Why do we search for something greater than our existence itself? What makes us crave the unknown, the unexplored? Since the beginning of time, humanity as a whole has always tried to better itself...
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Recently, I found myself sitting at a small, child-size table at a hotel in Istanbul with a short but well-built 44-year-old American wearing pookah shells. He was a native New Yorker—grew up...
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Sydney (dpa) - British backpacker Scott Osbourne was sleeping
under the stars on an Australian east-coast beach when a four-wheel-
drive ran over him.
"I've g...
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Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - More than 4 million people celebrated the
start of 2008 in Rio de Janeiro with marathon parties on the beach.
Half of them assembled on Copaca...
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Q. I plan to take my MP3 player, digital camera and cell phone to the beach this summer. How can I protect them from damage?A. If you follow a few commonsense tips, you can hit the sand and surf wi...
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Recently stuck at Guantanamo, I joined a group of my fellow journalists for a beach barbecue near our barracks-style quarters on the sleepy side of this U.S. naval base.As we grilled burgers and to...
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Arusha, Tanzania (dpa) - Giraffes graze serenely on the steep
hillsides, Massai tribal villages nestle in the hills and countless
elephants, zebras and gnus can be seen wand...
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Castel di Tusa, Italy (dpa) - In a memorable scene from Akira
Kurosawa's 1990 movie Dreams, a man wanders around the paintings of
Vincent Van Gogh. At the Atelier Sul Mare h...
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Along the sandy sliver that is Hawaii's world-famous Waikiki Beach, waves sometimes reach all the way across the beach to touch solid land.At some points, the sparkling sand is wide enough for only...
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Willow trees lining the Mazomanie nude beach on the Wisconsin River have been removed to reduce alleged sexual activity and provide more sun for nesting turtles, the state Department of Natural Res...
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The Beach Boys used to sing about endless summers. These days, at least two of them seem to be caught up in endless litigation. The latest round came Tuesday when a judge rejected Beach Boys' singe...
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