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Towns that boast . . . . . . and towns that don’t. Towns that make you hungry Towns that remind you of bugs and birds . . . . . . and other creatures . . . . . . not to mention humankind.

Appropriate care for wild animals requires considerable expertise, specialized facilities, and total dedication to the animals’ needs. When wild animals are kept as pets, their lives are likely to be filled with misery. Often they languish in a cramped backyard cage or circle endlessly in a cat carrier or aquarium. Their suffering may begin with capture—every year millions of birds and reptiles suffer and die on the journey from their habitat to the pet store....

Album of the Year: The Suburbs - Arcade Fire Rap Album: Recovery - Eminem Male Pop Vocal Performance: “Just The Way You Are” - Bruno Mars Record of the Year: Need You Now - Lady Antebellum New Artist: Esperanza Spalding Rock Album: The Resistance - Muse Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Imagine” - Herbie Hancock and Larry Klein Song of the Year: “Need You Now” - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, songwriters Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Need You Now” - Lady Antebellum R&B Album: Wake Up!...

Long dominated by Scandinavian countries Related Links 2018 Winter OlympicsThe Winter OlympicsEncyclopedia: Skiing The Nordic combined involves two staples of the Winter Games: ski jumping and cross-country skiing. Invented by Norwegians and long dominated by Scandinavian countries, the Nordic combined has been contested at every Olympic Winter Games since 1924. The Nordic combined also remains one of the few men’s-only events at the Olympics. A new scoring system, introduced at the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, made the event more fan-friendly....

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This federal constitution was called the Articles of Confederation and was submitted to the Second Continental Congress on July 12, 1776. Three main points for Congress to debate existed in this new document: the apportionment of taxes according to the populationthe granting of 1 vote per statethe right of the federal government to dispose of public lands in the West This debate led to several revisions and the document was adopted by the Congress on November 15, 1777....

28,138 The number of family clothing stores in 2014. For back-to-school shopping, choices of retail establishments were plenty: In 2014, there were 7,351 children and infants clothing stores; 25,214 shoe stores; 6,823 office supply and stationery stores; 6,888 bookstores; and 7,898 department stores. $83.5 billion The estimated dollar value of private and public educational construction in 2015. $2.9 billion The third quarter 2015 after tax profit estimates for apparel and leather product manufacturing corporations, up $1....

Fact: 200 million years ago most of the earth’s land was one huge continent named Pangaea, meaning “all lands.” All the seas were one huge ocean called Panthalassa, meaning “all seas.”Fact: Millions of years ago, the place that is now New York City was on the equator.Fact: Millions of years ago Antarctica was a rain forest.Fact: Millions of years ago India broke away from Africa, slammed into Eurasia, and rumpled up the Himalaya Mountains....

Although adults dominate the list of nominees and winners, kids have made their mark in Oscar history. Check out these young Oscar contenders. (Actors whose names are in bold won an Oscar.) More from Movies