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NEWPORT, R.I. -- Newport's Cliff Walk, which runs between the Atlantic Ocean and some of the city's most stunning Gilded Age mansions, sustained what has been estimated at up to $8 million in damage during Superstorm Sandy. Some walkways were washed ...

Pipe envy: Are today's media conglomerates the railroad robber barons of the first Gilded Age? Image: Uwe Hermann/Flickr It's a dirty little secret that U.S. carriers and telcos don't want you to know: Networking in this country is terrible. U.S.

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'Why build the Titanic? Why go to the Moon? Why do the Yankees play the Red Sox? Why did Christopher Columbus discover the Americas? Because they could, and they can, and we can build the Titanic."

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The Driehaus Museum's popular Mother's Day afternoon tea returns on Sunday, May 12. The Museum's Gilded Age ballroom will be transformed into an elegant Victorian tea room, the perfect place to indulge and celebrate mothers for all they do. Invite ...

The last time that New Jersey voters elected a Republican to the United States Senate Richard Nixon topped the party ticket and the winning Senate candidate was Clifford Case, a proudly liberal Republican who opposed the war in Vietnam, embraced ...

Newport from the water American history and Gilded Age opulence define America's picturesque city by the sea. by Paul Rubio Newport . It's a name that conjures up images of sparkling seascapes, historic lighthouses, Gilded Age opulence, ...

Stephanie Mikles is a trailblazer. Sure, in past eras far less enlightened and tolerant as this current gilded age, Mikles might be considered a menace to society—a creep even. But we know better now. We know people just can't control their urges, ...