Topic: Cultural Institutions and Parks
AP Features | 2010-03-18 19:51:45
This photo released by Galapagos National Park shows the grounded Alta yacht in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Sixteen Canadian tourists and eight Ecuadorian crew members were rescued from the yacht that ran aground on Wednesday. No ...
AP Features | 2010-03-18 19:59:45
Bill that would ban smoking at Calif. state parks stalls; lawmakers vow to try again
An attempt by the California Legislature to impose what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks stalled Thursday over objections it would inappropriately punish smokers. The bill in the 80-member Assembly fell five votes short of the simple ...
Reuters Life! Online Report | 2010-03-18 14:00:03
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - British artist Steve McQueen, a Turner Prize winner and acclaimed filmmaker, has called for portraits of soldiers killed in the Iraq conflict to be turned into postage stamps. Presenting his installation made as official war artist for Iraq at the National Portrait Gallery in London on Thursday, McQueen urged the public and media to back his campaign ...
AP News | 2010-03-17 21:19:15
FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2009 file photo, Donald Trump attends the screening of "The September Issue " at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
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