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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.
Intrepid Travel Offers 'Roots of Obama' Tour Of Kenya
If taking a safari is in your travel plans, check out Intrepid Travel's 'Roots of Obama' tour of Kenya. The 8-day trip includes a visit to Barack Obama's... Chicago Celebrates Holidays on Halsted
The heart of GLBT Chicago's Lakeview/Boystown neighborhood, Halsted Street is the site of Holiday on Halsted on Saturday, December 6, from 1 until 5 pm. This festive seasonal event sponsored... 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. Cinderella's Bedroom
Picture of Cinderella's bedroom in her castle in Disney World, where a lucky family gets to stay every night.
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