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Dale Chihuly's 'Glass House' shines in Seattle
Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:56:12 AM CST
(Reuters) - Pioneering glass artist Dale Chihuly, whose work has been shown in over 200 museums worldwide, will be honored in his home city Seattle when "Chihuly Garden and Glass" opens on Monday,...
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Google's Schmidt challenges: no screen time for 1 hour a day
Sunday, May 20, 2012 2:45:51 PM CST
(Reuters) - Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt challenged college graduates on Sunday to take the radical step -- at least for their generation -- of tearing their eyes away from their...
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Wanted: A dog to marry Lucky and help others in need
Friday, May 18, 2012 4:49:51 PM CST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a midtown Manhattan hotel, a very special bride-to-be named Lucky, decked out in a frilly pink dress, recently celebrated her impending nuptials with friends over champagne,...
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Hatay, Turkey
Friday, May 18, 2012 8:17:35 AM CST
HATAY, Turkey (Reuters) - With thousands of refugees now taking shelter in Hatay after fleeing violence just across the border in their Syrian homeland, Turkey's panhandle province has been in the...
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Travel Picks: Top 10 graduate destinations
Friday, May 18, 2012 8:46:00 AM CST
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - You're in the final phase of revision before exams and the glorious release from academia. Soon it will be time for graduates to celebrate the successful completion of their...
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Fiat's Elkann gets behind the wheel for Mille Miglia
Friday, May 18, 2012 1:06:48 AM CST
BRESCIA, Italy (Reuters) - John Elkann, the media-shy chairman of one of the world's biggest car companies, got behind the wheel and demonstrated his driving skills on Thursday in Italy's legendary...
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LVMH looks to burnish Vuitton mystique and buoy sales
Friday, May 18, 2012 9:55:29 AM CST
PARIS (Reuters) - French luxury giant LVMH is struggling to retain its image as exclusive and high-end creators of $10,000 alligator handbags and goat-lined fur coats, while opening enough stores and...
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Italian university switches to English for success
Friday, May 18, 2012 9:39:17 AM CST
MILAN (Reuters) - Italians do it better. At least that's what the T-shirts say. The problem is in what language?
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Kenya's 2012 tourism earnings to dip on euro crisis, attacks
Friday, May 18, 2012 8:10:24 AM CST
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's white sandy beaches look set to have fewer visitor footprints meandering over them this year.
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Storied battleship making final port call in Los Angeles
Friday, May 18, 2012 10:51:59 AM CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The USS Iowa, which ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the perilous Atlantic waters to a historic meeting with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in the...