Taliesin in Wisconsin sees more visitors (AP)

AP - Taliesin opens for the season in April, and officials there expect big crowds, despite the recession. Or maybe because of the recession.

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A pilgrimage to the birthplace of Pilsner beer (AP)

AP - Order a beer at a restaurant or bar, and unless you’ve requested an ale, porter or stout, you’ll probably be served the clear, golden brew behind our most familiar brands: Pilsner.

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Dinosaurs take over Georgia at new science museum (AP)

AP - Nine-year-old Connor Chandler discovered a Velociraptor skeleton the other day.

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The Rose City: A blast on a budget in Portland (AP)

AP - Portland is not A-listed among the glamor cities, and Portlanders tend not to care if other cities have taller buildings or a bigger this or that. Over time, the city has followed its own path.

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Visit Kilauea volcano and Hawaii’s growing island (AP)

AP - The largest and southernmost of the Hawaiian islands is shaking, spitting, and stretching as it slowly expands into the ocean.

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St. Louis on the cheap: From the Arch to the zoo (AP)

AP - The French who founded this city in 1764 left instructions for having a good time. The Germans brought the beer, built the brick mansions and got things organized. Henry Shaw, inspired by the gardens of his native England, created a magnificent botanical garden.

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Greek ruins tell stories, from Acropolis to Jesus (AP)

AP - I saw the news on a sunny spring day, traipsing through ruins where the Oracle held court, in a place once deemed the center of the Earth.

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Ruins of Ephesus: From goddess Nike to St. Paul (AP)

AP - If you’re visiting Greece and its islands in the Aegean Sea, the ruins in Ephesus, Turkey, make a worthwhile side-trip. From the port of Kousadasi, it’s about a half-hour to what was once a Roman city of a quarter-million people, but left in ruins by pestilence and earthquake.

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