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Burton's super-light silver Method snowboard, center, during the SIA's annual snow show at the convention center in Denver.
DENVER - While ski and snowboard makers showed off their latest models at SnowSports Industries America's annual Snow Show this year, inventors with big ideas were trying to get retailers to bite. (Today)
Two points of consolation for any Olympics fans who find themselves in the wrong Vancouver - Vancouver, Wash., instead of Vancouver, British Columbia: (Yesterday)
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Madewood owner Keith Marshall saved Charlet House from the wrecking ball, and moved it to Madewood. The building, which originally was the home of an area riverboat captain, includes three guest rooms for visitors who want the privacy of being away from the big house.
NAPOLEONVILLE, La. - In 1983, Keith Marshall sat in the office of his New Orleans art-supply company pondering an electric bill for his family's country house. The latest statement was $450 higher than ever before. ... (03/09/2010)
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Trunk Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, is part of a national park.
ST THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands - Many travelers think they know St. Thomas from a cruise ship stop. (03/08/2010)
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There is not one motorized vehicle on Little Corn Island, a tiny destination off the mainland of Nicaragua. There are a few bicycles. This one cruises on the only paved walkway, near the pier on the west coast of the island.
LITTLE CORN ISLAND, Nicaragua -- We boarded an egg carton in Managua and bounced over clouds for an hour before setting down on Big Corn Island in the late afternoon of Feb. 11. (03/07/2010)