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View from across the pond (Journal Inquirer)
Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:55:03 GMT It’s not new news that the American dollar is not strong in comparison to the British pound or the European Euro. Needless to say, when we told people that our family was traveling to London and Paris, the weak dollar was the first thing everyone brought up.

Louvre collection marks historic visit (The Oklahoman)
Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:22:31 GMT Detailed relief sculptures carved along a marble water well rim play out a mythological scene of satyrs and women dancing as they worship Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and revelry. As he maneuvers through work going on in the Oklahoma City Museum of Art's second-floor galleries, Daniel Roger pauses in front of the cylinder and then asks a museum worker to rotate it. "This figure, she has a nice ...

Museum returns ancestral remains to Canadian tribe (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:39:55 GMT For this tribe's members, the history they found at the museum was their own.

New Canadian Dinosaur Largely Mysterious (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:55:28 GMT A prospecting geologist stumbled upon a ragtag bunch of bones in the northern part of British Columbia, more than three decades ago. A new study suggests these fossils could represent a new species of dinosaur. But beyond that, the dinosaur's identity is a mystery - sort of a Dino Doe. The small collection of bones includes seven shin, arm and toe bones, as well as a possible skull fragment. ...

Essex marks the spot (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:32:24 GMT It all started with a research trip to London's British Museum in 2000. Novelist Karen Essex, looking for inspiration for her first novel about the Egyptian ruler Kleopatra, saw for the first time the legendary Elgin Marbles, the sculptures that once adorned the Parthenon in ancient Athens.

Museum returns ancestral remains to Canadian tribe (The Charlotte Observer)
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:02:25 GMT For this tribe's members, the history they found at the museum was their own. Members of the Tseycum First Nation were in New York this week to visit the American Museum of Natural History, where they reclaimed the remains of ancestors, which had been taken from their land about a century ago and ended up as part of the museum's vast holdings. The group is expected to head back to Vancouver ...

Museum returns ancestral remains to Canadian tribe (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:39:00 GMT For this tribe's members, the history they found at the museum was their own. Members of the Tseycum First Nation were in New York this week to visit the American Museum of Natural History, where they reclaimed the remains of ancestors, which had been taken from their land about a century ago and ended up as part of the museum's vast holdings. The group is expected to head back ...

Energy Bar: Fuel for a successful day (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:16:13 GMT To-do list1 Make it an art and design-centric weekend, starting with an architectural walking tour of the Old World 3rd St. area, with its string of commercial buildings designed in the late 1800s. Meet a representati...

NYC museum returns ancestral remains to Canadian tribe (GMA News)
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:16:20 GMT NEW YORK - For one Canadian tribe's members, the history they found at the museum was their own. Members of the Tseycum First Nation visited the American Museum of Natural History in New York City this week to reclaim the remains of ancestors taken from their land about a century ago.

A Canadian Wishlist - Western and Northern Canada (BellaOnline)
Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:51:10 GMT My wish list of Canadian attractions, in western and northern Canada.

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