There's more trouble for fans of the beach, especially with the long holiday weekend just hours away. Apparently, medical waste has begun to wash up along New Jersey coast. The town of Avalon has made out the worst, with between 100 and 200 syringes found littering the beach along with gauze and other medical waste. The town was forced to close portions of the sand, but town leaders insist things will be fine for the weekend.

Just yesterday, in Ocean City, about 15 miles north of Avalon, there were two needles discovered on the beach. The county health department didn't seem too alarmed and stated that that their waste doesn't appear to be related to the stuff just up the coast. Although things look OK for now, many tourists are questioning last minute plans and even vacation rentals booked months in advance.

The attorney general's office is looking into the matter and is offering a $10,000 reward for any information that will help them get to the bottom of things.

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The Washington Post travel section visited Atlantic City this weekend and filed quite the report on the city's recently amped-up efforts to attract the under-75, non-gaming crowd:

Two recent additions to the hotel landscape, Harrah's Resort's Waterfront Tower and Borgata's Water Club, have separated themselves from the casino ruckus, providing a pair of tranquil planets within the gambling universe.

It also helps that both hotels are away from the Boardwalk, in the more secluded marina area, which cuts down on drop-in traffic.

This weekend, we filled you in on an upcoming reading by Tony Perrottet, author of the new book "Napoleons's Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped." But since not everyone out there will be able to make the event July 23 in NYC, Tony did this cool YouTube video about his quest to track down the emperor's privates.

He does indeed find the famous penis, hidden away in Englewood, New Jersey, with the family of a world-renowed urologist. What's it look like?

This is definitely genital! It's a little smaller than I thought.

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· More Travel Videos [Jaunted]]]> pbb 2008-07-14T10:45:16-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/6/29/104623/077

Who goes to Atlantic City? We sent Neal Ungerleider to find out.

The three-year old Quarter at the Tropicana is one of Atlantic City's two Las Vegas-style shopping complexes. (The Pier Shops at Caesars is the other.) The stores include some A-list franchises--Brooks Brothers, Swarovski and a nearly-open Brookstone--along with some awesomely left field shopping spaces like the Old Farmer's Almanac General Store and a branch of New York City's Spy Shop.

But that's beside the point. From what we've seen, it's definitely the best place to eat and get drunk in Atlantic City. A ritzy food court has franchises of New York's Palm steakhouse and Carmine's, Philadelphia's Cuba Libre restaurant and several others, including a Jeffrey Chodorow Russian-themed restobar with suspiciously little Russian food on the menu.]]> nealungerleider 2008-06-29T16:00:08-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/6/29/94237/1107

While Caesars makes a play for the television foodie market, other casinos have cornered niches of their own. While in Atlantic City this weekend, the following celebs headlined:

• Blues Traveler (Tropicana)
• Charo (Hilton AC)
• Chicago (Borgata)
• Joan Rivers (Harrah's)
• Ringo Starr (Trump Taj Mahal)
• Steely Dan (Borgata)

Interesting enough. Who are the other upcoming headliners? Mickey Rooney, the Beach Boys, Three Dog Night, the Village People, Jefferson Starship, War, Grand Funk Railroad and America. Between Rooney and the rest, it's safe to say the twin demographics in AC are the 65-and-over crowd and Baby Boomers.]]> nealungerleider 2008-06-29T15:00:08-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/6/29/85934/7686

Who goes to Atlantic City? We sent Neal Ungerleider to find out.

With Atlantic City casinos in a competitive frenzy for guests' dollars, everyone needs a gimmick. It seems like Caesars has found a successful niche of its own: Hosting television food show-related events.

We arrived in Atlantic City during the Toast to the Coast festival, which trotted out celebrity chefs/cooking personalities Roland Meisner, Ingrid Hoffman and Guy Fieri for cooking demos and offered a live show with Giada De Laurentiis. There was also the chance to meet Hoffmann and Fieri at a pool party over at Harrah's (whose previous guests include both Kim Kardashian and Tila Tequila), along with a food expo and several other events spread throughout Harrah's Atlantic City properties.]]> nealungerleider 2008-06-29T14:00:07-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/6/29/8384/44985

Who goes to Atlantic City? We sent Neal Ungerleider to find out.

Judging by the casino floors of Atlantic City, the town's current gambling trend is Chinese-style card games. Not only that, but nearly half of Atlantic City's casinos have opted to locate Chinese card games in special Asian theme areas. "Disney China" architecture and design with passable noodle shops? Find it here.]]> nealungerleider 2008-06-29T13:00:08-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/