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- 2 stuck aboard Miami fair ride; rescue workers trying to figure out how to get them down
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- Ancient Greek artifacts go on display in Rome after being returned by the Met
- Smithsonian’s Natural History museum opens $21 million permanent exhibit on human evolution
- London’s Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift, telling story of pride and prejudice
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- New Paris Sex-hibit bares all: erotic ceramics from ancient Peru tell story about elite power
- Smithsonian receives rare Harriet Tubman collection for national black history museum
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- National Park Service predicts DC’s peak cherry blossom bloom will start April 3
- National Park Service to predict peak bloom dates for DC’s cherry blossom festival
- Reunion of ancient scroll fragments illuminates missing link in Bible’s evolution
- Boom amid bust: Many museums see increase in visitors during tough times while funding drops
- Boom amid bust: Museums seek more visitors in tough times while funding declines
- Discredited Dutch collector owned many fakes, but 1 genuine Van Gogh now authenticated
- Newly authenticated Van Gogh unveiled, once owned by oft-hoodwinked and discredited collector
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- Rome exhibit showcases Italian master Caravaggio with works gathered from across Europe, US
- Russian museum honors legendary WWII vet who fought with US and Soviet armies
- Rio samba group that fronted 7-year-old Carnival queen places last; underdog Tijuca wins
- Getty Museum, Sicilian culture ministry launch collaboration to conserve, share, protect art
- Rio samba group demoted after fronting 7-year-old Carnival queen; underdog Tijuca wins
- Report: Black Harvard professor arrested outside his home says he donated handcuffs to museum
- Can’t miss if you seek a kiss; Rio Carnival street parties dominated by smooching competition
- Cowgirl Museum’s new O’Keeffe exhibit shows how camping trips in West inspired her paintings
- Violence hits Rio ahead of Carnival; at least 8 killed in slum shootout
- Police aerial photos show World Trade Center collapse; 8 years later, the pictures still shock
- Newly released 9/11 NYPD aerial photos show World Trade Center’s dramatic collapse, aftermath
- Newly released NYPD aerial photos show World Trade Center’s dramatic collapse, aftermath
- Samba group: Judge will let 7-year-old girl dance as Carnival queen in Rio’s celebration
- Seattle Art Museum lands major Picasso ehibit, with 75 paintings and sculptures
- Vice president: Iran to cut ties with British Museum in spat over Cyrus the Great artifact
- Masked merrymaking: Costumes, confetti and sweets mean ‘Carnevale’ is sweeping Italy
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- Picasso, accidentally damaged, to be repaired in time for April exhibition at NY’s Met
- Berlin’s Jewish Museum gets new Libeskind extension
- Report: Getty adviser was concerned that ancient Greek statue was looted from Italy
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- Congressman, many in baseball, wondered when _ not whether _ McGwire would come clean
- 104-year-old NYC amusement park strongman who bent coins with his fingers is killed by minivan
- Chile opens Museum of Memory to commemorate victims of Pinochet dictatorship
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- NY art dealer Jeffrey Deitch to head Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
- Yale seeks dismissal of lawsuit by Peru over Inca artifacts acquired nearly a century ago
- Louvre has 8.5 million visitors in 2009, holding steady from 2008
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- Director who restored J. Paul Getty Museum’s credibility after art scandal is stepping down
- American mother, baby girl killed by charging elephant protecting its calf in Kenya
- Put on your blue suede shoes: Smithsonian marks Elvis’ 75th birthday Friday in DC, LA museums
- State report: Tourism spending in Utah declined by $700 million in 2009 as visitation dropped
- Historic home-turned-museum on DC’s Lafayette Square to house center on White House history
- Yankee Mag lists Skiing editor’s favorite New England ski trails
- Andre Dawson elected to Hall of Fame; Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar fall just short
- Despite recession, Yellowstone National Park has record year for tourism in 2009
- Harbin’s ice festival of feast of sculptured, illuminated fancy
- American mother, baby girl killed by charging elephant while walking on nature trail in Kenya
- Civil War battle flags at risk as preservation efforts are hindered by states’ budget woes
- 9/11 museum gets ‘Dear Hero’ collection of appreciation letters sent to NYC firefighters
- Yankee mag features favorite ski trails in New England
- Contest invites guesses on when the ice breaks on Alaska’s Tanana river
- New Bechtler Museum of Modern Art opens in Charlotte, NC
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- Travel briefs
- Obama golfs, visits zoo on last day in Hawaii
- Maine triples conserved lands to outdoors lovers’ delight: 3.3 million acres now protected
- SC’s Spoleto festival embraces renovated theater for the 2-week celebration of the arts
- Van carrying 6 rolls over edge of Grand Canyon National Park embankment; no serious injuries
- Sesame Street puppets created by Jim Henson on display at museum in his home state Mississippi
- Disney eyes relative unknowns to capture superhero dollars in $4.2 billion Marvel purchase
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- Visiting bathhouses in Budapest, the city of spas: Perfect for weary tourists
- Calif.’s Claremont Museum of Art closes doors after doing battle with economy for 2 years
- Southern skiers reveling in NC mountain snow blast
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