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Italian Gourmet
Italian Gourmet: Pictures of the Manchebo Beach Resort. Bring Donations For Kids
Heading to a resort in a tropical country? Often, such countries are home to many needy kids. Why not pack some school supplies, baby clothes, toys, or other gifts... "Miracle on the Hudson"
Conde Nast Traveler aviation correspondent Barbara Peterson learned how to ditch an aircraft as part of a flight attendant training course she underwent a few years ago. She shares her take on yesterday's incredible events--a USAirways flight landing in the...
Disney's Value Resorts
The least expensive of the Disney World resorts, Disney's Value resorts put you in the middle of the magic for less. You'll forgo luxuries, but enjoy colorful Disney theming. Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard?
While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
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