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RIPTON , Vt., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Under-age partygoers reportedly fueled by alcohol and drugs trashed the Vermont farmhouse where U.S. poet Robert Frost spent his later years.

RIPTON, Vt., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Police in Ripton, Vt., said the historic home of poet Robert Frost was badly damaged by vandals who destroyed numerous antiques.

JERUSALEM, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Good fences, as Robert Frost famously wrote, make good neighbors. In fact the poet was being ironic. Massive border defenses are a testament to tensions between states, but they are also a way to manage them short of war. And border fences have become surprisingly good business for U.S. and international defense contractors in recent years.

DERRY , N.H., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A piece of American literary history fell Saturday as the 50-foot maple tree that inspired budding poet Robert Frost was cut down.

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HOUSTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Author Daniel Stern, who tapped his career in music, movies and academia for his novels and short stories, has died in Houston at age 79.

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