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...photograph of an American helicopter evacuation is as indelible an image as any we have of the Vietnam War. Then a photographer for United Press International, Hugh Van Es, 67, snapped the iconic picture from a balcony at the Peninsula Hotel in Saigon. The photo netted him a Pulitzer Prize nomination--and a $150 bonus...
...company Aerodyne, and Gandia will join Teach for America in Boston. She plans on applying to law school. After a long engagement, the couple will wed next summer in Puerto Rico. The traditional Catholic ceremony will take place in a church and the reception will be held at a hotel in the beachfront neighborhood of El Condado in San Juan. Gandia, who comes from a large family, estimates that over 300 guests will attend the festive affair. “We are all very into music and dancing, so music will be a big part of the wedding...
Going Cheap in the Big Easy. The Astor Crowne Plaza has crisp white duvets and midweek rates (Sunday through Thursday) of $79, and weekend rates for $89, through Sept. 3. The hotel is located near New Orleans' French Quarter. 739 Canal St., at Bourbon Street, New Orleans...
Hipster Check. The Sagamore, the boutique hotel in Miami's South Beach that bills itself as the "art hotel," given its hip design, has some sweet rates midweek: you can grab four friends and stay two nights in a suite for just $69 per person per night. Weekend nights start at $80 per person, including a continental breakfast. Rates are good through...
...answer is roughly 1 in 1.56 trillion, and on May 23, Patricia Demauro, a New Jersey grandmother, beat those odds at Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa. Demauro's 154-roll lucky streak, which lasted four hours and 18 minutes, broke the world records for the longest craps roll and the most successive dice rolls without "sevening out." According to Stanford University statistics professor Thomas Cover, the chances of that happening are smaller than getting struck by lightning (one in a million), being hit by an errant ball at a baseball game (one in 1.5 million) or winning...