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Swords, bombs seized inside Afghan prison

The search was launched after Taliban insurgents carried off one of the biggest jail-breaks in history last month, smashing a suicide truck bomb into the gate of Kandahar prison and freeing 400 of their fighters and 700 other criminals.

American Story: Remembering those who lost the war

Is all the same history.” Fifty-three American regiments fought alongside the British during the American Revolution. At war's end, about 100,000 of those Loyalists left the country, with nearly half fleeing north, by boat, to Canada.

Huge landowner gets a closed-door deal

We have 40 years of Forest Service history that has been reversed in the last three months," said Pat O'Herren, an official in Missoula County , which is threatening to sue the Forest Service for forgoing environmental assessments and other procedures ...

Besty Ross, Ben Franklin Tie Knot At Independence Mall

So, they picked the Super Patriots on Independence Mall, a crowd steeped in history, to witness the joining of Archbold and Wilde. "We're equal individuals and have a say in what happens," said Maura Thompson, who was in the crowd.

Indulge your inner monarch and rent a castle

A castle embodies luxury, romance and chivalry and is laden with history and tradition,” says Freda Katritzky, publisher of " Chateaux Prives," a guide to private castles, palaces and estates around the world. “They are the ultimate status symbol ...