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While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
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Picture of Cinderella's bedroom in her castle in Disney World, where a lucky family gets to stay every night. Will you need a supervised kids' program at your Disney World resort?
Take the Disney World Hotels test, a quick and fun quiz that helps you select the best hotel for your next trip. This question is: Will you use a supervised kids' program? Madonna Inn - Cloud Nine - Photos of the Madonna Inn - Rooms at the Madonna Inn
Cloud Nine: Favorite rooms in the Madonna Inn, a unique California hotel. Hotel Del Coronado
One woman who died in the Hotel Del Coronado still waits for her husband to return.
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