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A suspension bridge over the Manistee River southeast of Mesick, Mich., is located on the North Country Scenic Trail. The North Country National Scenic Trail runs 4,600 miles from North Dakota to New York's eastern border. From there, it's about 40 miles across Vermont fields and mountains to the Appalachian Trail. Closing the 40-mile gap is a priority for the Michigan-based North Country Trail Association, the group responsible for the trail. (Associated Press)

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Creating your own cake "is something that's different and fun and cool," says Duff Goldman, the Food Network's "Ace of Cakes" and owner of a hands-on bakery. (Associated Press)

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Nathan Myhrvold, author of "Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking," would have you turn your blowtorch on a steak or cook scrambled eggs sous vide, then deliver them as fanciful dollops through a whipping canister. (Associated Press)

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Ashley Carpenter takes lunch orders at the Tilted Kilt, in Tempe, Ariz. The eatery is part of a booming niche in the restaurant industry known as "breastaurants" or sports bars that feature scantily clad waitresses. These small chains are copying the business model of Hooters, which pioneered the concept starting in the 1980s. (Associated Press)

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Cooking show host Bobby Flay poses backstage with the Emmy for best culinary program for his "Barbecue Addiction" at the 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, June 23, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Todd Williamson, Invision)

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** FILE ** This Feb. 17, 2012, photo shows a general view of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Police say two people have been found dead in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide in a room shooting at the Beverly Hilton, just hours before the Daytime Emmy Awards are being held at the posh hotel. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)