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restaurants The "Pan Am Experience:" luxury dinner, circa 1970, served in a recreated 747 Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Investigation accuses French right-wing leader of funnelling €500K to his wife for "fake job" Cory Doctorow

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france French town upholds law against UFOs David Pescovitz

Business Low income US households get $0.08/month in Fed housing subsidy; 0.1%ers get $1,236 Cory Doctorow

psychedelia Lightman Fantastic: this artist drenched '60s music lovers in a psychedelic dream Ben Marks

art Stunning modern art installations at the Palace of Versailles Andrea James

John Belushi Belushi – life and death of an American icon Mark Frauenfelder

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