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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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"The economy" is putting a pall on a lot of plans this year, but family vacation town Orlando, Florida doesn't want to be crossed off anybody's list. Orlando frequently has... Airfare Specials this Week
I actually said "wow" out loud when I saw the sheer depth of airfare specials available for sale this week. Some even have travel dates that extend to summer and... Global Culinary School: Learn along the way
You'll find that culinary learning vacations are a great way to marinate yourself in local culture, make new friends, and impress old ones.
A Cookbook for the Google Generation
By Mollie Chen I've got shelf upon shelf of cookbooks at home - everything from Julia Child's classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking to Michel Richard's gorgeous Happy in the Kitchen - plus dozens more squirreled away in my...
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