Grand Theft Auto Vice City good, you know this. The question is how good? Luckily for you, I have the answer. Grand Theft Auto Vice City isn’t just good, but it’s amazing. It takes everything Grand Theft Auto 3 did well and improves on it. The game is like a prime example of style over [...]
Consider the following:Since the introduction of its first TDI (turbocharged direct injection) diesel in 1989, Audi has managed to double the horsepower of the engine, increase torque by 70 per cent, reduce particulate emissions (the ugly black trail left by older diesels) by 98 per cent and reduce hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide emissions by 95 [...]
Feb. 1-2: Grillin’ and Chillin’ on Main, Wauchula. Sponsored by Main Street Wauchula Inc. 863-767-0330. www.flbbq.org/contest.htm
Feb. 1-3: Everglades Seafood Festival, Everglades City. Enjoy fresh stone crab, shrimp, grouper and much more, along with arts and crafts, live music, and carnival rides. Downtown. Free. 239-695-4100. www.evergladesseafood.com/
Feb. 1-3: 43rd Annual Broward Shell Show, Pompano Beach. Annual show [...]
Cypress Gardens
Florida’s first theme park was Cypress Gardens. Originally founded in 1936 and reopened in 2004, the park combines classic rides and attractions with a family-friendly atmosphere. Cypress Gardens also puts on a number of concerts every year featuring famous stars of yesteryear and some of today’s best country music performers.
Daytona International Speedway
Taking a day [...]
Researchers led by climate expert Tim Barnett at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, studied climate changes in the west from 1950 to 1999. They noted that winter precipitation falls increasingly as rain rather than snow, and the snow melts faster. There are [...]
After decades spent eating on the run, having meals cut short by phone calls, work demands or a child’s needs, I find myself insisting on calmness at suppertime. I’ve finally reached a stage in life where meals have earned their own time slot. The kids — no longer babies — are independent [...]
“We wanted to completely rebuild the core mechanics and create a really slick, cool experience,” Rockstar Games vice president and “GTA IV” writer Dan Houser told The Associated Press following a 90-minute demonstration of the game.
Bellic, a thuggish Eastern European immigrant, has already become an iconic figure to the millions of viewers [...]
“We wanted to completely rebuild the core mechanics and create a really slick, cool experience,” Rockstar Games vice president and “GTA IV” writer Dan Houser told The Associated Press following a 90-minute demonstration of the game.
Bellic, a thuggish Eastern European immigrant, has already become an iconic figure to the millions of viewers [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.%26There were no marriage proposals, no child reporters and hardly any silly questions. Media day at the Daytona 500 didn’t even have a prediction. No doubt, NASCAR’s season-opening event has a long way to go before it reaches the level of the Super Bowl. [...]
If you just have to have it, the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Mich., is usually the place to find it.In the town that earns its Motor City name every day of the week, the new-car show must always go on and a pretty decent show it was this year (open to the [...]
