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Venice's first female gondolier pushes off into uncharted waters

Jul. 21, 2009
Giorgia Boscolo dreamed of following in her father's gondola wake since girlhood. All she had to do was overcome nine centuries of taboos. As a little girl in Venice, Giorgia Boscolo was forever bugging her father to let her ride with him in his gondola. While her three sisters played with their...
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Female gondolier starts apprenticeship

VENICE, Italy, July 16 (UPI) -- The first woman to pass the entry exam for gondolier training in Venice, Italy, has begun ferrying passengers as an apprentice.

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Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo