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Traveling with your canine companion may be a treat, but muddy paws and sopping fur are not part of the attraction. A regular towel may clean the dog, but you’re likely to get your hands and clothes mucky by the time you’re done. Soggy Dog Towels are my paws-down favorite solution. The big 27-inch by 39-inch pet towels have deep hand pockets jutting out of all four corners, so you can keep your hands clean no matter how yuck the muck as you wipe down Fido. The terrycloth cotton ... Quick Read |
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From Miami Herald
Until recently, Baja California’s culinary contribution to the world amounted to the Caesar salad, a dish hardly associated with Mexican food. Beyond that, this long, thin peninsula was known more for its Chinese food and pizza thanks to the thousands of migrants from all over the world who began to settle the Mexican state south of California in the 19th century.
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The interior of the late artist Taro Okamoto’s Tower of the Sun, a rarely seen part of the symbol of the 1970 Japan World Exposition held in Osaka Prefecture, is to be permanently opened to the public as early as fiscal 2014.
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Good service at a hotel takes effort, teamwork, savvy — and no small amount of intuition. Sometimes it’s a matter of having so many things taken care of in advance, a guest hardly knows what he’s missing. Sometimes, if all those things aren’t quite in place, or there are hiccups, it can mean listening well, rolling with the punches and responding quickly to make amends, no matter what.
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From Miami Herald
I’m so sorry for your loss. Airlines routinely refund even nonrefundable tickets when passengers die. But your request came during the last part of the merger between Continental Airlines and United Airlines, and it involved switching to a different reservation system for the company. So, while the representatives you repeatedly contacted may have wanted to transfer the name on your deceased husband’s ticket to yours, it may have been difficult, if not impossible.
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From Miami Herald
Past the coffee-shop uncles having a good smoke with their afternoon beers, past the giant table of pungent durians, past the provision shop shelves crammed with sponges, incense and other household necessities, my friend Jeanette and I strolled, keeping our eyes peeled for signs of fashion.
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ATLANTA - Key events in 1963, from organized protests in Alabama to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, galvanized the civil rights movement that eventually toppled Jim Crow laws in the South. The 50th anniversary of those events is a great time to visit sites pivotal to the end of Southern segregation and that reflect on key events in African-American history.
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Central Florida’s theme parks will have a spate of new attractions opening over the next three months as Autobots take on Decepticons, the animal tribes of Chima battle over “chi,” pirates battle over treasure, penguins open their 30-degree home to visitors (Brrr!), space shuttle Atlantis goes on display, and the characters of Madagascar come to life.
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A line of goats walked toward us, their bells ringing. A waterfall gurgled. The steeply pitched mountain farm angled down sharply below us. The goats headed downhill, then leaped over a stream through the grass, which looked like green velvet.
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From Miami Herald
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space.
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