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Downtown Chicago’s State Street transformed into a colorful tableau of floats, marching bands and dynamic dance troupes on Thanksgiving Day as a relatively balmy morning attracted thousands from ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Have you ever wanted to make your drawings come to life? Our West Michigan Chevy Dealer weather kid of the month Ellie will make drawings float away in the blink of an eye! Are you ...

Hoping to pull in more floats and entries, the 79th annual Southwestern New Mexico State Fair is borrowing a casino theme from the Great American Duck Races. “There might be some floats out there left ...

The annual post-Rose Parade float viewing brought out an estimated 100,000 people to Pasadena. The sweet smelling beauty of the meticulously decorated floats were enough to bring one couple back to ...

NEW ORLEANS — Barry Kern’s family name is synonymous with Mardi Gras, but even the president and CEO of Kern Studios admits one name deserves to be better known among paradegoers: Manuel Ponce. You ...

Portland spent $1.4 billion on the Big Pipe. Mayor Charlie Hales has put aside $300,000 to support a downtown public beach. Activists have boated, floated and swam to promote their cause. What will it ...

PASADENA – The 122nd Tournament of Roses Parade became history on New Year’s Day, but its famous floral floats continued to draw “oohs” and “aahs” Sunday. The 47 flower-covered masterpieces were on ...