On Thursday, other members of the media and myself were given the rare opportunity to fly aboard a KC-135R Stratotanker in Spokane tasked with the mission to refuel the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds en route to Fairchild Air Force Base. As we strapped into the nylon mesh seating, crew members moved about the cramped fuselage with a sense of purpose and calm composure prior to the precise operation ...

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Into the belly of the beast

Arts Desk is Washington City Paper's blog about D.C. music, film, theater, books, and performance.

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Weekend Music Roundup: Marah, The Shirks, A Capital Fourth, Rare Essence

Petr Cech was delighted to maintain his 100 per cent FA Cup record with Chelsea as they won the Cup yesterday. Cech was crucial in the 1-0 win over Portsmouth , saving in the first-half from Frederic Piquionne before denying Kevin-Prince Boateng's second-half penalty. He told chelseafc.com : "I am delighted of course because we won the game we wanted to win to go into the history books, we are ...

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Chelsea keeper Cech: I have never lost in FA Cup

Countless self-help books have been written about marriage. It's the rare work, however, that has the rigor and factual grounding of "For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage" (Dutton, $25.95).

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'For Better': A look at the science of marriage

"I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 254 pages, $24.95), by Dave Barry: After two dozen books that offer his peculiar take on things like marriage, travel and turning 50, fans know what to expect from Dave Barry: joke-packed prose and one-liners -- basically standup comedy on a page.

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Book Review: Dave Barry weighs in on adulthood

AMARGOSA VALLEY -- When visitors duck into the Death Valley National Park Visitor Center, they are confronted by one whole wing with many shelves of books and T-shirts, hats and other gifts, and then another wing that includes a variety of exhibits involving the valley's history and structure and native animals (extinct as well as still alive).

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Ash Meadows to gain new visitor center

Books flew off the shelves by the thousands at Woodruff Memorial Library last weekend.  

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Friends of the Library conduct successful sale

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Jeff Kinney had a clear template when it came time to adapt his wildly successful "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" children's books to the big screen.

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'Diary of a Wimpy Kid': from stick figures to sweet flick (Erie Times-News)

Two parts of an ancient biblical manuscript separated across centuries and continents were reunited for the first time in a joint display Friday, thanks to an accidental discovery that is helping illuminate a dark period in...

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Pieces of rare biblical manuscript reunited (KLTV 7 Tyler)