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...arsenal. Harpers Ferry, at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, is a great place for family outdoor activities like canoeing, rafting and hiking. At the Historical Park, visit the restored, pre-Civil War Lower Town, with its many living-history demonstrations. Plan to stay at the historic Hilltop House, a century-old stone inn on a bluff overlooking the Potomac and the Shenandoah. Mark Twain and Woodrow Wilson stayed there...
...WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.--In a land that prides itself on the freedom that rings from every hilltop, the first amendment rights of University Republicans have been violated. The group used an offensive poster to promote a discussion on feminism, in which they invited all "Feminazis" to attend. The majority of these advertisements were ripped off the bulletin boards by outraged students who resented the Republicans' word choice, leaving freedom of speech a debatable issue rather than a Constitutional right...
...safe in a lot of places in Mexico, despite the best efforts of President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon. The Acteal bloodbath is just the latest instance of what sometimes appears to be the virtual collapse of public security in the country. From the slums of Tijuana to the hilltop mansions of Mexico City, a rising wave of violent crime, kidnappings and human- rights atrocities has gripped the nation. Many refer to it as the "Colombianization" of the country, a reference to the even scarier levels of violence inspired by drug mafias and paramilitary gangs in that South American nation...
...years, the Leviathan surfaces at last: Moby Museum, a.k.a. the Getty Center, sheathed in light tan aluminum and elegantly rugged honey-colored Italian travertine, nearly 1 million sq. ft. of it at roughly $1,000 per sq. ft., designed by Richard Meier and perched on a 710-acre hilltop above the San Diego Freeway in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. The Getty is the most expensive arts complex and by some calculations the most expensive building in American history. Large expectations ride on it as both a cultural institution and an emblematic focus for Los Angeles itself. Meanwhile, Frank...
...culprit, and it's looking more and more like the pilot. Though the feds have tons of debris and data to scour before an official judgement, NBC reports early examinations of the plane's "black boxes" (in-flight data and cockpit voice recorders) show the pilot had mistaken a hilltop landing beacon three miles from the airport for the airport itself, and that he had approached that site as if to make a landing...