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Tunisia-born baker makes best baguette
PARIS — If you want the best baguette in Paris, go see Ridha Khadher. The 42-year-old baker has been turning out the long, golden rods of bread since he was 15, and has just been awarded the Grand ...
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Associated Press Dr. Rod Block works with an elephant, checking its breathing, at the Meadowbrook Animal Sanctuary and Haven in Perris, Calif. "You have to be very much in tune with the being of the animal you are working with" said Block, who limits his work these days to house calls throughout Southern California, where he works with several veterinarians.
It takes a spine to benefit from chiropractic care
LOS ANGELES — Thirty years ago, Dr. Gene Giggleman was a veterinarian who thought chiropractors were quacks. Since then, he says he’s straightened out thousands of dogs and cats, not to mention the...
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Fans travel to attend music festivals
GULF SHORES, Ala. — Karen Pery doesn’t consider herself a jazz fan. Yet for each of the past four years, she’s spent $3,000 and flown nearly 4,000 miles (nearly 6,500 kilometers) roundtrip to atte...
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Quilts made and donated to veterans
DECATUR, Ill.  — Wanda Stickles and the Rock Springs quilters want Central Illinois Honor Flight World War II veterans to keep warm. Their production of 65 lap quilts goes to Honor Flight headqu...
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NJ city seeks to capitalize on its twin landmarks
PATERSON, N.J. — Mention America’s historic landmarks and most people will envision battlefields, statues or beautiful scenery, not a crumbling, graffiti-covered shell of a ball field surrounded by...
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Quilters want kids to know they are loved
BEATRICE, Neb.  — Extreme Quilters group in Beatrice have paused from sewing for their families to sew for children who have been taken from theirs. “The children have such excitement getting so...
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Nature becomes star in stamping of food
I was chopping vegetables for dinner recently when my 14-year-old daughter, Grace, disappeared with the unusable end of the bok choy. She returned five minutes later with paper, a stamping ink pad ...
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‘Burger Land’ all about best burgers
NEW YORK — If you love a good burger, you might think George Motz has the best job ever. He crisscrosses the country as the host of Travel Channel’s new series “Burger Land,” looking for the best b...
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Prom becomes red carpet moment
NEW YORK — You might as well roll out the red carpet in front of the school gymnasium or hotel ballroom and line it with parental paparazzi: Prom season provides many girls a chance to have their m...
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Something old
PEORIA, Ill. — When Samantha Zobrist viewed the wedding attire and accessories from 1870 to 1970 on display at the Flanagan House Museum, it appealed to her affinity for things of the past. On A...
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