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24 sensational sand sculptures
These beach-born works of art go above and beyond your typical sand castle. Check out these sensational sand sculptures.
US announces recovery of missing Nazi diary
U.S. authorities have recovered about 400 handwritten pages from the wartime diary of a key Nazi adviser to Adolf Hitler after a 17-year search for the documents, officials said Thursday. Alfred Rosenberg played a significant role in the slaughter of millions of Jews and other non-Aryans considered inferior under the ...
Carnival Triumph returns to scheduled sailing
A Carnival Cruise Lines ship is to weigh anchor four months after an engine fire left it to drift for days in the Gulf of Mexico. The nearly 900-foot Carnival Triumph is scheduled to sail Thursday from Galveston on a sold-out four-night cruise to Mexico and the western Caribbean. The ...
IRS official apologizes for lavish $4M conference
An Internal Revenue Service official whose division staged a lavish $4.1 million training conference and who starred as Mr. Spock in a "Star Trek" parody shown at the 2010 gathering conceded to Congress on Thursday that taxpayer dollars were wasted in the episode. "We're now in a very different environment" ...
Lawsuit: Prostitutes beat NJ woman in Fla. hotel
A vacation getaway to a swanky South Beach hotel turned into a nightmare for a southern New Jersey woman when she was mistaken for a hooker and beaten up by actual prostitutes who saw her as competition, the woman and her husband claim in a federal lawsuit. Thirty-four-year-old Anna Burgese ...
Concorde flies into the history books, 10 years ago
It was a wonder of aerospace engineering, a supersonic plane that could slash the flight time between New York and London from eight hours to three and a half. But 10 years ago, the Concorde flew its last flights, eventually landing in museums like the Smithsonian. Many average travelers didn't ...
Staycations all around the US
Did you get a chance to read my post on 5 things to do for free during your Los Angeles staycation? You don't have to go far to enjoy some time off. With more and more people living on a tight budget, staycations have become a popular way to spend time ...
12 great Memorial Day getaways
We've rounded up 12 convenient Memorial Day escapes from coast to coast to ensure that you spend more time enjoying your blues festival (or pool party) than you do deciding where to go. Thinking about taking a break for Memorial Day? Now is the time to start planning. To point ...
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 ...
Creepy ghost town comes up for air
A strange ghost town that spent a quarter century under water is coming up for air again in the Argentine farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires.
A look at the high speed animals of the ocean
Swift sea-life is the focus at the California Academy of Sciences newest exhibition.
Presidential libraries across the U.S.
As the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum gets ready to open in University Park, Texas, we take a look at all 13 U.S. presidential libraries across the country. Patriots, make your vacation plans.
Fans travel far and wide to attend music festivals
Photos of fans who travel great distances to attend music festivals. There are about 270 festivals of various types annually in the U.S., and worldwide there are more than 800 in 57 countries, according to Pollstar.
Wet, wild water festival rings in Thai new year
The Songkran water festival in Thailand leaves revelers soaked.
A bear, tiger and lion live together in Ga. sanctuary
Where can you find a bear playing with a tiger, a lion confiscated from a drug dealer, a monkey named Elvis and more than a thousand other animals? All of them call Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary home. "All of Noah's Ark's animals are rescued in one form or another," Allison ...
Bear, tiger and lion live as siblings at Ga. sanctuary
Where can you find a bear playing with a tiger, a lion confiscated from a drug dealer, a monkey named Elvis and more than a thousand other animals? All of them call Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary home.
What to see, do at Busch Gardens in Tampa
Busch Gardens has plenty to see and do on a trip to the Tampa amusement park.
Tour Cincinnati's newest casino
Tour The Horseshoe Casino in downtown Cincinnati held a Media preview inside the casino Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. The casino will open to the public March 4.
Lantern festival lights up the sky
Thousands of lanterns lit up the sky in New Taipei, Taiwan, on Feb. 17, 2013, as part of the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival, the finale to the two-week Chinese Lunar New Year celebration.
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