<p><span class="deck">Once seen as a vice and now as a public panacea, the national passion that got Thomas Jefferson in trouble has been expanding for two centuries.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">After 20 years of looking for someone who could perform the “middle deal,” Dai Vernon had pretty much decided that this supreme piece of sleight of hand was a fable. Then, one night in a Wichita jail, a prisoner told Vernon he’d seen a man do it…</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">From its first boom during America’s biggest gold rush to its current gamble on gambling, Deadwood, South Dakota, has managed to keep itself very much alive.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">During the golden age of golf, many of the sport’s greatest players never went pro. They couldn’t afford the pay cut. </span></p>
