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World's Largest Cruise Ship Sets Sail From Finland

AP | MATTI HUUHTANEN | Posted 10.31.2009 | World

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HELSINKI — It's five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. The...

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Real Ballroom Dancing for Regular People

Janet Carlson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Catskills, Ballroom Dancing, Lisbon, Vacation, Cruise Ship, Dance Lessons, Mohonk, Living News
Janet Carlson

It's hard for a novice to step into the ballroom studio -- those suave, glamorous, sexy, elegant pros in the studios and on TV these days can be so intimidating

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Strange Love

Suz Redfearn | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Blind Cat, Feline Lymphoma, Vet Clinic, Cat, Boyfriend, Gremlin, Pet Loss, Cruise Ship, Era, Furby, Living News
Suz Redfearn

I emerged from the vet clinic toting the big pet carrier. In it was my cat Habbib. At age 19, he had just been pronounced blind, likely from his lymph...

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Toilet Tour

Scott Diel | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: P. J. O'Rourke, Estonia, Tourism, Cruise Ship, World News
Scott Diel

A veteran Estonian guide told me many guides won't work with Americans because they act like kids. "I know it's not easy," he said. "But you have to boss them around. It's what they want."

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Brazil: 340 On Cruise Ship, MSC Sinfonia, Stricken With Mysterious Sickness

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Hundreds of passengers on a Swiss-owned cruise ship were stricken with severe vomiting and diarrhea caused by a mysteri...

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Jennifer Seitz: Search Suspended For Missing Cruise Ship Passenger

AP | TAMARA LUSH | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

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MIAMI — The family of a missing cruise ship passenger said Monday that they suspect the woman "chose an unfortunate ending to her life" and jump...

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Polar Tourism Boom - Risk To Nature?

Dot Earth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Polar Ice Cap, Tourism, Climate Change, Animals, Global Warming, Cruise Ship, Green News

Just over one year after the polar cruise ship MV Explorer sank off Antarctica, another such ship, the MV Ushuaia, has run aground on rocks in the sam...

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UPDATE: Chilean Ship Rescues Stranded Cruise Ship In Antarctic

AP | VICENTE L. PANETTA | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The Chilean navy rescued all 122 people from a leaking cruise ship off Antarctica on Friday. The Chilean ship Aquiles...

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Cruise Ship Stranded In Antarctic With 122 On Board

Reuters | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

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BUENOS AIRES - An Antarctic cruise ship carrying 122 passengers and crew started to take on water and leak fuel after it ran aground on Thursday, an A...

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The Cruise Ship that Ate My Brain

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living

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Alison Stein Wellner

At this time last week, I was on a two-day preview cruise for a new ship, the Celebrity Solstice. Now, I'm not a very experienced "cruiser, I'd only b...

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Canadian Cruise Ship Evacuated After Hitting Submerged Ice Off Antarctica

AP | BILL CORMIER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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A Canadian cruise ship struck submerged ice off Antarctica and began sinking, but all 154 passengers and crew, Americans and Britons among them, took ...

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