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    Mar 4, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  1. Seneca Rocks is a West Virginia landmark with rich climbing history

    SENECA ROCKS, W.Va. - It is hard to miss Seneca Rocks.
    SENECA ROCKS, W.Va. - It is hard to miss Seneca Rocks. It is a giant slab of bare white sandstone with sheer cliffs, towering 900 feet above the surrounding valley in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia's eastern panhandle. It is one of the most...

    Tags: U.S. Army, North Fork, Climbing, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    2. Feb 18, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  2. Oracle CEO buys Lanai, plans big changes

    No man is an island, but Larry Ellison comes close.
    No man is an island, but Larry Ellison comes close. Last year, Ellison bought 98 percent of Lanai for more than $500 million. Despite a wispy beard and penchant for black outfits that make him look like a devil, he's mostly being hailed as a white knight...

    Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation, Warren Buffett, Sports, Golf

    3. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  3. Top 10 overlooked stunning buildings

    While most travelers know to visit the Musee d'Orsay while in Paris or the Guggenheim Museum when in New York City, there are hundreds of buildings that get overlooked, either because of their location or simply the number of sites in the city deemed worth seeing. With jaw-dropping structures in mind, the members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com have put together a list of the "Top 10 Overlooked Stunning Buildings."
    While most travelers know to visit the Musee d'Orsay while in Paris or the Guggenheim Museum when in New York City, there are hundreds of buildings that get overlooked, either because of their location or simply the number of sites in the city deemed...

    Tags: Morocco, Willem-Alexander, Brussels (Belgium), UNESCO, Islam

    4. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  4. Ukraine's Balaklava Bay base designed to get in the last shot of World War III

    SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine - For a place scripted for a starring role in the end of the world, Balaklava Bay puts on a pretty face.
    SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine - For a place scripted for a starring role in the end of the world, Balaklava Bay puts on a pretty face. With its string of seafood restaurants and cafes along the waterfront looking out at prim sailboats and humming powerboats...

    Tags: Emergency Incidents, Ukraine, Russia, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    5. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  5. Museum devoted to salt resides deep below Hutchinson, Kan.

    HUTCHINSON, Kan. - We descended into the belly of the Earth.
    HUTCHINSON, Kan. - We descended into the belly of the Earth. "It's going to take us just a couple of minutes to go underground. Does anybody have a problem going down in the dark?" our cheerful guide asked. "Yes!" I screamed in my head. But I said...

    Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Salt (movie), Tylenol (drug), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

    6. Nov 20, 2012 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  6. Big Island's lush, isolated North Kohala nurtures music and arts

    HAWI, Hawaii - You don't get to North Kohala unless you mean to, or you've made a wrong turn.
    HAWI, Hawaii - You don't get to North Kohala unless you mean to, or you've made a wrong turn. All the better for local musicians and artists to hide away and find their Polynesian muses. This lush district at the Big Island of Hawaii's north shore is...

    Tags: Transportation, Arts, Music Industry, Road Transportation, Music

    7. Nov 20, 2012 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. Presidential pillows: Famous hotels where U.S. chief executives have bedded down

    Warren Harding died here" doesn't quite have the tourist draw of "Washington slept here," but for the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, the distinction of being the only hotel where a president of the United States drew his last breath is enough to put it into the pantheon of presidential sleep spots.
    Warren Harding died here" doesn't quite have the tourist draw of "Washington slept here," but for the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, the distinction of being the only hotel where a president of the United States drew his last breath is enough to put it...

    Tags: Ronald Reagan, Benjamin Harrison, Raquel Welch, Personal Service, Gerald Ford

    8. Nov 20, 2012 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  8. The National WWII Museum showcases tales of terror and bravery

    NEW ORLEANS - Marine Lt. Leonard Isaaks Jr. was killed on Feb. 20, 1945, during the battle for the Japanese island Iwo Jima. All you really need to know about his death is contained in the painstakingly printed letter found on his body:
    NEW ORLEANS - Marine Lt. Leonard Isaaks Jr. was killed on Feb. 20, 1945, during the battle for the Japanese island Iwo Jima. All you really need to know about his death is contained in the painstakingly printed letter found on his body: Dear Daddy,...

    Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Restaurants, Armed Forces, Holidays, Andrews Sisters (music group)

    9. Nov 20, 2012 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. D.C.'s International Spy Museum salutes '50 years of Bond Villains'

    WASHINGTON - Do you have what it takes to be James Bond?
    WASHINGTON - Do you have what it takes to be James Bond? You can test yourself at the new exhibit "Exquisitely Evil: 50 years of Bond Villains," which just opened at the International Spy Museum. It runs through 2014. The character of James Bond was...

    Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Movies, Ian Fleming, Central Intelligence Agency, George W. Bush

    10. Aug 13, 2012 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  10. A return to New Orleans and its delicious, affordable cuisine

    NEW ORLEANS - On Bourbon Street, stout men in narrow-brimmed hats strummed loud music from bars on opposite sides of the street, battling for the attention of passersby. Neatly dressed touts fanned out from strip-club doors, urging men to step within, smiling with well-oiled cheer. I snapped a photo of a woman in one doorway who appeared to be clad in little more below the waist than a strategically placed patch, and as I walked on, a young man followed me, calling out, "Hey, I saw you taking the picture. You want to hook up with any of them?"
    NEW ORLEANS - On Bourbon Street, stout men in narrow-brimmed hats strummed loud music from bars on opposite sides of the street, battling for the attention of passersby. Neatly dressed touts fanned out from strip-club doors, urging men to step within,...

    Tags: Restaurants, Tourism and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Steaks

    11. Nov 12, 2012 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  11. Concord, Mass., is the location of famous graves - inside and out of local cemeteries

    CONCORD, Mass. - The "Shot heard round the world" hit and killed someone. The man who wrote that line decades later desired a simple burial and instead rests under a massively gaudy headstone.
    CONCORD, Mass. - The "Shot heard round the world" hit and killed someone. The man who wrote that line decades later desired a simple burial and instead rests under a massively gaudy headstone. Concord is best known as the site of the first battle of...

    Tags: Arts, Wars and Interventions, Revolutions, Louisa May Alcott , American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

    12. May 10, 2012 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  12. 5 cool places on the North Carolina coast you won't find anywhere else

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. — OK, you walked in the ocean and got sand in your picnic snacks. Now what?
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. — OK, you walked in the ocean and got sand in your picnic snacks. Now what? There's more than beach to see on the North Carolina coast. Check out these one-of-a-kind attractions for a surfside side trip that's amazing, fun for the...

    Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Fossils, Hatteras, Horse (animal), Paleontology

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