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The Canadian Museum of Nature is taking a novel approach to engaging with its visitors, staging a month-long competition called Dino Idol in which they will decide which dinosaur fossil the Ottawa institution will study next.

MOSCOW - A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring about 1,100 people.

HAVANA - It was a little before 10 p.m.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - In 12 years, my husband and I have had two vacations without our daughter. Once, we drove 200 miles to drop her at her godparents; the other time, her grandfather flew 850 miles on an $800 plane ticket to spell us.

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - When Superstorm Sandy washed over this popular Jersey shore resort, water poured in through the heating vents and electrical outlets of Linda Polites' and Michael Riley's home.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - This weekend marks the unofficial start of the spring tourism season in South Carolina, a year in which tourism officials expect the $15 billion industry will return to levels of before the Great Recession.

TAMUNING, Guam - Their well-equipped arsenals offer everything from tiny revolvers (for ladies) to Berettas, Glocks, semi-automatic pistols and M16 military assault rifles. If kids can see over the counter, they are welcome too.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Some travel agents say cruise prices and bookings have not yet been affected by reports about a disabled Carnival ship, but others in the industry say it's too early to tell.

NEWPORT, R.I. - If the Crawley family of "Downton Abbey" were American, they'd summer at Newport.

Doug Parker has no problem donning rapper Psy's light blue tuxedo for Halloween and performing his own version of Gangnam Style before hundreds of employees. The CEO of US Airways even let a video of his dance get posted to YouTube.