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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Pfc. Leslie Schiltz was under the dank and treacherous earthquake-damaged southern pier here, waist high in the water and straining to push a hydraulic drill upward into solid concrete. He was standing on a narrow ledge along a support piling when a watermelon-sized chunk broke loose above him.

CASSVILLE, Mo. — The fish — thousands of them — melded into a single swirling mass of muscle. While Jerry Dean watched, workers slid large nets into the raceway and brought up dozens of rainbow trout with each pass.

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The U.S.S. Forrestal (CV-59) was the nation's first aircraft "supercarrier" with an angled deck to allow simultaneous takeoffs and landings. From 1955 until it was decommissioned in 1993, the Forrestal saw the world from the Suez Canal, Mediterranean and North Atlantic to Vietnam, and many other places.

CAYMAN BRAC, British West Indies -- With scuba gear strapped on, I dipped under the surface and drifted down to Snapper Reef, entering what felt like a whimsical pottery museum. Four-foot barrel sponges dotted the reef, looking like giant fluted bowls and vases on display. As I swam, two Caribbean reef squid fanned out their tentacles, pretending they were part of the soft coral, while ...

This small island just off the east coast of mainland Puerto Rico has become an upscale beach resort, full of restaurants, galleries and hotels.

A child leaps off an old pier in the main town of Esperanza. THE mascot of Vieques seems to be the coquí, a tiny frog whose image adorns everything from T-shirts to hot sauce bottles.