AMSTERDAM -- Driving by farms with their brick barns and red tile roofs as opera played on the car radio was like being on a movie set. Was I really seeing windmills both modern and old, and a landscape dotted with cathedrals, and colorful wash on ...

Jay Nixon from several of the leadership positions he held under former Republican Gov. Matt Blunt. Since Nixon took office in January, Kinder no longer serves as chairman for state census, finance or tourism boards. Kinder and Nixon sometimes have ...

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(CNN) -- The sleaze, drugs and desperation allowed to fester in the heart of New York City in the 1970s and '80s may not have done much to foster civic pride, but it sure proved fertile ground for the movies, from the relative respectability of "Taxi ...

SAUCIER, Miss. - It's a six-mile winding drive through a corridor of pines and birches of the De Soto National Forest to Grand Bear Golf Course . Although just 40 minutes from Biloxi, it's worlds away from the glitz and ching-ching of casino slots ...

Heather Bailey gave up. After a year spent pursuing tickets to February's Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics through official sources, the Expedia employee from Federal Way, Wash., will put her dreams of attending a rare close-to-home Olympics in the ...

SEATTLE – Heather Bailey gave up. After a year spent pursuing tickets to February’s Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics through official sources, the Expedia employee from Federal Way will put her dreams of attending a rare close-to-home Olympics in ...

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Ed and Mary Dooley, of Sequim, have struggled with the CoSport ticket system for months. They finally got seats for two preliminary hockey games. Their collection of Olympic memorabilia includes this jersey from the 1980 gold-medal U.S. hockey team ...

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