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The remains of six people who were on board a tourist helicopter when it crashed on a scenic Hawaiian island ...
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The high water that devastated Venice this month — flooding its streets, its squares, its landmark churches — has prompted ...
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In 2013, Hana Tova, then 22, left the United States to teach English in South Korea — becoming one of ...
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It was a warm August evening in Evanston, Ill., just north of Chicago, when the Wienermobile rolled out the red ...
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