Asbury Park, for all its brassy bar bands and boardwalk barkers, was not immune to the times.

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Local authorities have charged Kala and Kamakani with being "incessant barkers, " an offense under a new law here on the Big Island.

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In most cases the women didn't live up to the barkers' promises.

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He was born in Coventry and played for the Barkers' Butts club, which lists Danny Grewcock and Neil Back among its international alumni.

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South Yorkshire police said vandals had defaced winning heptathlete Jessica Ennis's gold postbox in Barkers Pool, Sheffield, on Monday night, by spraying it with graffiti saying "Go Jess".

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