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Disney World Hotels
Disney World hotels let you stay in the middle of the magic - but which one is right for you? Get an overview of the Disney World hotels and pick the perfect hotel for your next vacation. Could You Survive an Airplane Crash Over Water?
Yesterday's miraculous Hudson River landing of US Airways Flight 1549 has given rise to all kinds of speculation about the chances of surviving a similar crash.
About.com's own Guide to Air... Coral by Hilton Dominican Republic - Pictures of the Hiltons in the Dominican Republic - Hilton Dominican Republic
Pictures of the four Coral by Hilton Dominican Republic all-inclusive resorts. Jamaica: Beyond the Beach
I was updating material on Jamaica resorts this week, which reminded me of our own trip there a few years back, and how fascinating it was to learn a... Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard?
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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