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Kid-Friendly Las Vegas Hotels
Kid-Friendly Las Vegas Hotels: Top 10 Las Vegas hotels that cater to kids and families. Reasons to Love California, Including the Requisite Paean to Alice Waters and Gushing Account of the Ferry Plaza Market
Annie hearts Hayes St Grill po'boys By Mollie Chen The genial woman behind the Avis counter paused and looked at me. "You know," she said, "you can get a Prius for the same price." Sold. As I smugly approached our...
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.
Greenpeace Takes On Heathrow
Last week, Greenpeace announced that it had bought up a plot of land intended for Heathrow's proposed third runway. The environmental group intends to distribute the land among thousands of its supporters in an attempt to stymie Heathrow's expansion.
Valentine's Day Getaways
Can't think of a Valentine's Day gift for him or for her? Give a weekend Valentine's Day getaway instead.
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