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The Staves to Travel the Country as Part of "The Austin To Boston Tour"; Acclaimed English Sibling Trio Joins Forces ...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:52:00 -0800
NEW YORK, NY-- - Following their immensely successful US tour as support to The Civil Wars, Atlantic recording group The Staves are pleased to announce plans for another US tour. The UK-based sibling trio ...
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Growth in RV use bodes well for this week's camper show in Grand Rapids

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:10:15 -0800
GRAND RAPIDS — Large trailers, small trailers, fifth-wheels and motorhomes will pack DeVos Place starting Thursday when the Grand Rapids Camper, Travel & RV Show opens.
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Jan. 27, 1888: National Geographic Society Gets Going

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:45:31 -0800
1888: Bound together by an enthusiasm for geography and travel, a small cadre of distinguished businessmen, explorers, scientists and scholars officially incorporates the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.
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'The Man Within My Head,' review: Traveling companions

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:11:15 -0800
View full sizeSpecial to The Oregonian"The Man Within My Head," by Pico IyerTHE MAN WITHIN MY HEADPico Iyer Knopf $25.95, 256 pages As a writer, Graham Greene was a one-man travel industry, rivaled only by Ernest Hemingway among 20th-century writers...
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Deen and North vs South

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:47:37 -0800
Georgia's down-home diva Paula Deen was this week treated to an unhealthy serving of self-satisfied condescension after she admitted she has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes . But nowhere was the response more unsavory than on the New York food scene with its resident lothario Anthony Bourdain leading the assault.
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US, French libraries swap digital film, TV content

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:22:55 -0800
BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press WASHINGTON The Library of Congress and France's national audio-visual archive announced plans Wednesday to exchange up to 500 hours of digitized film and TV shows that reflect how the United States and France have portrayed each other in media. The agreement between the world's largest library in Washington and the French Institut National de l' Audiovisuel will ...
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USF Post-Doc Program "A Real Credential Booster"

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:19:26 -0800
In challenging times, provost's initiative provides a welcome new path to professoriate, professions.
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‘Troubleshooting’ our relationship with nature

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:03:10 -0800
By: Melanie Wiesen CORRESPONDENT The subtropical wilderness of the Everglades and - so quintessentially Florida and - couldn't be farther removed from the concrete jungles of New York and Philadelphia that artist Mark Dion calls home. ... ;
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