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(Feb. 1, 2012) -- Examiner.com writes that after Garret Finney’s pop-top cricket travel trailer debuted on the Travel Channels’ Extreme RV show on Sunday, the company's website received 11,000 visits in just 36 hours, causing it to crash, according to a message posted on the Cricket Trailer Facebook page Monday.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- Along the Texas coast and in the watersheds of the Rio Grand Valley, migratory birds make stopovers on their way to destinations farther south or find winter homes until mid-spring. With such a high concentration of different species in south Texas, RV birders can set up in one spot and still check plenty of birds off their must-see lists.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- In a 6-1 vote Jan. 23, the DeWitt Township Board approved a special use permit for the proposed Woodside Golf Course and RV Park, a planned seasonal RV resort on a 53-acre tract, reports the Lansing State Journal.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- Two long-time Thetford Corporation employees, Kevin Phillips and Doug Tharp, have been promoted.  Phillips was elevated to the position of executive vice president of North America. Tharp was promoted to senior director of finance for North America.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- “We ran out of our entire promotional giveaway product and sold 18 units.  It proved to be a great sale,” said Andro.  “The Hartford RV Show wasn’t as successful as we had hoped the prior weekend due to snowy conditions, but this past weekend we had a fantastic showing and it made up for it.” 

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- According to plans released last week by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, overnight camping would be available for the first time, along with new year-round rental cabins, at Grafton Lakes State Park, reports the Albany Times Union.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- The RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for January indicated that, although conditions in the manufacturing sector continued to improve, the rate of improvement slowed sharply. Also, the U.S. manufacturing sector expanded for the 30th consecutive month in January 2012, and the pace of growth accelerated as indicated by the ISM manufacturing index rising to 54.1 from 53.1 in December 2011.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- The Glen Ellis Campground in Bartlett will host the second annual “Boots ‘N Bling” Charity Auction and Fundraising Dinner on Saturday, June 2, to raise funds for Starting Point, Services for Victims of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, reports the Conway Daily Sun.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- The Daily Mail reports that a Rainham man was living a life of luxury -- owning an expensive Winnebago caravan, two speedboats and several other vehicles -- but was fraudulently claiming more than £50,000 in housing and council tax benefits.

(Feb. 1, 2012) -- MyFox Houston writes that a dozen cars, six tractor-trailers and a motorhome collided early Sunday shortly after authorities reopened I-75 near Gainesville. It had been closed for more than three hours because of poor visibility from fog and smoke from a fire.