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WASHINGTON - Whether you're interested in Lincoln the president or "Lincoln" the movie, Washington is a downright thrilling destination.

Boeing is sticking with plans to speed up production of its 787 and sees no reason to change the lithium-ion battery design at the centre of the troubled plane's problems, its CEO said Wednesday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica is embracing a controversial Super Bowl commercial that depicts a white office worker from the U.S. Midwest feigning the Caribbean island's lilting patois accent to display a cheerful, upbeat outlook. Some U.S.

ALGIERS, Algeria - The awe-inspiring dunes and wild mountains of Algeria's Sahara have lured adventure travellers for decades, but their latest incarnation — as a crossroad for the al-Qaida militants who attacked a natural gas complex — is likely to

TULSA, Okla. - The Master of Space and Time could soon have his own museum.

SEOUL, South Korea - Google Inc. has helped fill the gap in one of the last remaining information black holes in the world by releasing a detailed map of North Korea that adds street names, monuments — and its notorious prison camps.

JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska's senior senator has once again introduced legislation to rename Mount McKinley, Denali. Sen.

SARASOTA, Fla. - Famed daredevil Nik Wallenda glided 500 feet across a wire suspended 200 feet above the ground on Tuesday, wowing several thousand people below in his hometown of Sarasota.

SEVARE, Mali - Timbuktu, the fabled desert city where retreating Muslim extremists destroyed ancient manuscripts, was a centre of Islamic learning hundreds of years before Columbus landed in the Americas.

WASHINGTON - The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is planning its first major expansion since it opened in 1971 as a "living memorial" to President John F.