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2 accidents on amusement park Yo-Yo rides prompt recalls for inspection and repair
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ An amusement park ride manufacturer Wednesday recalled about 85 Yo-Yo rides to repair defects involved in two accidents. The Yo-Yo ride made by Chance Rides Manufacturing Inc., based in Wichita, Kan., has a series of metal arms...Tags: Texas, Heads of State, Government, Metal and Mineral, Gardens and Parks
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THEME PARKS: For Halloween, here's the fright stuff
Fright Fest Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, N.J. sixflagsgreatadventure.com WHEN Friday-Sunday through Nov. 2 COST $49.99 adults ($39.99 online), $29.99 kids less than 54 inches tall. The 140-acre theme park has been transformed with 16,000...Tags: Religious Festivals, Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Allentown, Public Holidays, Gardens and Parks
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Theme Parks: For Halloween, here's the fright stuff
Fright Fest
Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, N.J., sixflagsgreatadventure.com
WHEN Friday-Sunday through Nov. 2
COST $49.99 adults ($39.99 online), $29.99 kids less than 54 inches tall.
The 140-acre theme park has been transformed with 16,000...Tags: Religious Festivals, Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Allentown, Public Holidays, Gardens and Parks
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Lending fields a wasteland
Chicago Tribune reporter•The scariest ride at Six Flags might be its debt. Its management needs to renegotiate $287.5 million in debt due next summer. "The debt is definitely weighing on the stock," said Bill Thomas, Six Flags Inc.'s director of corporate finance. Six...Tags: Stock Broking, Small Businesses, National Government, Ford Motor Co., Pension and Welfare
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Woman left dog in car for hours at Great America, Gurnee police say
A Chicago woman was charged with animal cruelty and neglect after leaving her dog in a car in the parking lot at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee without food or water for about six hours Monday, when temperatures reached the mid-80s, police said. Six...Tags: Animals, Police, Vehicles, Six Flags Great America
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Man who held Wheaton bank customers hostage was going through difficult emotional time, relatives say
Chicago Tribune reporterA man who committed suicide after holding a dozen people hostage at a Wheaton bank Friday was on antidepressants and going through a rough emotional patch but was not a bad man, his family said. Michael Long, 42, was a loving father of three who asked...Tags: Crimes, Suicide, Wheaton, Police, Murder
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Six Flags fire called accidental
Officials say fire that destroyed the haunted house attraction at Six Flags amusement park was electrical and was accidental. Prince George's Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady says the blaze, reported shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, caused an...Tags: Fires
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A Walk In The Park at Six Flags Great Adventure
Walk and make a donation to Mr G's team or register to walk with us. Raise $250 or more to get into the park for free! We're raising funds for better treatments and to help eventually find a cure for pediatric cancer. Let's give these kids a terrific... -
Six Flags attraction burns in Bowie
Prince George's County firefighters battled a blaze last night at the haunted house attraction at Six Flags amusement park in Bowie. Prince George's Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady said the attraction is open only during the Halloween season, so...Tags: Fires, Prince George's County, Halloween
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Trading in oil helps heat up profit at ICE
From Chicago Tribune news servicesIntercontinentalExchange Inc., the owner of Europe's largest energy market, said second-quarter profit rose 58 percent as oil prices reached records. Net income climbed to $84.9 million, or $1.19 per share, from $53.7 million, or 75 cents, a year earlier...Tags: Earnings Forecasts, New York, Petroleum Industry, Englewood, Earnings
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Six Flags strains in steep climb
The Wall Street JournalSix Flags Inc. Chief Executive Mark Shapiro looked up at Goliath, a 200-foot-tall roller coaster just outside of Atlanta, as riders roared downhill at 70 miles per hour. "Nice ride," he noted. "But we'll never get our return on investment with it." Six...Tags: Harvey Weinstein, Petroleum Industry, Cartoons, Microsoft Corp., Bonds
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Muslim Day at Six Flags a time to relax and connect with others
Chicago Tribune reporterOn any other day, Sobia Ahmed would opt to forgo many of the snacks on offer at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. To perform the Islamic prayers she recites five times a day, she likely would slip onto a secluded path at the amusement park or look for...Tags: New Jersey, Los Angeles, Gardens and Parks, Islam, Plainfield
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