Westminster dog show: The hotel where it all started — 135 years ago

by Lisa Singh on February 14, 2011

Westminster dog show and Madison Square Garden – it’s hard to think of one without the other. But back in the day, the dog show extravaganza actually got its start back at the Westminster Hotel, in New York City. In the late 1870s, a group of hunting sportsmen who routinely met there created a kennel club to showcase purebred dogs.

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Spokane bomb mystery, and echoes of the past

February 14, 2011

In Spokane, a mystery still unsolved. In Montgomery, echoes of another bomb threat, nearly 55 years ago, to the day.

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Westminster Dog Show, at Madison Square Garden: Best in Show dogs of past 10 years

February 13, 2011

Sometimes it’s the people who make the place. And sometimes it’s the dogs. At least that’s the case every year at Madison Square Garden, where more than 2,5000 purebred dogs compete in the what is second only to the Kentucky Derby as the oldest continuously held sports event in the United States: the Westminster Kennel [...]

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Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Martin Luther King, and a legacy that endures

January 16, 2011

Miriam Norris knows a good story when she sees it. Three years ago, on the heels of a 25-year career in radio and broadcast journalism, Norris became tourism director at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. With that role, she took on a story close to her heart: the moment a 24-year old minister named Rev. Martin [...]

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AmericanDetours is traveling

August 30, 2010

We’ll return in January 2011 with more stories to share!

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No need to wait for Newt Gingrich’s “tax-free” Detroit vision to take a chance on the city

June 25, 2010

Detroit has always been a trailblazer. Even when it comes to being the first to crash the economy. So, it’s no surprise that the city — which now ranks as the first metropolis in U.S. history to see its population drop below 1 million — has become a cautionary tale. For some, of big business; [...]

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Confederate History Month: Sparks fly at Battle of Selma re-enactment

April 25, 2010

SELMA, Ala. — Fake guns go off like firecrackers on the Fourth of July. But there’s no cheering here, not from the crowd gathered at the edge of this field in Selma, Ala. They’re here to watch the Civil War reenactment up ahead. Many are seated in lawn chairs, others on wooden bleachers, or blankets. [...]

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Martin Luther King’s defining moment: A kitchen, in Montgomery, Alabama, past midnight

January 18, 2010

Well before the March on Washington. Or his “I have a Dream” speech. There was a defining moment for Martin Luther King, Jr. And it came past midnight, in a kitchen, at 309 South Jackson Street, in Montgomery, Alabama. King was 27 years old, two years into his role as pastor of nearby Dexter Avenue [...]

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Inside Detroit’s Jeanette Pierce dares you: Fall in love with Detroit (yes, Detroit)

January 16, 2010

Jeanette Pierce was feeling a little tired the other morning. Then she got to talking. About Detroit. Watch out! “I get really excited,” said Pierce, by phone. “Detroit’s kind of my drug of choice … I’m not allowed to have caffeine and talk about Detroit at the same time.” Before we go any further, let’s [...]

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