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| New York: Ellis Island immigrants' oral histories go online |
| NEW YORK - Lawrence Meinwald's voice starts shaking when he recalls the first time he saw the Statue of Liberty.It was 1920, and the young Polish boy was on a ship with his family, headed to Ellis Island and a new life in America."It... |
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Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:15 a.m. |
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| Ask Lonely Planet: Options aplenty when exploring Hawaii |
| My partner and I are spending three weeks exploring the West Coast of the United States and flying home via Hawaii. We are basing ourselves at Waikiki Beach for four nights. How easy is it to get to the other islands and what would... |
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Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:45 a.m. |
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| Desktop globetrotter: September 2 |
| BURNING MAN FESTIVAL: Right now, in the baking heat of Nevada's Black Rock Desert, an event quite unlike any other is underway. The Burning Man Festival, a week-long celebration of all that is avant-garde and spectacular, is... |
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Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00 p.m. |
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| Gore: Southern men turn to art and fashion |
| Gore might have one of the least appealing names on the planet, but this pint-sized Southland town is proving a hit with everyone from European art fanatics to Auckland fashionistas.There's certainly a lot more to it than a large... |
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Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00 p.m. |
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| Silk Road: Monk's quest ends at place of peace |
| A song bird in a cage that hung from the trees trilled a cheerful welcome as I approached the towering Big Wild Goose Pagoda in China's ancient capital of Xian.More birds joined in, several of them also in cages, but many more... |
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Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| Mauritius the melting pot |
| People panic quietly when I tell them I'm going to Mauritius. Their eyes slide sideways as they think, "Where is that? Should I know? Is it in the Caribbean?" Eyes clear a little when I explain smugly, "It's an island over near Madagascar.... |
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Published: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00 p.m. |
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