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...temperature was 21 degrees below zero, not counting the 20-m.p.h. winds blowing across the hilltop cemetery, as mourners gathered to remember a gruesome massacre. A century ago, on Dec. 29, 1890, soldiers of the 7th Cavalry slaughtered hundreds of Sioux men, women and children who had sought refuge under a white flag at a place called Wounded Knee. To mark the anniversary, descendants of the survivors came on foot and on horseback, some from hundreds of miles across the plains. They circled the chain-link fence around the grave site, saying their prayers in silence and burning sage...
Thought to be indestructible after 34 years in power, this senior Western dictator was ousted by his longtime second-in-command, General Andres Rodriguez. The general now lives on a hilltop in friendly Brazil, though his wife moved to Miami without...
...this time the former President was standing on a hilltop overlooking the Pacific Ocean in California's Ventura County. And he seemed pleased to accept the gift of the graffiti-splotched memento from East Germany's Berlin Wall Commemorative Group. The concrete block will greet visitors to the Reagan presidential library at the pleasant site 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The facility is scheduled for completion early...
...view from the hilltop, overlooking McMurdo Sound on the eastern side of Antarctica, is deceiving. A closer look at the seemingly lifeless land- and seascape reveals an amazing abundance of life. Like most of the coastal waters around the continent, McMurdo Sound is filled with plankton and fish, and its thick ice is perforated by the breathing holes of Weddell seals. Nearby Cape Royds is home to thousands of Adelie penguins, which hatch their eggs in the world's southernmost rookery. Skuas -- seagull-like scavenger birds -- scout the breathing holes and the margins between sea ice and land, seeking seal...
...relive that moment? Coke tried, with results that will air for the first time on Jan. 28 during the Super Bowl broadcast. The new ad features 16 members of the old cast on the same hilltop, along with their children and dozens of other youngsters. There's one other twist to the revived classic: some cast members turned down the flat fee this time and opted for residuals...