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...hilly resort island of Bornholm, a tiny speck of Denmark that rises from the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Poland, the crew of the Danish trawler Soraya was catching cod one March morning. As the men hauled their fish on board, Theis Branick, 24, went beneath the net to open it. When the fish spilled out onto the deck, he found the net had also caught something else - a large, yellow-brown lump of solidified mustard gas from World War II. "It was a huge piece, weighing about 15 kg, and with no traces of the metal casing," says Michael...
...make it to the shore this summer, try the next best thing: an indoor water-park resort. To attract families, hotel-based water parks are bubbling up across the U.S. About 45 such parks operate in 14 states, and a dozen more are under construction. The craze began in Wisconsin Dells, Wis., in the mid-'90s. Once a summer hot spot, the Dells (located off I90/94) now attracts winter tourists to its 18 indoor water-park resorts. Opened in 2000, the African-themed Kalahari Resort's indoor park doubled in size last year with such rides as the Botswana Blast...
...McCain Foods are secretly developing oils for a healthier fry and introducing products like frozen wedges roasted in olive oil, rosemary and garlic. Even if those don't catch on, McDonald's and other chains are trotting out alternative side dishes like rice and yogurt. And as a last resort, there are faux fries concocted from rice flour or cornmeal...
...Central Park, mimicked bird calls and chanted "Nature, nature" for 20 seconds at 7:26 p.m. and then left. Another crowd stopped in the middle of a busy Berlin street to shout into their cell phones. Some participants claim flash mobs unite strangers and create communities, but not all resort to such high-minded justifications. "We're part of the biggest group of losers in London," said a 21-year-old office administrator, sitting in a pub on Tottenham Court Road last week, before he and a friend made their way to a sofa store to join the city...
Dick Bass, a Texan who salts his speech with darlin' and dadgum, was 51 years old and clueless about expedition climbing when he decided to summit Mount McKinley in 1981. Bass, the owner of Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in Utah, had no idea McKinley was among the hardest U.S. climbs. He made the decision to brave the elements after a particularly tough employee pronounced that he would never cut it on the mountain. Bass vowed to prove her wrong. "I didn't even know how to put a tent up," he says. But off he trudged, defiantly...