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Muppets creator Henson's items head to NYC museum
The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, the stars of "Fraggle Rock" and other puppets, costumes and items from throughout Muppets creator Jim Henson's career have been donated to the ...
Dress like Bob Dylan and get in free, says museum
The Worcester Art Museum is offering free admission to anyone who dresses up like Bob Dylan on May 24, which will be the musician's 72nd birthday. Museum officials say images of Dylan are included in its photography exhibit, "Kennedy to Kent State: Images of a Generation," which closes in June. ...
NYC's new Refinery Hotel draws on hat factory past
A new boutique hotel in Manhattan's Garment District is paying homage to its past as a hat factory. The Refinery hotel at 63 W. 38th St. opened this week in a 1912 building that once housed a hat factory on its upper floors. The independently owned hotel with 197 rooms ...
Shameless? Rich moms' tactics to cut lines at Disney
According to reports, some wealthy Manhattan families have discovered a new way to skip the long lines at Walt Disney World — and likely found a new way to be despised by the "99-percenters." The New York Post is reporting some wealthy families are now hiring disabled people to pose ...
Cactuses tagged with graffiti in park near Tucson
National Park Service officials are trying to determine what can be done about graffiti spray-painted on cactuses and other objects along a hiking trail in Saguaro National Park near Tucson. Somebody used black paint to write acronyms and symbols on about 16 cactuses, signs and boulders along a trail in ...
Review: 'Aftershock' fun but by-the-numbers horror
Splat pack ringleader Eli Roth takes his gory roadshow south in "Aftershock," a lively but formulaic Chile-set chiller where a group of tourists finds themselves bloodied, bludgeoned and buried beneath a horrific earthquake. With Roth playing one of the leads and handing off directorial duties to Nicolas Lopez (Santos), the ...
Activists say wolf-killer is baiting the animals
A big game outfitter who shot and killed a collared wolf from Yellowstone National Park is intentionally luring the animals by leaving dead sheep carcasses in a pile, leaders of a wolf advocacy group said. "Make no mistake about that, it's definitely intentional baiting," Marc Cooke, president of Wolves of ...
First lady honors outstanding libraries, museums
Michelle Obama says the nation's libraries and museums are creating better, more informed citizens and doing it with fewer resources. The first lady commented Wednesday at the White House as she helped award public service medals to 10 institutions. Recipients of the 2013 National Medal for Museum and Library Service ...
Universal announces new Harry Potter expansion
Fans of Harry Potter and magic, rejoice: Universal Orlando is expanding its Wizarding World of Harry Potter with a new area based on the books' fictional scenes in Diagon Alley and London. Universal Orlando announced Wednesday the new area will open in 2014. "For Harry Potter fans, this is an ...
Urban adventures: discovering your city on foot
Adah Bakalinsky says there are more than 650 public stairways in San Francisco. She knows because she's climbed them all, except the newest ones. And at age 90, she still climbs them with friends. "At the spur of the moment we might decide to walk, to check out something interesting ...
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