Lance Armstrong Announces Comeback
Sep 9th, 2008 · Lance Armstrong has announced he's coming out of retirement and is determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong retired in 2005 after winning seven back-to-back Tours.
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Soweto Gospel Choir: 'Blessed' ****
Feb 8th, 2006 · Ever since their smash debut CD Voices From Heaven, the Soweto Gospel Choir have spent years touring the world with their exhilarating brand of vocal fireworks. The group returns with a new collection of songs sung in English and some of the 10 other "official" languages of South Africa.
The Budapest Festival Orchestra: Wagner **
Feb 2nd, 2006 · The Budapest Festival Orchestra and its conductor Ivan Fischer have been touring U.S. during the month of January. From a concert they gave in Santa Barbara on the 14th, we hear the Prelude to the opera The Mastersingers of Nuremburg, by Richard Wagner.
John Edwards' New Job: Fighting Poverty
Jan 17th, 2006 · Former senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards has a new job as the director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina. He's touring the country in an effort to drum up support for the plight of the nation's poor.
Touring Cezanne's Cultural Roots ***
Jan 9th, 2006 · Master painter Paul Cezanne grew up in Aix-en-Provence in South France. He died 100 years ago, and Susan Stamberg went to his hometown to learn about the mercurial artist's local life and inspirations.
Katrina Tours of New Orleans *
Dec 13th, 2005 · Gray Line Tours New Orleans is a local company that for decades has offered tours of the city. The company recently announced a plan to offer tours to show the disaster that befell New Orleans in the wake of Katrina.
Walking Down Rosa Parks Avenue ****
Dec 6th, 2005 · In Montgomery, Ala., Rosa Parks Avenue stretches from north to south for nearly three miles. On that street you'll find the Cleveland Court apartments where Rosa Parks and her husband lived. NPR's Teshima Walker tours the apartment complex and talks with business owners and residents that live on and near the avenue.
Hope for Tourism Industry in New Orleans
Nov 30th, 2005 · Travel and tourism executives have been touring hurricane-ravaged New Orleans. They say they are surprised by how quickly the city is recovering.
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