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This country has a national happiness index. But what is it really like to live there?
CNN via Yahoo News· 50 minutes agoTo make it easier for people to open up, Coffee Cat Café holds events like poetry readings. There...
Chamber music turns old landmarks into vibrant venues in Sierra Madre and South L.A.
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoRubin, like McIntosh, is also a member of a stellar new-music band, New York’s International...
Amateur Historians Unearth a Long-Lost Tudor Palace Visited by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoIf not for Margaret Beaufort, England’s most notorious dynasty might never have claimed the throne....
It's considered the first American novel, but this 1789 book isn't quite summer beach reading
Airdrie City View· 1 day agoIn the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country's first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown's ...
The Wide, Wide World of Judy Chicago
New York Times· 2 days agoThe 84-year-old American is perhaps best known for her groundbreaking feminist installation “The Dinner Party,” but she is an artist with a formidable...
10 of History’s Most Misinterpreted Quotes
Mentalfloss· 2 days agoThe phrase can be traced back to 1834, when Nimrod Murphree claimed to have invented perpetual motion. The last lines of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not...
Paul Theroux on Necessary Solitude, Risks and the Joy of Writing
New York Times· 2 days agoAfter 60 years and almost as many books, the novelist and travel writer, 83, will stop when he falls...
9 patriotic baby names to honor favorite figures in American history
AOL· 2 days agoPatriotism comes in a variety of forms and can be showcased in many ways — including naming a little one after a favorite American icon. "When you're choosing a baby name, a patriotic name that ...
The US is at risk for dengue fever
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoThe U.S. is not at severe risk just yet, thanks to air conditioning and screened windows limiting exposure to mosquitos. Cases should stay low "as long...
Daniel Boone brought to life for Chamber crowd by Kentucky actor
Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky.· 2 days agoJul. 2—Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce luncheons this summer have featured some very notable Kentuckians. June alone saw both Kentucky Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman and U.S. Senator ...
