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Sandy-damaged Statue of Liberty to reopen in July

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March 20   Leave a Comment  

In a Nov. 30, 2012, file photo, parts of the brick walkway of Liberty Island that were damaged in Superstorm Sandy are shown during a tour of New York's Liberty Island. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, announced on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, that the Statue of Liberty is scheduled to reopen by Independence Day, about eight months after it was closed because of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Near 100 mph wind gusts struck iconic statue’s island

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Journey to India

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Dec. 3, 2012   1 Comment  

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See something new

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Foo Fighters Tour Diary, International Edition: 08/21/12, Tennent’s Vital Festival

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Oct. 21, 2012   Leave a Comment  

Tennent's Vital

The only time I’ll ever wear a poncho in the pit.

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Foo Fighters Tour Diary, International Edition: 08/15/12, Prague

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Sept. 13, 2012   Leave a Comment  

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In which I actually bring my camera to a show and freak out about rarities

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Will Mt. St. Helens become a national park?

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Aug. 5, 2012   1 Comment  

Advocates of making Mt. St. Helens into a national park say it would ensure a larger funding pool for visitor services and amenities and spur more visitation, which would in turn mean more business for struggling local communities (iStockPhoto)

The debate goes on

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Atlantic City’s new Revel is all substance, no style

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July 7, 2012   Leave a Comment  

The Social nightclub in Revel

Wander in. Wander out.

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Nights in Bordeaux

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May 15, 2012   1 Comment  

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Where to go for drinking, dancing, and Frenchie nightlife culture

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Bare feet: Finding beauty, truth and virtue in South India

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April 26, 2012   1 Comment  

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For Blast writer, a new beginning

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The in-between

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March 19, 2012   Leave a Comment  

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A Blast writer, in Iceland, finds herself on the edge of two continents

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A capital getaway to D.C.

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March 12, 2012   5 Comments  

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Packing centuries’ worth of history into one day

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Gettin’ outta town — to Newburyport

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Dec. 11, 2011   1 Comment  

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North Shore escape

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Making new Cape memories at Falmouth’s Sea Crest Beach Hotel

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Oct. 8, 2011   2 Comments  

Step out of your room and right onto the beach (Blast staff photo/John M. Guilfoil)

Feels like the Cape should be

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Blast’s WorkAway #2: Of cows, Nietzsche, and language, Week 1 in Switzerland

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July 21, 2011   2 Comments  

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Injury won’t stop Greg

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Blast’s WorkAway #1: Somewhere over the Atlantic

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July 14, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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12 countries. 12 months. The journey begins.

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The Yishipdae are coming

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July 6, 2011   1 Comment  

Seoul at night (Media credit/lroderick7 via Flickr)

You thought you came out of your shell in college…

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Summertime, and the living’s Irish

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June 28, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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St. Swithin’s Day is coming

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Literary vestiges, inviting outdoors in Yorkshire’s Haworth

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May 17, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Sightseeing in the home of Emily and Charlotte Brontë

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State Department warns travelers of anti-American violence after bin Laden’s death

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May 2, 2011   Leave a Comment  

The State Department put American embassies around the world on alert as it issued a travel warning about the possibility of anti-American outbursts in the wake of al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of American special forces in Pakistan. The worldwide travel alert was posted early Monday morning, shortly after President Barack [...]

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Forget the Hilton and sleep in a giant…dog? Discover these five weird hotels

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Jan. 28, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Sleep inside man's best friend at Idaho's Dog Bark Park Inn

These hotels are not just a place to sleep — they’re the destination

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Lost in Bogota’s beauty and darkness

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Oct. 21, 2010   7 Comments  

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God made it beautiful. Man made it dark.

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