a worker was killed on the same ride, an amusement park official acknowledged...3 years old. It wasn't her fault." The ride was immediately shut down for the rest...

2 critical after raft capsizes at park Riverside ride closed for probe

The Boston Globe;  August 9, 1999 ;   Kera Ritter, Globe Staff and Sara Neufeld, Globe Correspondent;   787 words ......a nightmare for two families on a water ride at Riverside Amusement Park Saturday night...spokesman. The two-month-old Blizzard River ride gives thrill seekers a three-minute simulated...been at least one recent accident on a ride similar to Blizzard River. One woman drowned...