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February 2014
Features
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The Eagle Never Landed
After he became the world’s most lovable Winter Olympian, “Eddie the Eagle” soared
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Valentine’s Revenge
First comes love, then comes divorce. A brief and heartbreaking history of the end of marriage
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The Last Days of Blackbeard
An exclusive account of the final raid and political maneuvers of history’s most notorious pirate
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Voles in Love
Burrowing balls of fluff, recently plucked from the American prairie, hold the secrets to our deepest bonds and affections. Meet the vole, the animal whose very name contains the word
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The Cave Dwellers
Once the “shame of Italy,” the ancient warren of natural caves in Matera may be Europe’s most dramatic story of rebirth
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The Mouth that Roared
Fifty years ago, the “Louisville Lip” fulfilled his own prophecy
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Blood in the Jungle
The sensational murder of a married couple trying to protect an Amazon rainforest points to an ominous trend: a worldwide spike in violence against environmental advocates
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Lincoln’s Boys
The slain president’s two personal secretaries battled mudslingers for a quarter-century to shape his image
Departments
From the Castle
The Secretary of the Smithsonian looks at the many advantages offered by the new technology
LISTEN: Five-Time Grammy Winner Flaco Jiménez Returns to his Tex-Mex Roots
Virtuoso 12-string bajo sexto player Max Baca talks about his long-time partner Flaco Jiménez