If Santa Claus needed a place to buy all of his decorations, this would be it. It’s big business in small town Michigan and it brings Christmas cheer every day of the year…..
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Our nation’s Bill of Rights guarantees its citizens freedom of speech and the right to assemble. When you are director of the Nevada nuclear test site, you see plenty of people exercising those rights…..
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From the 1950s to 1992, this area north of Las Vegas was where the U.S. conducted most of its nuclear weapons testing and this man was director of the site when that work came to an end…..
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Andrew McCrea interviews former Nevada Test Site Director, Nick Aquilina
Drilling a hole in the ground may not sound too important. However at this site, much of today’s drilling technology was perfected, and that location may surprise you…..
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Most cities would not promote nuclear tests and fishing at lakes void of fish. But that’s what this place did, and it grew as a result…..
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When this city got its start, it was known for its water. Its safe to say, few know it for that today…..
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At one time the town of Searchlight was considered as the possible county seat of Clark County. Today Searchlight has just a handful of people and another city in the county has nearly two million…..
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It may just be the toughest position to play on the basketball court. The worst part is, no matter how well you play, you seem to always get jeers instead of cheers…..
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You may have thought Thanksgiving dates back to the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in today’s state of Massachusetts. But there’s a farm that claims to have held that first feast many years prior to the Pilgrim’s meal…..
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Food. We may not think much about it, until we go without a meal. I hope you’ll join me in giving thanks and helping those who are in need. Today’s broadcast is brought to you by FarmersFeedingtheWorld.org. Let’s work to end local and global hunger and share agriculture’s life changing story. Watch our Thanksgiving Ag Day television broadcast or join the effort at farmersfeedingtheworld.org.
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It’s said that a man’s home is his castle. For Robert Snyder, his home was a castle. But this building, one of the grandest structures in the entire state, was also a place of sadness…..
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Everyone who ventures here seems to have the same two questions: How did this place get its name and why is there a European castle in the middle of the wilderness? The answers to those questions are over a century old and we unravel the tale…..
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They are small plots of land, but add them together and they account for a growing trend in the city of Chicago. Some date to the days of World War II and each is a unique effort by neighbors committed to helping their area…..
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When people can’t pay cash for the items they want, they may try to barter. That’s what this saloon did, and what they received became a bigger attraction than the drinks they served…..
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In this nation, a veterinarian may be called upon to help a sick animal. The vets Peter Shinn helps train not only heal animals, they also must dodge a war taking place around them……
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There are certainly plenty of battles and firefights that continue to be waged in Afghanistan. However, for this team, most of the challenges there are fought with a shovel and helpful knowledge…..
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Is turning corn into ethanol causing food prices to rise and some people to starve around the globe? You may have heard such arguments, so what is truly the answer?
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On Veterans Day, we remember those who have served our country and those who have fought to preserve freedom at home and around the world. Often those veterans not only make a difference around the globe, but here at home too. We meet one young man who certainly fits that category, and he ended up landing a job with his boyhood idols as well…..
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Tom Mix was known as the King of the Cowboys, starring in over 300 films from 1910 – 1935. He might also be the king of marriage, tying the knot five times…..
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When Union and Confederate sympathizers threatened to take this banker’s money, he did what any logical person would do–he dressed as a woman and began transporting cash under his skirt…..
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