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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - A woman died after going on a ride at Walt Disney World so intense that it has motion sickness bags.
The 49-year-old woman became ill after riding "Mission: Space" on Tuesday. She was taken to a hospital and died a day later, park spokeswoman Kim Prunty said in a statement.
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Barry Novack, a solo lawyer in Beverly Hills, Calif. is demanding that the amusement park industry release data on thrill ride- related brain injuries.
Novack, who has a PhD. in engineering, has filed 12 suits against amusement parks in the past decade; 10 of them involve brain injuries.
...Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty denied the allegations that the ride caused Cohen'...
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Edwin Louis Harnack Jr., 74, of Bent Mountain, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2011, after a brief unexpected illness. Ed was born on May 5, 1937, in Tracy, Minnesota. He was employed by F.W. Woolworths and in 1959, he enlisted in the United States Army. In 1961, he married Iris Wagner, of Baltimore, Maryland. Ed was recalled to the Army in September of 1961, during the Berlin Crisis. He retired in 2007 from Central Oil Asphalt after 45 years of dedicated service.
Ed was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin Sr. and Elvera Starken Harnack; his brother, Charles; and his son, Edwin (Butch). He is survived by his daughters, (his girls), Kathie and Bruce DeWeese, Cheryl and Carl Kempa, Susan and Teddy Crowe, and a daughter-in-law, Lisa Harnack; several grandchildren, Kristen DeWeese and fi...
... thanks to Kim Chase, Tom Dodge and Diane Prunty. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be mad...
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Edwin Louis Harnack Jr., 74, of Bent Mountain, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2011, after a brief unexpected illness. Ed was born on May 5, 1937, in Tracy, Minnesota. He was employed by F.W. Woolworths and in 1959, he enlisted in the United States Army. In 1961, he married Iris Wagner, of Baltimore, Maryland. Ed was recalled to the Army in September of 1961, during the Berlin Crisis. He retired in 2007 from Central Oil Asphalt after 45 years of dedicated service.
Ed was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin Sr. and Elvera Starken Harnack; his brother, Charles; and his son, Edwin (Butch). He is survived by his daughters, (his girls), Kathie and Bruce DeWeese, Cheryl and Carl Kempa, Susan and Teddy Crowe, and a daughter-in-law, Lisa Harnack; several grandchildren, Kristen DeWeese and fi...
... thanks to Kim Chase, Tom Dodge and Diane Prunty. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be mad...
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Walt Disney World, which bills itself as one of the happiest and most magical places anywhere, also might be one of the most closely watched and secure. The nation's most popular tourist attraction is beginning to scan your fingerprint information.
For years, Disney has recorded onto tickets the geometry and shape of visitors' fingers to prevent ticket fraud or resale, as an alternative to time-consuming photo identification checks.
... a technology upgrade," said Kim Prunty, spokeswoman for Walt Disney World. The new scanne...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Dan Cockerell spent his time as a Walt Disney World college intern checking guests into their hotel rooms, working as a custodian and parking cars. He says the experience 16 years ago has been useful in his current job as general manager of the Disney All Star Resort.
Each year, 8,000 students come to Disney World to work as six- month college interns in one of the largest internship programs in the country. The interns make up a significant portion of Disney World's 55,000-person work force. They learn about customer service and absorb Disney's hospitality culture.
...Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty said in an e-mail that the company doesn't comment...
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Boeing Co. orders keep rollin' on in TACOMA, Wash. -- Orders for The Boeing Co.'s most popular airliners continued rolling in Monday.
Two customers Orlando, Fla.-based AirTran Airways and Singapore Aircraft Leasing ordered a total of 34 Next Generations 737s worth about $2 billion at list prices.
... a centrifuge, said Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty. The current version is so intense that some rider...
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The summer-hiring outlook for teenagers is grim, coming on the heels of 2004, which was one of the worst for teen employment in more than 50 years.
Going into this summer, the teen unemployment rate in May was hovering near 18 percent. Last August, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for teen workers ages 16 to 19 was 17 percent, up from 13.3 percent in August 1999.
... to fill hundreds of jobs," says Kim Prunty at Walt Disney. Copyright (C) 2005 Deseret News Pu...