He pointed specifically to projects in Alabama that have received federal monies: a ferry in Gee's Bend that restarted service in 2006, and a 56-foot-tall cast-iron statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of the fire and forge, in Birmingham.

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Standing on the bow of Captain Frank Crescitelli's 25-foot boat, preparing to cast a fly into Jamaica Bay, we expect another hit from a feisty bluefish or burly striped bass.

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Once cast adrift at the foot of the table, Zaragoza are now level on 25 points with Sporting Gijon and Racing Santander, who both drew 1-1 away from home on Sunday.

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And perform Indelicate did, to the tune of "One" from "A Chorus Line, " with backup from others cast members and a slew of 10-foot-tall dancers in Guadalajara ponchos.

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With a long cast made by Melnyk at the crest of a 4-foot wave, we are officially skishing.

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Lined with Doric columns, its centerpiece is a 9-foot bronze sculpture of a seven-man bomber crew returning from a mission cast by Philip Jackson, whose work includes a monument to the late Queen Mother.

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He found some fellow ex-dancers in the cast, but also a fair number of people who had never set foot onstage.

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Last year at CES, IK Multimedia unveiled its iRig Stomp as a foot switch controller for wrangling the outfit's Amplitube software for iOS. Here at NAMM though, the company has cast off the wired connection for the Bluetooth-sporting iRig BlueBoard MIDI foot pedal.

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"I'm getting tired of catching no fish, " said Robert Strazi, a 23-year-old mackerel enthusiast, as he cast his line in vain off Pensacola Beach's 1, 471-foot fishing pier, flanked by just two other anglers.

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