Boulder fair closes 'Smallest Woman' sideshow
LONGMONT, Colorado - A sideshow at the Boulder County Fair advertising "Little Liz, the World's Smallest Woman" has been shut down after complaints.
View ArticleAnother low attendance year for Fairbanks fair
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - It was another down year for attendance at the Tanana Valley State Fair in Fairbanks.
View ArticleDrugs, alcohol killed man in Vegas for music fest
LAS VEGAS - Authorities say a 21-year-old California man who died in Las Vegas before attending the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival had a lethal combination of cocaine, methamphetamine and...
View ArticleTexas carnival worker killed by equipment
WINNIE, Texas - Authorities say a carnival worker has died after a piece of equipment hit her while she set up for a barbecue cook-off in Chambers County.
View ArticleImpact of events center closing causing concern
COLUMBIA, Missouri - As the clock ticks down toward the end of an era in Boone County, Renea Bolling is already looking for another location for the Thanksgiving weekend barrel race that will bring...
View ArticleNewborns greeted with Cajun, Creole lullabies
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana - When babies are born at Lafayette General Medical Center, the standard Brahms "Lullaby" plays.
View ArticleCarnival for charity set at W.Va. Capitol
CHARLESTON, West Virginia - West Virginia state agencies and employees will be holding a carnival for charity.
View ArticleBoy falls from Ferris wheel at Arizona carnival
EL MIRAGE, Arizona - Authorities are investigating the fall of a teenage boy from a Ferris wheel in suburban Phoenix.
View ArticleVisitors crowd Vegas buffets for a day of feasting
LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas visitors lined up early Thursday at the city's mega-buffets to pile their plates high for an unconventional holiday meal on the Strip.
View ArticleElectric Daisy Carnival 2015 tickets going on sale
LAS VEGAS - Tickets for Las Vegas' massive, three-day Electric Daisy Carnival are going on sale six months ahead of the event.
View ArticleElectric Daisy Carnival 2015 tickets going on sale
LAS VEGAS - Tickets for Las Vegas' massive, three-day Electric Daisy Carnival are going on sale six months ahead of the event.
View ArticleNo strings attached: Brazil nudists get Rio beach
RIO DE JANEIRO - Pedro Ribeiro lives just one block away from Copacabana beach, one of the world's most celebrated stretches of golden sand. But almost every weekend he drives nearly three hours to...
View ArticleReview: Bradley Cooper terrific in 'Elephant Man'
NEW YORK - Leave it to the Sexiest Man Alive of 2011 to give us a lesson about ugliness.
View ArticleMayors stop casino gambling at Tiyan grounds
HAGATNA, Guam - Village mayors have ceased fiesta-related gambling at the Tiyan Carnival Grounds after concerns were raised last month about its legality, said governor's office spokesman Julius Santos.
View ArticleMetairie Carnival krewe again bows out of parade schedule
METAIRIE, Louisiana - A parade organization in suburban New Orleans has decided against parading this Carnival season.
View ArticleCarnival business recognized by Illinois fair group
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - A family-run carnival ride business is among the winners of this year's "Friend of Illinois County Fair" awards.
View ArticleCoachella party Neon Carnival to make Super Bowl debut
LOS ANGELES - The fair-like atmosphere of Coachella's Neon Carnival party is making a road trip to the Super Bowl.
View ArticleColombian hometown for Miss Universe celebrating
BOGOTA, Colombia - Carnival has come a few weeks early to the Caribbean city of Barranquilla where residents took to the streets to show their hometown pride after local girl Paulina Vega was crowned...
View ArticleColombians celebrate Miss Universe title
BOGOTA, Colombia - Carnival has come a few weeks early to the Caribbean city of Barranquilla where residents took to the streets on Monday to show their hometown pride after local beauty queen Paulina...
View ArticleHaiti demonstrators protest against gas prices in capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Demonstrators in Haiti's capital have burned a pickup truck and a car during a protest over gasoline prices and are threatening disrupt Carnival celebrations if the costs don't...
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