Park feels at home in the desert
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Although the Southern California desert is a long way -- and drastically different -- from her native South Korea, Grace Park feels at home among the sand and the cacti.
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When the sun plays hide and seek behind hovering clouds and a moderate wind buffers the insufferable heat, a golf course is a pleasant place to be.
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Skateboarding, once associated with concrete wastelands and empty parking lots, has inspired a whole new design field. Here's how skate parks became fast, deep, curvaceous and breathtaking
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Travel: The big surprise about Norfolk's new theme park is that it's eco friendly and parents can enjoy it too, says Sharon Sweeney.
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HIGH above white-walled, seven-hilled Amman, in the heart of the Jordanian royal palace compound, a national flag flies in the desert breeze.
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For a frugal baseball fan smitten with the romance of the old parks, itâs an ideal time to make a sweep through the fields.
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By Garin Groff, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Feb. 18--Tempe has boosted the fees to use its popular Beach Park after complaints that the destination has been loved to death.
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A defunct railway on the Far West Side is a construction site these days but from it, a park in the sky will emerge.
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A change of scenery only helps so much. There was a chill in the air Tuesday morning at The Gallery Golf Club, which beats a lake in the middle of the fairway at La Costa.
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First of two parts Spring training can be dull and mundane, but in Mesa, Ariz., watching the new and improved Chicago Cubs should provide plenty of entertainment value.
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They are returning home with a sense of accomplishment, but also with feelings of anger and frustration, even despair.
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By Tim Ellis, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  MEMBERS FIND STRENGTH IN NUMBERS WHEN ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS  Although the desert is only a few minutes - or a few steps - away, residents of Tucson's East Side still must deal with the realities of urban living.
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All summer, the Arizona desert has been the epicenter for this year&#39;s West Nile virus outbreak. By Matt Slocum, The Arizona Republic.
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 15--Summer is nearly over and you feel like you haven't been outside enough. Too many hours at work. Too much TV.
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CENTENNIAL PARK, Arizona  - When Ephraim Hammon returns home from a day of working construction near Arizona's border with Utah, he's greeted by his wife SherylLynne. And then by his wife Leah.
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It is a land of green pastures, rolling hills and centuries of history. It's also a land of long summer days, drinks without a lot of ice and some of the most friendly people you'll find anywhere.
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By Tan Hee Hui  TAN Hee Hui takes a breathless stroll in a huge park.  VISITORS to Taman Negara usually partake in active pastimes like white-water rafting and trekking, among others, but all I wanted to do was experience "jungle living".