Austria

A Stylish Journey Across Austria

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Bentley Grand Tour, Luxury Collection, Bentley, Salzburg, Austria, Starwood-Hotels-Luxury-Collection, Vienna, Life Ball, Classical Music, Mahler, Musikverein, Fuschl, Slidepollajax, Travel News

This was one of Mahler's favorite locales. He often came to dine straight from the opera, still in coat and tails. Guests mistook him for a waiter.

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NASA Goes WHERE To Test Space Suits For Mars?

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Mission to Mars, Video, Austria, Human Spaceflight, Space, Mars Mission, Reuters, Mars, Alps, Science News

VIENNA (Reuters) - Scientists were out of this world on Tuesday about tests in icy Alpine caves of the technology needed for a mission to Mars one day...

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Nine Countries Where Everyone Has A Job

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Austria, Business News, Belarus, Joblessness, 24/7 Wall St, Countries With Least Unemployment, Countries, Business News

24/7 Wall St.: Earlier this month, polling agency Gallup released its 2011 global unemployment statistics for 148 countries. Of the nations Gallup sur...

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Citizens Vote to Rename Austrian Town From F---ing to Fugging

Tony Phillips | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Weird Place Names, Austria, Fugging, Fucking Austria, Weird News News

Denizens of the Austrian town of F---ing have voted to change their town's name, which has made it a popular target for prank calls and a destination for young tourists eager to titter in snapshots under street signs.

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No More 'F---ing'? A Town Synonymous With Sex Might Change Its Name (NSFW)

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: F--King Considers Changing Name, Video, Austria, F--King Austria, Slidepollajax, F--King Village, Slidewide, UK Weird News, F--King Town, Weird News News

The prank calls were the last straw. The Sun reports that residents of F--king, Austria are set to vote on whether to change their town's name. ...

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Relaxing in a Charming Corner Of Austria (PHOTOS)

Patricia Rust | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Healthy Lifestyle, Lux Life, Adventure Travel, Austria Travel, Spa Life, Skiing in Austria, Lux Travel, Austria, Europe Travel, Travel News

The air is so crisp you can snap it in two and there are so many ways to relax or be active that you don't know whether to play eighteen holes of golf or just laze about.

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Headstone Of Hitler's Parents' Grave To Be Removed

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Austria, Braunau, Wwii, Germany, Hitler. Adolf Hitler Parents, Leonding, Adolf Hitler, Linz, Adolf Hiterl Parents Grave, World News

VIENNA — The tombstone marking the grave of Adolf Hitler's parents, a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis, has been removed from an upper Austrian...

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The Spa Who Loved Me

Susan Michals | Posted 05.20.2012

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The big draw here is "The Cure."

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Country Pushes For A Name Change For 'Discriminatory' Foods

Time.com | Posted 03.13.2012

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Your menu has a dirty mouth, and you might not even realize it. That spicy pasta – spaghetti alla puttanesca – literally means “whore’s spaghe...

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Nobody Crosses Chuck Norris And Lives -- Except In Slovakia

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Austria, Video, Slovakia, Chuck Norris Bridge, Maria Theresa Bridge, Reuters, Chuck Norris, Pavol Freso, Chuck Norris Tribute, Weird News News

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -- Slovaks have been voting overwhelmingly in favor of naming a new pedestrian and cycling bridge near their capital for 1980s ac...

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PHOTOS: The World's 11 Coolest Train Stations

BootsnAll | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: India, Bootsnall, Turkey, Australia, France, Patagonia, Innsbruck, Train Travel, Malaysia, Argentina, Mumbai, Spain, Travel, Tibet, Melbourne, Strasbourg, Madrid, Istanbul, Austria, Train Station, Trains, Antwerp, Japan, Kuala Lumpur, Belgium, Slidepollajax, Travel News

No matter how many improvements are made to transportation methods, there's something undeniably appealing about old-school train travel.

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6 Austrians Claim Receiving Malaria Injections In Psychiatric Ward

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Austria, Austria Malaria Injections, Malaria Injections Psychiatry, Vienna Malaria Injections, Austria Psychiatry, Vienna, Ap, World News

VIENNA (AP) — The number of people claiming they were injected with the parasite causing malaria at a Vienna psychiatric ward while teenagers grew t...

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The True Tale Behind Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece

AP | By JONATHAN LOPEZ | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Austria, Art, Anne-Marie O'Connor, True Stories, Austrian Art, Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, Painting, Portraits, Arts News

-- "The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, `Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer'" (Knopf), by Anne-Marie O'Connor: In 1907...

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Astoria Characters: The Woman With 101 Candles on Her Cake

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Alexander McCall Smith, MetLife Building, Astoria, Radio City Music Hall, New York Center for Rehabilitation Care, Sue Grafton, Headband, Eddie Gelb, Oxygen Tank, Charlotte Russe, Williamsburg Brooklyn, Baby Blanket, Maraschino Cherry, Jeanette MacDonald, Chocolate, Typist, Russia, Eyebrow Pencil, Crochet, P.S. 145, Scarf, Nelson Eddy, Austria, Knit, Betty Gelb, Insulin, Piano, Rolley, New York News

Pull open the drapes! Betty Gelb wants to see the sunshine. She's as excited as a kid going to the circus because she's opened her eyes to another day. She's pushing 102, and, hey, you never know.

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Hitler Schnapps: Ja, You Can Sell That

AP | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Austria, Video, Adolf Hitler Schnapps, Hitler, Hitler Wine, Hitler Booze, Hitler Alcohol, Adolf Hitler, Hitler Schnapps, Vienna, World News

VIENNA -- Officials say they have stopped investigating a man after finding no evidence that his sales of wine and schnapps with Adolf Hitler on the l...

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Europe Bailout Fund Chief: 'No Need To Do Anything' About Downgrade

Reuters | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Austria, Eurozone, Video, France, European Financial Stability Facility, Reuters, Standard & Poor's, Bailout Funds, Euro, Credit Ratings Agencies, Business News

By Kevin Lim and Emily Kaiser SINGAPORE, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The head of Europe's bailout fund said on Tuesday that Sta...

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PHOTOS: Great Film Locations To Visit Around The World

BootsnAll | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Movie Locations, Tokyo, Austria, Thailand, Bootsnall, New Zealand, Tunisia, Greece, Salzburg, Patagonia, Argentina, Travel, Japan, Film, Movies, Slidepollajax, Travel News

While movies can instantly transport us to mythical lands to far off islands and from futuristic cities to places yet to be discovered, the journey doesn't have to end when the credits roll.

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France To Pursue Budget Reforms Following Downgrade

AP | By ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Eurozone, France, Eurozone Crisis, Standard & Poor's, France Budget, Cyprus, Nicolas Sarkozy, France Downgrade, European Debt Crisis, Austria, Germany, Francois Fillon, Angela Merkel, Europe, Portugal, French Government, Video, Business News

PARIS -- France's prime minister said Saturday his country will push ahead with cost-cutting measures after its top-tier debt rating was downgraded, a...

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PHOTOS: Austria Hit By Heavy Snow

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Photos, Photography, Exposure, Austria, Snowfall, Avalanche, Snow, Green News

Over the last few days, heavy snowfalls have caused chaos in parts of Austria by blocking rail and road connections, stranding vacationers at mountain...

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PHOTOS: 8 Great Trip Ideas for Horse Lovers

BootsnAll | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Jordan, Italy, Mongolia, Iceland, Equestrian, Horses, Travel, Austria, Horse Racing, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Why not experience something more than a simple follow-the-leader trail ride?

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Politics In Austria: Expatriates And Bureaucrats

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Politics, Austria, Balkans, Bureaucracy, European Union, Expats, Stefan Zweig, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, World News

At the end of the day, bashing Austria as an expat is merely like trying to find the one thing that is wrong with a Jane Austen novel, the elegant form often hides the weakness of the content.

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Venomous Snakes Force Austrian Firefighters To Retreat From Burning Barn

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

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VIENNA -- Hoses weren't the only things uncoiling at this blaze. Austrian firefighters answering an alarm found something their training didn't prepar...

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Stacking Up: 10 Beautiful Libraries And Bookshops Around The World

BootsnAll | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Bookshops, Germany, Art, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Libraries, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Bookworm or not, travelers can enjoy libraries as distinguished architectural landmarks or monuments to a country's literature, culture and history.

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S&P To Warn Of Downgrades For All Of Eurozone: Officials

Posted 12.05.2011

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NEW YORK - Standard & Poor's is expected to announce later on Monday that it may downgrade the credit ratings of all 17 euro zone countries, two E...

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PHOTOS: 9 Of Europe's Most Beautiful Drives

BootsnAll | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: France, Italy, Europe, Austria, Driving, Road Trips, Romania, Road, Greece, Slidepollajax, International Destinations, Destinations, Travel News

While many of Europe's most alluring spots can be reached by train, others require you to hit the highway and (sometimes literally) take the road less traveled in order to fully appreciate them.

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