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Justin Bieber announces new North American tour dates

Justin Bieber announces new North American tour dates. Monday, December 10, 2012. Justin Bieber accepts his first award of the night, Favorite Male Artist – Pop / Rock, at the American Music Awards in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. See all stories on this topic »

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The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins « Fict.it.ious

Sixteen-year-old Katniss poaches food for her widowed mother and little sister from the forest outside the legal perimeter of District 12, the poorest of the dozen districts constituting Panem, the North American dystopic state that has replaced …
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US Interior Department names 27 new landmarks

A Kansas battlefield where forces faced off over slavery several years before the Civil War, two New England churches, and several sites associated with indigenous North American cultures are among 27 places designated new National Historic Landmarks by the U.S. Department of Interior.

Other sites include homes of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous and examples of Beaux Arts, modern and City Beautiful movements and architecture.

“Each of these landmarks represents a thread in the great tapestry that tells the story of our beautiful land, our diverse culture and our nation’s rich heritage,” said Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar in announcing the list Wednesday.

The new sites according to information from the U.S. Department of Interior are:

— Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite, New York City. Farragut was an important Civil War naval commander.

— Black Jack Battlefield, Douglas County, Kansas. A June 2, 1856 conflict took place here between abolitionist John Brown’s forces and a pro-slavery contingent led by Henry Clay Pate, predating the Civil War.

— Camp Evans, Wall Township, N.J. This World War II-era U.S. Army Signal Corps facility was a principal U.S. site for development of radar.

— Central Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers/Dayton Veterans Administration Home, Dayton, Ohio. The home represents a “shift in federal care for veterans” from World War I through creation of the Veterans Administration in 1930.

— Two New England churches, Central Congregational Church, Boston, noted for its intact Tiffany-designed ecclesiastical interior, and United Congregational Church, Newport, R.I., noted for its 1880-81 murals and opalescent and stained glass windows by artist John LaFarge.

— Cesar E. Chavez National Monument at Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz in Keene, Calif. La Paz was headquarters to the United Farm Workers of America in the early 1970s when Chavez and others won passage of a law recognizing farm workers’ collective bargaining rights. (The site was previously declared a national monument and is now a landmark.)

— Two sites associated with indigenous North American culture predating contact with Europeans, the Davis Oriole Earthlodge Site, Mills County, Iowa, an example of lodge habitations on the Plains, and Murray Springs Clovis Site, Cochise County, Ariz., with a mammoth-kill site, bison-kill site, and camp site.

— Denver & Rio Grande Railroad San Juan Extension (Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad), Conejos and Archuleta Counties, Colo., and Rio Arriba County, N.M. The railroad is “one of the country’s best surviving examples of a narrow gauge system from the peak of American railroading, roughly 1870 to 1930.”

— Denver Civic Center, Denver. The center is one of America’s “most complete and intact” civic centers from the early 20th century City Beautiful movement.

— Two sites associated with founders and leaders of Alcoholics Anonymous, Dr. Bob’s Home (Dr. Robert and Anne Smith House), Akron, Ohio, and Stepping Stones (Bill and Lois Wilson House), Katonah, N.Y.

— The Drakes Bay Historic and Archaeological District, Point Reyes Station, Calif. The site is associated with the “earliest documented cross-cultural encounter between California Indians and Europeans.”

— Greendale Historic District, Village of Greendale, Wis. Greendale was built during the Great Depression as a government-sponsored “greenbelt” community.

— The Hispanic Society of America Complex, New York City. The institution founded in 1904 promoted Hispanic culture as inclusive of Spanish and South American heritage, representing a shift in perceptions in the U.S.

— Historic Moravian Bethlehem Historic District, Bethlehem, Pa. The district, notable for architecture and planning, was created as an 18th century religious community.

— Two mid-19th century covered bridges with significant examples of certain types of truss construction, Humpback Bridge, Alleghany County, Va., and Knight’s Ferry Bridge, Stanislaus County, Calif.

— McKeen Motor Car No. 70 (Virginia & Truckee Railway Motor Car No. 22), Carson City, Nev. The car is considered the best surviving example of the first commercially viable application of internal combustion power in a self-propelled railroad car.

— Poston Elementary School Unit 1, Colorado River Relocation Center, La Paz County, Ariz. This is the only relocation center for Japanese Americans confined during World War II that retains an above-ground complex of elementary school buildings.

— The Republic, Columbus, Ind. The one-story flat-roof glass and white aluminum building designed by renowned architect Myron Goldsmith is considered an exceptional example of modern architecture.

— San Jose de los Jemez Mission and Giusewa Pueblo Site, N.M. The site is associated with the spread of Spanish colonial control and interaction with indigenous North American cultures between 1598 and 1639.

— U.S. Post Office and Court House (Central District court for California), Los Angeles. The court was important in 1945 and 1946 in postwar school desegregation efforts and Mexican-American civil rights cases, declaring “separate but equal” to be unconstitutional.

— Two buildings notable for Beaux-Arts designs, the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (U.S. Court of Appeals), San Francisco, built between 1897 and 1905, and University Heights Campus (Bronx Community College of The City University of New York), Bronx, N.Y., built by renowned architect Stanford White, partner in McKim, Mead & White.

— Big Spring Creek in Saguache County, Colo. The creek was designated a national natural landmark as a unique spring-fed stream formed by groundwater with wetlands and diverse plant and wildlife in an otherwise arid landscape.

Justin Bieber Flirts With Sexy Selena Gomez Lookalike On Video Shoot

Just hours before jumping on a plane to kickstart his North American tour, Justin was spotted hanging out with a beautiful brunette — and it WASN'T Selena! HollywoodLife.com has all the EXCLUSIVE details on Justin's secret rendezvous. Plus, find out …
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Cody Simpson Psyched To Hit The Road With Justin Bieber

When we were 15 years old we were at overnight camp this time of year but Cody Simpson has bigger plans: The pop star is going to hit the road with Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen this fall as soon as he wraps up his 60-date North American tour with …
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Justin Bieber Sells Out All US Tour Dates In An Hour

It's safe to say that “Bieber Fever” isn't cooling down anytime soon. Tickets to the North American leg of Justin Bieber's upcoming Believe tour sold out within an hour of going on sale Saturday. The 18-year-old singer's AEG-backed trek will include 45 … See all stories on this topic »

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Justin Bieber's Behind-the-Scenes Footage of “Boyfriend”: Watch Now!

Everything he touches turns to gold, and Justin Bieber is giving fans a look at went into making his uber-successful “Boyfriend” music video. The “Baby” singer, who sold out his upcoming North American tour in under an hour, enlisted the services of …
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Justin Bieber Headlining Believe Tour Kicks Off In …

Justin Bieber is gearing up for a 45-city North American tour in support of Believe.

Justin Bieber Headlining Believe Tour Kicks Off In September

By Gil Kaufman While Justin Bieber fans are awaiting the June 19 release of Believe, perhaps they can slake their fever by snatching up some tickets to the singer's upcoming North American tour. Bieber will hit the road for a headlining tour in support …
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