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Power lines put Fredon home in jeopardy (New Jersey Herald)

FREDON -- The house is a first and an only -- first frame house in Fredon and the only house in New Jersey that sits right under major electric transmission lines and in the path of a planned 500-kilovolt power line project through Sussex County.

Party flotilla gathers at Two Food Beach (The Tennessean)

Two Foot Beach is a Tennessee version of Panama City in the middle of Old Hickory Lake.

REGION: Court rules doctors can't refuse services to gays (North County Times)

Doctors may not cite their religious beliefs as a reason to deny services to gay or lesbian patients, a united California Supreme Court ruled Monday in a North County case that highlighted a clash of civil rights.

Many new displays at this year’s State Fair (WSYR 9 Syracuse)

With less than two days to go until the first day of the Great New York State Fair, we’ve got a sneak peek at some of the changes you'll find...

A Man and His Gun: 'Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel' (The New York Sun)

Richard Jordan Gatling (1818-1903), the inventor of the weapon that bears his name, had a passion for setting objects in orderly motion. His first invention was a four-bladed, screw-type ship's propeller, for which he just missed establishing a patent. That was in 1836, when he was still a teenager. Over his long career he would devise a mechanical seed planter, a steam-powered plow, and a new ...