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In 1934, a weather observer stationed at the peak of Mount Washington recorded a, then record, wind gust of 231 miles per hour. As a point of reference,…
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Prior to the Civil War, images of war were the stuff of legends and mystery – then came the photographs of Alexander Gardner. Today, the legacy of a…
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Kids grow up so fast…and it turns out that girls are growing up even faster. Why is this generation of girls going through puberty much earlier than…
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"An Actual Duck": I've always found store bought costumes to be a bit lacking in creativity, yes, I am a costume snob. I went to art school, it's a…
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Forget about spooky black cats, witches, ghosts and goblins; think about what happens to your pumpkin.Halloween is indeed well-timed to the season of…
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Where I grew up in Connecticut, children trick or treat on Halloween night, after dark, for as long as they possibly can. I called my hometown’s clerk to…
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Slideshow: Before The Riots, It Was All About The Pumpkins In KeeneBefore riots overshadowed the festivities in Keene on Saturday, thousands gathered in the city's downtown for the annual spectacle of thousands of…
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Author Adam Gidwitz shares the delightfully horrible story of “Ashputtle,” or as you might know her, Cinderella. It’s one of the tales from his new book,…
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The Grimm Conclusion: These Fairy Tales Are Not For The Faint Of HeartHalloween is a perfect time for ghost stories and fairy-tales. Yes...fairy tales. But not the sanitized stuff of Disney Princesses, but the grisly,…
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The Real Salem WitchesVisitors to Salem, Massachusetts, have a surfeit of choices in Halloween season. They can take a “Tales and Tombstones Trolley Tour,” attend the Zombie…