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The introduction of the Expedition EL immediately raises three obvious questions. How does the Expedition EL compare to the standard Expedition on which it is based? How does the Expedition EL compare to the Excursion, which it essentially replaced? How does the Expedition EL compare to the Suburban, its direct competitor?
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JORDAN BASIN, Gulf of Maine -- After nearly 50 years of hauling lobster traps, Robert Ingalls can now add "whale spotter" to his nautical resume.
A lobsterman who fishes 800 traps out of the Washington County community of Bucks Harbor, Ingalls, 62, found himself 90 miles offshore last week aboard the 112-foot Friendship V whale-watching vessel as a member of a dawn-to-dusk whale spotting expedition to find and photograph North Atlantic right whales in their Gulf of Maine mating habitat.
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Kansas City firm Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen faces allegations of malicious prosecution after filing a lawsuit on behalf of an airplane parts company against other industry suppliers.
The suit, which was eventually dismissed, was a "fishing expedition," said Gregory Leyh, an attorney for one of the defendants, Florida-based Quality Aeroparts Inc.
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International Mountaineer Jamie Clarke and Climbing Team Successfully Summit the World's Highest Peak During Expedition to Test Innovative Champion an...
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HOUSTON, Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three crew members will discuss their upcoming Expedition 31 and 32 missions in a news conference at 1 p.m. CST Wednesday, Jan. 11, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the briefing live.
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During an earlier photo shoot of the Flex Expedition in Detroit last year, a guy pulled up next to the SUV and said he wouldn't have even considered buying the Expedition until he saw the Flex model. That I guess woufd be the basis of why they call the "Flexpidition" a "specialty" or "limited edition" vehicle. Simply put, you might not like it because it's not intended to appeal to everybody, but it has its niche.
The "Flexpidition" comes equipped with Ford's basic 20" chrome clad wheels because the automaker's betting that most people who buy the SUV will customize it with their own wheels anyway. I'm guessing that's a decision that could have gone either way if Ford had a nice set of optional wheels to offer with the SUV. Ford featured some nice wheels on the SUV when it made its debu...
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Curtain Call! - Victory Gardens Theater's ongoing exploration of crucial moments in African American history continues with the world premiere of A Big Blue Nail, a phantasmagorical dreamscape about arctic explorer Robert Peary's fame as the first man to reach the North Pole, and his African American guide and companion Matthew Henson, who was largely unacknowledged in the 1909 expedition's documentation.
Pictured, above: Larry Neumann Jr. plays arctic explorer Robert Peary, credited as the first man to discover the North Pole, in Victory Gardens Theater's world premiere drama a Big Eke Nail. Anthony Fleming III plays Peary's African American guide Matthew Henson, who was largely unacknowledged in the 1909 expedition's documentation because of his ethnicity. Acclaimed director [Loy Arce...
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HOUSTON, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three International Space Station crew members will discuss their upcoming Expedition 30 and 31 missions in a news conference at 1 p.m. CDT Tuesday, Sept. 20, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Reporters may ask questions from participating NASA centers or by phone.
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RICHMOND, Va. - A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world's most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three- dimensional map that will "virtually raise the Titanic" for the public.
The expedition to the site 2 1/2 miles beneath the North Atlantic is billed as the most advanced scientific mission to the Titanic wreck since its discovery 25 years ago.
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COLUMBIA -- Lt. Col. William Shaffer led 200 men from "Merrill's Horse," the 2nd Missouri Cavalry, on an expedition to Fayette.
Shaffer, Col. Lewis Merrill and about 300 men from the regiment had arrived three days earlier and taken over the grounds of the University of Missouri. Shaffer and his men were "hunting a fight with a secession camp in Howard County," the Missouri Statesman reported.