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Despite a small decline in attendance, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was Hawaii's most popular park last year with 1.61 million visitors.
Park officials said another 1.7 million people visited at night, when attendance isn't tallied, to see the lava flow glowing in the dark.
About 1.66 million people visited the park in 2005.
Hawaii Volcanoes had its best year in 1983, when Kilauea reawakened and began spewing lava, attracting 2.25 million visitors.
Other top National Park Service sites in Hawaii include the USS Arizona, with 1.54 million visitors, and Haleakala on Maui with 1.43 million. Visitors to Haleakala come to see the park's volcano crater.
Kid-friendly hotels
When it comes to hotels, "kid friendly" and "hip" would seem to be incompatible adjectives.
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Writers' Roundtable: MLS Theories and Forecasts
USSoccerPlayers (April 5, 2007) -- There are so many questions US soccer fans are curious to see answered over the course of the new Major League Soccer season. With the Designated Player rule on the one hand, but an increasing number of signings from South and Central America on the other, what direction is the League going in to bring in more crowds and improve the standard of play? What sort of fan is ESPN looking to attract to its weekly broadcasts now that it's actually paid money for them? Do we still need Chelsea and Celtic to show up for exhibition games? These were just some of the issues on the table when USSoccerPlayers' MLS Editor Ian Plenderleith gathered Tony Edwards, Kevin McGeehan and Bill Urban to swap opinions as MLS embarks on one of the biggest seasons in its 12-year history.
Eating them up: Locksley returns for some home cooking.
Pop-rock band Locksley's relocation to New York City and recent national exposure on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" as well as a full-page feature in Spin magazine hasn't dulled their taste for hometown cooking. When the four Madison West High School grads return to town for a gig - and they will this Saturday (April 7) at the Annex - the only thing longer than their setlist is the restaurant list. "Since we've been out to New York we've moved from apartment to apartment every year, so Madison still feels like home. Whenever we come back we try to eat as much as possible," says Jesse Laz-Hirsch, the lead singer and rhythm guitar player. "I love Dotty Dumplings. Hubbard Avenue Diner has that amazing chicken chili. We all love Culver's, too. I love Laredo's." (When drummer Sam Bair is asked for his favorite Madison restaurant he says "One place? Really?" then quickly reels off three names before settling on Alt'N'Bachs.
Open-outcry system going by the boards at Chicago exchanges
The bidding war for the Chicago Board of Trade hit almost $10 billion last week, astounding exchange members who not long ago were being offered a few hundred-thousand dollars apiece for the ownership interests they still quaintly call "seats."
Now, the seats have been converted into publicly traded shares worth millions of dollars, while life at these once-provincial marketplaces is changing faster than ever.
What a difference the computer makes.
For years, Chicago's futures marts resisted the screen, clinging to the traditional open-outcry pits where traders don colorful jackets, raise their arms and shout out bids and offers, as they have for generations. Technology transformed the rest of the financial world, leaving them behind.
These days, they are catching up with dizzying speed.
Scrapbook of Sioux City Art Center's early days is headed to the ...
The Sioux City Art Center has had an extra-special place in the heart of LaVern Frank Rush since planning for it began in 1936.Still in high school and yearning to become an artist, Rush began keeping a scrapbook about her school interests and of anything to do with art.She started a second scrapbook in 1938, right before the new Sioux City Works Progress Administration Art Center opened. She kept it until Jan. 1, 1943, when WPA funding ceased.Rush's 1938-1942 scrapbook stands as a testament to the miracle she believes the Art Center performed in Sioux City. The scrapbook is now considered one of the best among the few remaining records of any of the WPA art centers. It is on its way to Washington at the request of the Smithsonian Institution's Archive of American Art.Those who read it will no doubt have a new appreciation for the Art Center's survival and modern day vibrancy, neither one assured in its early days.A violent timeWhile a dedicated cadre of volunteers worked and dreamed of an art center for Sioux City back then, their real world was a nightmare.
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