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Lessons I learned while my daughter and I lived with the dead

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Oct. 6, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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A teen mom story that’s not on MTV

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Fuerewerk! New Year’s Eve in Germany

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Jan. 15, 2011   Leave a Comment  

S-Bahn sign in Karow, a small village on the periphery of East Berlin. (Taylor M. Miles for Blast Magazine)

New Year’s started with a bang

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Scollay Square’s gift

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Feb. 1, 2010   1 Comment  

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What remains from old Boston? Not the Howard Athenaeum.

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Generation Y goes home for the holidays

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Dec. 26, 2009   1 Comment  

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A Blast writer goes home from Boston to the Midwest. Shenanigans ensue.

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One click reveals 6,000 years of history

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Dec. 8, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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The online Virtual Museum of Iraq is an Italian gem

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There’s “snope” place like home

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Dec. 6, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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No, Mickey Mouse is not the mayor

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Hadrian’s Academy unearthed?

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Nov. 19, 2009   7 Comments  

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“Good” emperor’s place of knowledge thought to be found during subway excavation

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Pausing on local history

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July 11, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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July 4 has come and gone, but one local expert urges our generation not to forget.

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