By RICH GRANT There’s a small brick basement in Philadelphia that is to mystery and horror fiction readers what the basement clubs of Liverpool are to fans of the Beatles. Though obscure and a little off the tourist path, it was in this basement and the small house above it that everything we call mysteries, detective stories, science fiction and
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By RICH GRANT Just a dozen miles north of New York City, on the western side of the Hudson River, there is a three-mile hike that for wild, scenic beauty and geologic wonder rivals any national park in the country. Most visitors to New York would be amazed that within sight of the city’s skyscrapers and the Empire State Building,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The shock is gone now. The horror still remains. Those terrible images of the hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 colliding into the South Tower of the World Trade Center with the North Tower already ablaze from the crash of American Airlines Flight 11 are forever engraved in our collective memories as a specter of absolute unmitigated malevolence.
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Notorios convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has registered an appeal against his life sentence handed down last year by a U.S court for the trafficking of tons of narcotics into the United States over a 25-year period. The appeal was presented by Guzmán’s chief lawyer Marc Fernich late Friday, Sept. 3,
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By RICH GRANT Everyone knows Charleston, South Caroline, is one of United States’ most historic cities, but there’s a lot more than history occupying the town’s 1,600 pre-Revolutionary War buildings, including new breweries, distilleries and clubs. Charleston has become a Williamsburg with bars. And James Beard award-winning restaurants. And one-of-a-kind shops and galleries. Of course, there’s still plenty of history
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By RICH GRANT At just 36 miles in length, the Niagara is one of the shortest rivers in the world. And one of the most violent. Almost a million gallons of water cascade down the river every second, reaching speeds of 30 miles per hour. The river is actually not a river at all – it is the drainage runoff
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By RICH GRANT With 25 million visitors a year, New York’s Central Park is the most popular green space in the United States – and the most recognizable. More than 200 films have been shot here. From romantic “Annie Hall” to blood-ridden “Death Wish,” from tender “Love Story” to brutal “Fatal Attraction,” Central Park is one of the biggest Hollywood
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By RICH GRANT It is forever Christmas at McKonkey’s Ferry Inn. The dining room in this lovely tavern, located on the banks of the Delaware River, 42 miles upstream from Philadelphia, is always decorated as it would have been on Christmas night, 1776, when George Washington had dinner here. As Washington dined, 2,400 of his men assembled outside along the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO García Luna Refuses Mexico’s Help Shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, Mexico’s former top cop Genaro García Luna appeared before Judge David Horan of the Dallas Federal Court on Tuesday, Dec. 17. García Luna, who was the public security secretary under former Mexican President Felipe Calderón (2006-2012), declined during his brief 10-minute court appearance his right
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By RICH GRANT When the noise, madness and traffic of New York City becomes too much, there is a peaceful retreat in the heart of the city: the High Line. This one-of-a-kind park offers a zen-like paradise of trees, flowers, gurgling fountains, deck chairs and cafes – all floating high above the chaos of the city below. It’s a narrow,
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