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Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week. In a long day of drafting, the panel voted to begin phasing in a requirement for foreigners to undergo fingerprinting ...
Dress like Bob Dylan and get in free, says museum
The Worcester Art Museum is offering free admission to anyone who dresses up like Bob Dylan on May 24, which will be the musician's 72nd birthday. Museum officials say images of Dylan are included in its photography exhibit, "Kennedy to Kent State: Images of a Generation," which closes in June. ...
US warns of armed robbery threat in Bahamas
The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida's east coast. A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Nassau advises Americans living in and traveling to the islands to be on heightened alert to avoid being ...
NYC's new Refinery Hotel draws on hat factory past
A new boutique hotel in Manhattan's Garment District is paying homage to its past as a hat factory. The Refinery hotel at 63 W. 38th St. opened this week in a 1912 building that once housed a hat factory on its upper floors. The independently owned hotel with 197 rooms ...
Shameless? Rich moms' tactics to cut lines at Disney
According to reports, some wealthy Manhattan families have discovered a new way to skip the long lines at Walt Disney World — and likely found a new way to be despised by the "99-percenters." The New York Post is reporting some wealthy families are now hiring disabled people to pose ...
Cactuses tagged with graffiti in park near Tucson
National Park Service officials are trying to determine what can be done about graffiti spray-painted on cactuses and other objects along a hiking trail in Saguaro National Park near Tucson. Somebody used black paint to write acronyms and symbols on about 16 cactuses, signs and boulders along a trail in ...
Brooklyn's Little-known Buried Treasure
Green-Wood Cemetery lays claim to some of the country's most famous and infamous figures. The unlikely tourist destination is being highlighted in a new exhibition. (May 13)
Tourists Return to Once Flooded Argentine Town
A flood wiped out the resort town of Epecuen, Argentina 25 years ago. Now that the waters have receded, the surreal scene is drawing tourists back. (May 10)
Review: 'Aftershock' fun but by-the-numbers horror
Splat pack ringleader Eli Roth takes his gory roadshow south in "Aftershock," a lively but formulaic Chile-set chiller where a group of tourists finds themselves bloodied, bludgeoned and buried beneath a horrific earthquake. With Roth playing one of the leads and handing off directorial duties to Nicolas Lopez (Santos), the ...
Activists say wolf-killer is baiting the animals
A big game outfitter who shot and killed a collared wolf from Yellowstone National Park is intentionally luring the animals by leaving dead sheep carcasses in a pile, leaders of a wolf advocacy group said. "Make no mistake about that, it's definitely intentional baiting," Marc Cooke, president of Wolves of ...
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