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Tree of Life,' a Sitka spruce in Olympic National Park, is nearing the end of its life on the Washington coast.

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Lane Nichols takes a luxury cruise down the mighty Mississippi River and falls in love with New Orleans jazz music, Delta blues and the deep South.

Nearly 200,000 people have signed a petition calling on U.K. multinational Jardine Matheson to cancel its plan to expand ...