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Skyrocketing health care prices have led a growing number of countries to follow Britain’s example when asking the hardest of questions: How much is life worth?
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The advent of the holidays has caused the following to occur: A song titled "The Twelve Days After Christmas" has been banned from sixth-grade performances in Plano, Tex., after a parent complained. The song, which had been performed for years, includes the lyrics: The first...(more)
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Two historians of antiquity -- one Irish, the other Indian -- are sharing the $1 million Kluge Prize, the Library of Congress is scheduled to announce today. Peter Robert Lamont Brown, 73, a professor of history at Princeton, is on sabbatical while writing a book...(more)
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submitted by Lisa 8 weeks 3 days 6 hours 39 minutes ago
Once upon a time, vacations remained true to the Latin root of the word - empty. After vacating one's home and voiding one's schedule, you emptied your mind while slurping an alcoholic slushie from a bendy straw.
But lately the travel industry has been seized by a...(more)
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A D.C.-based program aimed at fighting childhood obesity said yesterday it will receive a $400,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Summit Health Institute for Research and Education will partner with six agencies and community groups to reduce childhood obesity in the District, with...(more)
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GETTING THERE: To get to the America on Wheels museum in Allentown, Pa., take Interstate 95 north for about 75 miles, then I-476 north for about 57 miles. Go east on U.S. 22 for five miles, then take PA 145 south for almost two miles,...(more)
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Do your research. Check with historical societies and your local library to see what historical events might have happened in your area. Get permission from your parents. You don't want to mess up a carefully landscaped garden. Never dig on public property; ask your parents...(more)
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Four-dollar gas has fueled a boom in the number of Bay Area drivers shedding some wheels to cut their commuting costs.
This year's soaring gas prices have spurred a growing number of motorists to park, or even sell, their cars, and instead use two- or sometimes three-wheeled...(more)
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When you gaze at Stonehenge, it's impossible not to ask, "What, when, where, who and why?" But even experts can't unravel the entire mystery of this ancient ring of huge stones in southern England. However, they keep trying. Earlier this year, Geoffrey Wainwright and Tim...(more)
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Two months before Barack Obama won the election, Dionne Warwick asked the largest hotel in Washington to hold space for her inaugural party. The Newseum, the newest potential party venue along Pennsylvania Avenue, was booked by New York promoter Jay Norris a month before Election...(more)
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The housing crisis has kept thousands of older Americans from moving into retirement communities.
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