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PRAGUE - It's a room with a view.

SAN FRANCISCO - Drivers approaching the majestic Golden Gate Bridge experienced something new on Wednesday— no human toll collectors.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

NEW ORLEANS - As this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival's detailed lineup was released Tuesday, a month before the gates open, organizers said they are energized and expecting to build on last year's growth in attendance.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The New York Aquarium has cherished its big-city setting by the sea for half a century. But the ocean that is the aquarium's lifeblood dealt it a shattering blow last fall.

LONDON - Pompeii is the little Roman town that became a byword for sudden, violent death. A new exhibition at the British Museum wants it to be equally famous for raucous, exuberant life.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Evil eye. Magical fright. A sick soul. These are all afflictions usually treated by traditional Mexican healers known as curanderos.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Angry Birds have a new space coop. At NASA's invitation, the online game birds are roosting at Kennedy Space Center for the next 1 1/2 years in an effort to lure youngsters to the cosmic wonders of math and science.

PHILADELPHIA - The SS United States is sending out what may be its final distress call.