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19 APR 2012: This may be the chance of a lifetime for commoners to live like royalty. The Goring Hotel where Kate Middleton spent the night before her wedding is offering a four day Diamond Jubilee Package where guests can stay in the Royal Suite enjoying furnishings of superior quality. At $1.5 million for the get-away the hotel is looking for commoners with little commonsense.
19 APR 2012: Nothing says ‘Welcome’ like a pig in a bra so it is little wonder that the city of New York City called upon Miss Piggy and her Muppet friends to be NYC Family Ambassadors. With a goal to achieve 55 million visitors annually by 2015 Mayor Michael R Bloomberg joined Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great and Pepe the King Prawn to attract families to the Big Apple.
19 APR 2012: Cardboard is not the first building material that comes to mind when considering the replacement of the 131 year old Anglican cathedral in Christchurch that was devastated by an earthquake in 2011. But cardboard tubes will be used to build a temporary structure for the place of worship until a new cathedral can be built.
19 APR 2012: The Start button was pressed when the US federal government ruled that all public pools must be accessible to people with disabilities. Hotels are going to great lengths to determine if they can comply by installing mechanical chair lifts before the Stop button is pressed.
19 APR 2012: Dutch coffee shops owners went to court Wednesday in a last ditch bid to block a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the Netherlands.
23 APR 2012: Princess Cruises has said it deeply regrets passing by a fishing boat adrift in the Pacific Ocean and failing to rescue the dying men on board. Despite passengers raising the alarm, the Star Princess reportedly did not detour to pick up the three fishermen who had been drifting for 16 days without power.
23 APR 2012: A wildcat strike by Air Canada ground staff, prompted by the fallout from workers heckling the federal labour minister, ended Friday morning with assurances the workers would not be punished, a union official said.
23 APR 2012: A cruise ship docked at Talbot Bay, in Australia was intended to be a resting stop for cruise passengers. Instead it became a scene of horror as a young woman standing in waist deep water was attacked by a crocodile.
23 APR 2012: First quarter earnings were down 40% for Royal Caribbean Cruises and the company is suggesting that this might be a result of consumers’ reaction to the Costa Concordia tragedy in January.
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