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Pescador Island, Cebu
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Top 10 places off the beaten track
The members and editors of VirtualTourist.com have selected their "Top 10 Places off the beaten path". Reuters has not endorsed this list. | 1. Chile | Stretching 4270 km along the Pacific Ocean, Chil... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Steaming at the active summit lava dome on May 8, 2009 . Mount Redoubt, or Redoubt Volcano, is an active and recently eruptive stratovolcano in the largely volcanic Aleutian Range of the U.S. state of Alaska
Alaska   Lava   Photos   Volcano   Wikipedia: Alaska volcano  
 The Guardian 
Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air
RACHEL D'ORO | Associated Press= ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes has shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air in an ongoing eruption that has drawn attention from ... (photo: Creative Commons / Chris Waythomas)
(MIDWAY ATOLL) -- Rear Adm. Manson K. Brown (second from right) and Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (center) receive a brief by Coast Guard C-130 long-range search plane aviators, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009.Hirono accompanied Brown, the commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard District, to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to learn more about the Coast Guard's role in fisheries enforcement.(U.S. Coast Guard photo/Lt. John Titchen) (629684) ( Midway )  Huffington Post 
Immigration Debate Tightly Controlled By Key Senators
(Photo by Allison Shelley/Getty Images) | WASHINGTON -- For all the soothing words she heard from fellow Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii never had a chance to ... (photo: US Coastguard / U.S. Coast Guard photo/Lt. John Titchen)
Hawaii   Immigration   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Mazie Hirono  
Guatemala's former President Alfonso Portillo, center, is escorted in hand cuffs by National Police officers and representatives from the Commission Against Impunity, left, at an air force base at Guatemala City, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. Police captured fugitive Portillo in northern Guatemala Tuesday, a day after U.S. prosecutors indicted him on charges of laundering money stolen from foreign donations meant to buy children's books.  The New York Times 
Ex-Guatemalan President Extradited to U.S. in Corruption Case
MEXICO CITY — Guatemalan officials rousted an imprisoned former president on Friday, loaded him onto a jet and whisked him to New York to face long-pending corruption charges. | Enlarge This Image |... (photo: AP / Moises Castillo)
Alfonso Portillo   Guatemala   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: Alfonso Portillo  
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Biscuits in a tray - food Huffington Post
International Biscuit Festival Makes Us Feel Like We're All From The South (PHOTOS)
This May, Knoxville, Tennessee played host to the third International Biscuit Festival, paying homage to all things biscuit-related -- including stuffing your face with t... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Festival   Food   New Jersey   Photos   Wikipedia: International Biscuit Festival  
A child eat ice cream The Los Angeles Times
Ice cream tour delivers the scoop on L.A.
How early is too early for ice cream? How many scoops constitute too many scoops? | No doubt there are some who fret over such matters. | But none of them was on the big ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Ice Cream   Los Angeles   People   Photos   Wikipedia: Ice cream  
Cane chairs for outdoors - they are light weighted and easily movable Detroit news
Find the right insides for your outdoor furniture
Martha Stewart Comments | Eggs enriched with omega-3s are an option if you're trying to incorporate fatty acids into your diet. (Tony Cenicola/New York Times) | Q. I have... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Detroit   Diet   Home   Photos   Wikipedia: Furniture  
HameliaPatens - Firebush Star Telegram
The Garden Guru: Trusty candidates will get the job done
The job application reads, “Wanted: Plants that can survive drought, 110-degree days and baking Texas sun, and still come out smiling. Candidates should make thems... (photo: Public Domain)
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Papaya tree in a garden - fruit tree Detroit news
Try growing fruit trees in pots
| Home & Garden Television Comments | Zoom | The Meyer lemon comes from China. (Stock Xchange) | Even if you have limited space, you can still enjoy fresh fruit. Although... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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Shamshad Akhtar, Regional Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington DC, Food Security A Sustainable Strategy; World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa Marrakech, Morocco, 28 October 2010. Scoop
Global Economic Growth Sluggish, Prospect of Improvement
Friday, 24 May 2013, 9:44 am | Press Release: UN News | Global Economic Growth Still Sluggish, With Prospect of Gradual Improvement â€" UN Report | New York, May 23 2013 ... (photo: Creative Commons)
Economy   Photos   United Nations   Wikipedia: Economic growth   World  
File - Airmen of the 432d Air Expeditionary Wing surpassed the 600,000 flight hour mark in the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system Sept. 4, 2009, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The Independent
President Barack Obama defends drone strikes - but moves to rein them in
President Barack Obama combined a vigorous defence of his controversial use of drones with a no less impassioned demand for the closure of the notorious prison at Guantan... (photo: USAF / Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr)
Defence   Guantanamo   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp  
SAN DIEGO  An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector San Diego medically evacuates a passenger from a cruise ship 250 miles southwest of San Diego Feb. 6, 2011. At 4:45 p.m, the helicopter crew hoisted the cruise ship passenger and a nurse, who were then flown to the Sector to be transferred to awaiting emergency medical personnel. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Hunter Atherton. (1109376) ( 110206 G 0000X Coast Gaurd medevacs cruise ship passenger ) Huffington Post
Cruise Passenger Bill Of Rights Announced, Guarantees 'Safety, Comfort And Care'
NEW YORK (AP) — The cruise industry said Wednesday that it's adopting a passenger bill of rights that guarantees the "safety, comfort and care" of guests. | The bill of... (photo: US Coastguard / Lt. Hunter Atherton.)
Food   Industry   Photos   Travel   Wikipedia: Cruiser  
TRASH CANS IN THE PARK Denver Post
Budget cuts mean longer lines and overflowing trash cans at parks
Enchanted Rock in Texas is one of almost 8,000 state parks in the nation. Many state and national parks face budget cutbacks that will affect visitors this summer. (Photo... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Garbage   Photos   Texas   Wikipedia: Trash   Wildlife  
James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court, Monday, July 23, 2012, in Centennial, Colo. Fox31 Denver
Rules for insanity plea are unconstitutional James Holmes’ lawyers say
CENTENNIAL, Colo. –There was another hearing in the Aurora theater massacre case Thursday. It was about determining his constitutional rights since he changed his p... (photo: AP / Denver Post, RJ Sangosti)
Colorado   Crime   Lawmaker   Photos   Wikipedia: James Eagan Holmes  
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaking to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Newsday
Cameron: Britain won't succumb to terror
LONDON -- Prime Minister vowed Thursday that his nation would not succumb to fear and promised a vigorous investigation into the brutal slaying of a British soldier by al... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant)
Britain   Defense   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: 2013 Woolwich attack  
Politics Telecom
- Bracks's parting gig spoils New York move
- President Obama Warns That Sexual Assaults Threaten Military
- Close Call Between Airliner, Military Helicopter
- Senator: Fire Commanders Allowing Sex Assault
(MIDWAY ATOLL) -- Rear Adm. Manson K. Brown (second from right) and Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (center) receive a brief by Coast Guard C-130 long-range search plane aviators, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009.Hirono accompanied Brown, the commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard District, to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to learn more about the Coast Guard's role in fisheries enforcement.(U.S. Coast Guard photo/Lt. John Titchen) (629684) ( Midway )
Immigration Debate Tightly Controlled By Key Senators
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- People in Business - May 26, 2013
- Social media mistakes made by small businesses
U.S. academic and polemicist Noam Chomsky, left, speaks at Jordan's University in Amman, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, during an online lecture with Bir Zeit University in the West Bank.
Video: Jeremy Scahill & Noam Chomsky on Secret U.S. Dirty Wars From Laos to Yemen to Pakistan
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- Bracks's parting gig spoils New York move
- Silex Systems gets closer to nuclear ambitions
- Coast Guard's commander nears year on new job
- Close Call Between Airliner, Military Helicopter
1/1/2012, New Year, Fireworks in KLCC, Malaysia.
Summer music festivals in the Gunnison-Crested Butte area
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- Report: New Rutgers AD Julie Hermann abused players as Tenne
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- How Jerry Brown Saved California
TRASH CANS IN THE PARK
Budget cuts mean longer lines and overflowing trash cans at parks
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- Marathon Oil highlights its Eagle Ford production
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- UN expert urges help for Japan's nuclear victims
- Telkonet finds market niche in saving energy for hotels
In this Feb. 12, 2010 file photo, Charles Solomon with Barclays Capital, left, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Stocks mixed as investors reassess Fed worries
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- Creditors object in Coda case
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Chinese tourists' spending in the U.S. takes off
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