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Art exhibition is a feast not for your eyes, but your nose
When it comes to art, usually the eyes have it: But a new exhibit makes the provocative suggestion that art is right under your nose, too. “Scent is Life,” open through July 1 at Philadelphia's Esther M. Klein Gallery, features 16 interactive installations and 106 scents in all.
Small towns across the country bear the scars of Iraq
Small towns across the country bear the scars of Iraq

MCKEESPORT (AP) -- Edward "Willie" Carman wanted a ticket out of town, and the Army provided it. Raised in the projects by a single mother in this blighted, old industrial steel town outside Pittsburg
IRS raids tax preparers in seven cities
IRS raids tax preparers in seven cities

WASHINGTON (AP) -- IRS criminal investigators this week conducted raids in seven cities to shut down tax preparation businesses suspected of abusing a one-time telephone tax refund.
The Internal Revenue Service, i
Recordsraise more questions about tissue taken from body of Alistair Cooke
Records raise more questions about tissue taken from body of Alistair Cooke

NEW YORK (AP) -- The medical records that accompanied the body of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke were wrong in just about every possible way. His name was misspelled.
North Beaver orchard wins compliments
North Beaver orchard wins compliments

By MARYALICE MELI mameli@ncnewsonline.com
For one dairy farmer, Thursday's inspection of the 43-acre Dawson's Orchard in North Beaver Township was an eye-opener. "You learn a lot on these tours," said Blanche Kind,
When piercings aren't enough, some go extreme
When piercings aren't enough, some go extreme

TREND: Extreme body modification features a wide range of alterations, including some people who get horns implanted on their heads or remold their ears to make them pointy.
DALLAS (AP) -- Allen Falkner's t
BODY MODIFICATION: Common Terms
BODY MODIFICATION: Common Terms

Here's a look at some common terms in the underground trend known as body modification:
*Transdermal implants: Implants that begin beneath the skin but protrude outside, such as metal spikes or beads.
*Subdermal implants:
Dog parks have fur flying in some communities
Dog parks have fur flying in some communities

BOWWOW: Dog parks are a product of increasing dog ownership, growing recognition that exercise and socializing can reduce canine misbehavior, and the lure of rubbing elbows with fellow dog lovers.
DAYTON, O
Slave's story undergoes scientific scrutiny
Slave's story undergoes scientific scrutiny

EAST HADDAM, Conn. (AP) -- Archaeologists have begun digging up the 200-year-old graves of a slave family in hopes of separating fact from fiction in the legend of "the black Paul Bunyan."
The dig has the bless

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