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French daredevil climbs landmark Havana hotel without a net

2013-02-05 09:53:50

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The Times' NBA rankings

2012-01-28 21:23:00

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Monster Mash: Israeli orchestra to play at Bayreuth; dispute over Calder mobile in Chicago

2010-10-06 16:33:01

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Bruce Graham dies at 84; architect of iconic Chicago skyscrapers

2010-03-09 00:00:00

Bruce Graham, the hard-driving architect of the Willis Tower, once the world's tallest building, and the John Hancock Center, the X-braced giant that became a symbol of Chicago's industrial might, has died. He was 84. Graham died Saturday at his home...

Climbing stairs for charity to replace 'rubber chicken' dinners?

2009-09-28 16:34:34

Monster Mash: Autry president to retire; Einstein's theory of relativity goes public; LuPone's ballet debut

2010-03-09 16:32:53

Cool rooms, hot links and caviar facials

2008-02-24 00:00:00

Fairmont Scottsdale Princess This large spread manages to be an astounding desert resort without screaming, "Aren't we an astounding desert resort?" Take the spa, called Willow Stream. Remarkable. Inspired by the Grand Canyon and its Havasu Falls,...

Scottsdale sleeps

2008-04-09 10:07:31

It's been a long time since cowboys parked their ponies on Main Street in what was once proudly marketed as the West's Most Western Town. Today's Scottsdale is two P.F. Chang's, two California Pizza Kitchens and two Merrill Lynch offices. It is art...

Ten new American landmarks

2008-12-09 11:16:31

Travel + Leisure magazine choices based on modern, environmentally tuned design: � California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco � Nationals Park, Washington � Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, and Blue Hill at Stone Barns Restaurant,...

Plot posed a real, immediate threat, experts say

2007-12-15 00:00:00

It was not the most spectacular domestic terrorism plot since the Sept. 11 attacks, and certainly not the best-known. But no other case posed such a real and immediate threat as the audacious scheme to attack more than a dozen military centers,...

The Times and Japan-bashing

2007-10-10 00:00:00

If you haven't been following our Dust-Up on China engagement with Joseph Farah and Andr�s Martinez, here's a sample from Tuesday's exchange. Said Farah: I'm a fan of imports from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. I think most Americans are. These countries...

Towers of Power

2005-10-23 00:00:00

Watts towers did not begin with a tower at all. It began with a ship, or an utterly immobile rendition of one. Three thousand miles from the ocean that carried him to the United States from Italy 26 years before, Simon Rodia dug a boat-shaped trench at...

Lightning strikes the Willis Tower during the storm Wednesday night.

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Lightning strikes the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in downtown on June 12, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.

2013-06-12 00:00:00

View from Wacker Drive in 1972 of the Sears Tower under construction.

2013-05-03 08:36:33