Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:38 PM EDT
Fifty years ago, the Soviet-controlled German Democratic Republic began to build what it euphemistically called its “Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,” better known as the Berlin Wall.
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Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:52 PM EDT
Mark Twain, long considered one of America’s greatest writers, was most at home on the greatest American river.
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Sat Jul 2, 2011 11:10 AM EDT
As Americans across the country take off for the holiday weekend, a select group will be going even farther.
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Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:34 AM EDT
Sweet, smiling Teresa Scanlan may be the only beauty pageant queen who doesn’t flinch when someone calls her stuck up. This weekend, she’s bound to prove it.
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Tue Jun 7, 2011 8:45 AM EDT
Ever met a Gideon? Know anything about their core beliefs? Their religious ambitions? Their impact?
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Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:23 AM EDT
It's the around-the-world trip of a lifetime.
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Sat Apr 9, 2011 11:41 AM EDT
Where should you go when you’ve lost your way?
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Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:07 AM EDT
Las Vegas has a dirty little secret it’s hiding from many of the 35 million tourists who come to cut loose in a place where sin is celebrated and sold with messianic zeal.
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Fri Mar 4, 2011 9:33 AM EST
David Gomberg is traveling from Portland to Austin this weekend and he’s taking a kite.
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Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:21 AM EST
In an era when “Make Love, Not War” was a popular slogan, an innate fondness for Intercourse nearly kept fit-enough-to-fight Frank Howe from fulfilling his duties.
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Wed Feb 9, 2011 10:12 AM EST
John Lutgen swears he’s not crazy, not like some of those maniacs who’ll ice fish when it’s really, really, really cold.
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Fri Feb 4, 2011 9:52 AM EST
NASA engineers currently are engaged in painstaking calculations over how much it’ll take to one day send astronauts to Mars.
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Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:01 AM EST
There is but one place on the planet that allows travelers to immerse themselves in nearly all the world’s authentic global cultures without flashing a passport.
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Wed Dec 22, 2010 11:58 AM EST
Do you believe in Santa Claus? Answer no to that in one small midwestern town and you’ll be more than a holiday heretic. You’ll be an obstacle to civic advancement.
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Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:03 AM EST
It’s the kind of story with which many road warriors can relate. Charles Veley found himself at the mercy of a careless guide and wound up stranded without his essentials.
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Mon Dec 6, 2010 9:08 AM EST
The Jimmy Stewart Museum needs a George Bailey moment.
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Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:56 AM EST
It was bound to happen. A quiet backlash is brewing amongst the people who love Pat Downs, enjoy Pat Downs and, gadzooks, have even become parents because of loving encounters with Pat Downs.
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