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  • Florida’s ‘Sanibel Stoop’ is an island shell game

    Visit the beaches on this Gulf Coast barrier island, and you're likely to see people doing the "Sanibel Stoop." That's the term for the bent-at-the-waist posture used to collect seashells on Sanibel Island, Fla., which bills itself as one of the best shelling locations in the world.


  • Charles Johnson dumps pecans into a bucket in Louisiana. The average retail price for a pound of pecans has risen from $7 in 2008 to about $11 this year. (Associated Press)

    Peaking pecan prices could boost the Thanksgiving tab

    Expect to pay more for pecan pie this Thanksgiving, thanks to drought in parts of the South and soaring demand from China and other Asian markets.


  • American Scene

    Authorities say two people have died in a plane crash in the Alaska wilderness, and four others aboard the small aircraft survived.


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