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Louise Yang and her husband were dining at The Ledbury, a two-star Michelin-rated restaurant in trendy Notting Hill, Monday night when rioters smashed through the window."The looters were yelling at us to get down and throwing stuff all over the place," Yang, a software developer from Los Angeles, wrote in an account of the incident on her blog. The looting appears to be one of very few riot-related events reported in the central London neighborhoods frequented by tourists.Yang's engagement and wedding rings were stolen, but she promptly made insurance inquiries and spent the next day shopping in fashionable Soho and touring a Fuller's brewery. She and her husband are heading to Italy next for a delayed honeymoon.Getting robbed definitely wasn't anything she expected to happen in London, Yang said Tuesday evening from her hotel room near Westminster Abbey. [Read the full article] (CNN) -- Growing up in Massachusetts, Joshua Pahigian was an automatic Red Sox fan, and going to Fenway Park was akin to a religious experience, with observed rituals."I would always order a sausage outside Fenway Park and wait for batting practice homers to fly over the 'Green Monster,' " said Pahigian, author of "The Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip: A Fan's Guide to Major League Stadiums" and "101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out."Now, he goes about the stadium experience a little differently. The only hard and fast rule for Pahigian: Never leave early. Staying until the very last out, like his father taught him, has created memories Pahigian will never forget.He will always cherish seeing the Mo Vaughn-driven Red Sox come back in the ninth inning on Opening Day 1998, but he'd like to erase that time the Sox lost to the New York Yankees, 22-1. [Read the full article] (CNNGo) -- Riding on elephants is cool, but helping them live well is cooler. That's the thought behind voluntourism -- travel that lets visitors help out along the way.Here are 8 ways animal lovers can contribute to the welfare of their furry, feathered and finned friends all over the world.In Victoria's Great Otway National Park you can conduct valuable research on koala habitats to understand the impact of climate change on their population and behavior.The 10-day expedition, which departs from the town of Apollo Bay, allows volunteers to work closely with koalas and be involved in all aspects of the research: capturing and handling koalas under close supervision of an experienced handler, radio tracking koala observations, tree measurements, habitat assessments and nighttime spotlighting for animals.In 1975 more than 200,000 lions roamed the African continent. [Read the full article] 
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