Great Googa Mooga Festival Makes Food the Top Billing

May 16th, 2012 ABC News: Travel Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve reached the point in popular culture where food is more of a draw than famous rock stars. The New York Times pointed out today that the musical acts of this weekend’s Great Googa Mooga festival in Brooklyn, NY, are but a footnote...

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New Cut of Steak Discovered

May 16th, 2012 ABC News: Travel With the death of pink slime, meat producers are finding alternative ways to cut costs. A meat specialist at Oklahoma State University has found an undervalued cut of meat that tastes just like a New York strip steak. Called the Vegas strip steak, this new...

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New Rainbow-Colored Glass Gem Corn

May 16th, 2012 ABC News: Travel You’d be surprised to learn that these ears of corn weren’t Photoshopped, made of glass or painted as many who have seen the photos have guessed. This kid-friendly corn is real and each of the kernels is made from a different colored variety of corn....

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Which Nation Is Most Likely to Sunbathe Nude?

May 16th, 2012 ABC News: Travel It’s not  the one you might expect. Expedia’s  summer travel survey posed the  question on nude sunbathing to 8,600 people around the world and found that only 2 percent of Americans were likely to shed their clothing on the beach — no big surprise there. The...

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Virgin Atlantic Allows In-flight Calls

May 16th, 2012 ABC News: Travel Virgin Atlantic announced it will become the first British airline to provide passengers with a service to make and receive phone calls in the air.

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Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Novelist Who Inspired Latin American Writing, Dies

May 15th, 2012 ABC News: Travel Carlos Fuentes, the Mexican writer whose powerful mix of deep political and social commitment with bold stylistic innovation made him among the most prominent figures in Latin American writing in the 1960s and ’70s, has died in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83. He...

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Mario Batali’s Food Stamp Challenge

May 15th, 2012 ABC News: Travel For one week, the acclaimed chef Mario Batali is challenging Americans to “walk in someone else’s shoes” by eating only what they would be able to buy with food stamps. Batali, the star of ABC’s “The Chew,” partnered with the New York City Food Bank to raise awareness...

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Car Travel Up, Air Travel Down for Memorial Day 2012

May 15th, 2012 ABC News: Travel The number of people traveling for Memorial Day 2012 is expected to be higher than in 2011.

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The Many Talents of Tillman the Dog

May 15th, 2012 ABC News: Travel Tillman may be a dog who waddles on all fours, barks not talks and eats his food in a bowl off the floor but, when it comes to daredevil sports, he might as well be human. The English bulldog has become a world phenomenon for...

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