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'The Amazing Race' recap: High on life
Reality CheckBucky returns with a recap of last night's Amazing Race. Take it away, Bucky!:The fifth leg of The Amazing Race begins on the border between Sweden and Norway, last week’s Pit Stop, and the Doctors depart first. The instructions tell......Tags: Track and Field, Chad, Holidays, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Trips and Vacations
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Think Still Selling Electric Cars in the U.S.
KickingTiresWe haven???t heard much from electric upstart Think since its parent company based in Norway went into bankruptcy. Today, Think North America announced it has a new owner and is still selling Think City electric cars out of its Elkhart,......Tags: Bankruptcy, Nissan, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Companies and Corporations
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Nobel doubts: Obama's prize debated
The Swampby Mark Silva While members of the Nobel Committee that awarded President Barack Obama the Peace Prize have defended their decision -- particularly the outspoken chairman of the five-member committee -- a Norwegian newspaper reports today that there...Tags: Defense, Parties and Movements, Nuclear Weapons, Awards and Prizes, National Government
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Nobel laureate's lint remover: First lady
The Swampby Mark Silva Behind every successful man (In Saudi Arabia and Japan, perhaps), there stands a successful woman. But she stands in front of the man (from the United States, in this case) when there's lint on the lapel of......Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Oslo (Norway), Saudi Arabia, Awards and Prizes
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U.S. tax breaks favor oil industry
The SwampResidents of Grand Isle, La. express their frustration with BP Monday. (EPA/Bevil Knapp) by Kim Geiger and Tom Hamburger It was close to 2 a.m. when Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and others on a House-Senate conference committee saw......Tags: Companies and Corporations, Emergency Planning, Petroleum Industry, Edward J Markey, Death
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A melancholy day: 'Oslo, August 31' ★★★★
Simple, honest and very possibly great, "Oslo, August 31" spans a day, an evening and an early morning in the life of a recovering drug addict. Right there most of you reading this review will think: No, thanks. Life's difficult enough. But some films,...
Tags: Movies, Reprise (movie), Oslo (Norway), The Kid with a Bike (movie)
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Interview: Former 'American Idol' hopeful Chris Medina finds success in Scandinavia
Chris Medina is big in Europe. More specifically, Scandinavia. The Oak Forest resident had all of the U.S. pulling for him on “American Idol” last year after learning of his loyalty to fiancee Juliana Ramos, who was in a car accident and...
Tags: Scott McCreery, Festive Events, Chris Medina, American Idol (tv program), Sweden
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Problem Solver: DuPont herbicide Imprelis kills tree, but restitution moves slowly
The herbicide was supposed to kill the weeds in Bill Tortorello's yard. It did, but the chemical applied by Lawn Doctor of McHenry County in April 2011 didn't stop there. In late May, the needles on Tortorello's 48-foot Norway spruce began turning...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jon Yates, McHenry, Environmental Politics, Aquaculture
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A classical way to see (and hear) Europe
Rick Steves' EuropeI've always taught what I loved -- and I've always loved music. I spent my high school years as a piano teacher. I'd start out my students with boogies and pop songs, and eventually get them turned on to Bach and Beethoven. In 1980, a truck dropped off...Tags: Music Industry, Music Theater, Culture, Johann Sebastian Bach, Museums
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Seeking roots in Europe's emigration museums
Rick Steves' EuropeWhen traveling to Europe, I sometimes crank up the voice of my grandmother telling stories of her journey from Norway to Canada. The boat ride was miserable. The only thing she could keep down was beer -- she became a teetotaler the day she saw the Statue...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Hungary, Museums, Trips and Vacations, Ellis Island
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European art beyond museum walls
Rick Steves' EuropeEuropeans love to dress up the settings of everyday life, from their piazzas to their back lanes -- and they've been doing it for centuries. Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, strolling the Croatian shore in the shadow of...Tags: Arts, Godzilla (fictional animal), Italy, Milan (Italy), Artists
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Quisling redux
Paul GreenbergEver since quisling became a common noun, a synonym for traitor, Norway has produced its share of low scoundrels with high political ambitions. But at least Vidkun Quisling, head of the Nazis' puppet regime in his country, was executed for his various...Tags: Murder, Prisons, Timothy McVeigh, Prosecution, Trials
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