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  1. Photo Gallery: Yoga, Dance Greet Summer Solstice

    Fri, 21 Jun 2013

    Photo Gallery: From yoga in NYC to dancing in England, summer solstice gets warm welcome

  2. NY's Times Square Hosts Summer Solstice Yoga Event

    Fri, 21 Jun 2013

    Tompkins says that part of the event's appeal is finding stillness and calm in the middle of the city rush. The summer solstice tradition has grown from just three people to more than 15,000 and is now in its 11th year.

  3. NY's Times Square Hosts Summer Solstice Yoga Event

    Fri, 21 Jun 2013

    Tompkins says that part of the event's appeal is finding stillness and calm in the middle of the city rush. The summer solstice tradition has grown from just three people to more than 15,000 and is now in its 11th year.

  4. Stonehenge Gathering to Mark Summer Solstice

    Fri, 21 Jun 2013

    Police say more than 20,000 celebrants have gathered at the famed Stonehenge monument to mark the summer solstice . The cloud cover Friday morning prevented bright sunshine at dawn of the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere but

  5. NY's Times Square Hosts Summer Solstice Yoga Event

    Fri, 21 Jun 2013

    Tompkins says that part of the event's appeal was finding stillness and calm in the middle of the city rush. The summer solstice tradition has grown from just three people to more than 15,000 and is now in its 11th year.

  6. NY's Times Square Hosts Summer Solstice Yoga Event

    Fri, 21 Jun 2013

    Tompkins says that part of the event's appeal was finding stillness and calm in the middle of the city rush. The summer solstice tradition has grown from just three people to more than 15,000 and is now in its 11th year.

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  1. Stonehenge Seeks New Druid-in-Chief

    Tue, 23 Apr 2013

    million plus visitors to Stonehenge each year including the tens of thousands who celebrate the sun-rise there every Summer Solstice ." The pay for this job is about 65,000 British pounds, according to a job listing on English Heritage's website

  2. Today in Pictures; Shanty Fire, Earth Summit, US Diving, Mohammed Morsi, and NBA Finals

    Fri, 22 Jun 2012

    Thousands of lanterns were released to mark the Summer Solstice , and the shortest night of the year, in Poznan, Poland, June 21, 2012. (AP Photo) CLICK HERE FOR MORE AMAZING PICTURES OF THE DAY FROM ABCNEWS

  3. Today in Pictures: Heat Wave, World Refugee Day, Ascot Races and Clowns

    Wed, 20 Jun 2012

    Thousands of yoga enthusiasts convene in New York's Times Square to mark the summer solstice , June 20, 2012. Temperatures are expected to be near 100 degrees by mid-day. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo) CLICK HERE FOR MORE PICTURES OF THE DAY FROM ABCNEWS

  4. Summer Vacation Perennial: The Mountains or the Beach?

    Wed, 20 Jun 2012

    vacation destination. But it's a close call, with suntan-seeking women closing the deal for the shore. With the summer solstice upon us, 72 percent of Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll express a favorable opinion of going

  5. Summer Solstice Coincides With Eastern Heat Wave

    Tue, 19 Jun 2012

    Midwest to the Eastern Seaboard, we hardly need a reminder that summer is upon us. But we have one anyhow. The summer solstice -- the astronomical beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere -- takes place at 7:09 p.m. ET on June 20

  6. Winter Solstice 2011: Shortest Day of the Year

    Wed, 21 Dec 2011

    out long ago that it was, among other things, an ancient astronomical calendar, and that on the morning of the summer solstice -- usually June 21, when northern days are at their longest -- the sun rises over the famous heelstone at one end

  7. Burning Man: What Is It, Exactly?

    Thu, 1 Sep 2011

    How did it get started? A: It started in 1986, with 20 people gathering on San Francisco's Baker Beach for the Summer Solstice . Artist Larry Harvey and his friend Jerry James erected an 8-foot wooden human effigy, which they then lit on

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  1. Google: Toilet Paper Wedding; Summer Solstice

    Fri, 20 Jun 2008

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  2. Summer Solstice : The Heat Is On

    Thu, 21 Jun 2012

    And ladies and gentlemen. Start your air conditioners men in calendar to tell you that today marks the first official day of summer and if today is any indication it's going to be a scorcher heat index soared past. 100 degrees in cities across the northeast. We're stepping out the front door felt

  3. Summer Solstice : Heat Wave Hits

    Wed, 20 Jun 2012

    Extreme heat warnings in 12 states from Maryland to Maine; DC zoo animals cope.

  4. What's Popping? Summer Solstice , Megan Fox

    Tue, 21 Jun 2011

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  5. Webcast: Soccer Diplomacy, Teenage Pregnancy Pact and 'Fearless' Athletes

    Fri, 20 Jun 2008

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  6. Webcast: Midwest Floods, Politics, Torch in Tibet

    Sat, 21 Jun 2008

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    Summer Solstice found at 1:23

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