Travel
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Public menorah lightings around the globeDec 11, 2014 5:01 am - NEW YORK - Public Hanukkah celebrations are being planned around the U.S. and abroad, from a parade of menorah-topped cars in Philadelphia to a menorah lighting and conc...
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Walden Pond where Thoreau lived simply goes solarDec 10, 2014 5:00 am - CONCORD, Mass. - Henry David Thoreau famously wrote of "the sunshine of a winter's day," and now the simple place that inspired him the most is going solar. Officials ar...
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Constable: Tollway death counts are more than numbersDec 09, 2014 4:00 am - The first time I saw one of those grim Illinois expressway signs was in 2012. I was merrily driving to the family farm in Indiana to visit my mom when I spotted a roadsi...
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5 free things: NYC lit up and lovely at ChristmasDec 07, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - The Christmas season is one of New York City's busiest times of year. Tickets for Broadway shows and hotel rooms go for premium prices and lines for top attra...
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Travel books, for gifts or your own coffee tableDec 05, 2014 5:01 am - NEW YORK - Shopping, romance, bucket lists, inspiration and information: All of these things and more can be found in books for travelers that are out this season in tim...
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Mismanagement allegations at Pearl Harbor memorialDec 05, 2014 12:01 am - PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The USS Arizona is one of the nation's most hallowed sites, an underwater grave for more than 900 sailors and Marines killed when Japan bombed Pea...
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'Worn to be Wild' chronicles the leather jacketDec 04, 2014 5:01 am - NORFOLK, Va. - Just as suits of armor have routinely lined museum halls over the years, the 20th-century equivalent of protection, status and cool for riders of other ki...
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Project to show Native American link to Route 66Dec 04, 2014 4:45 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Greasy diners, big-finned Cadillacs, mom-and-pop souvenir shops, dusty trading posts and the promise of the West were undoubtedly part of the recipe ...
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Relics from 'Wonder Years' given to SmithsonianDec 03, 2014 5:01 am - WASHINGTON - Kevin Arnold's green New York Jets jacket that he always wore in "The Wonder Years" is becoming a piece of history along with other items from the popular T...
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Frida Kahlo's garden to be re-imagined in N.Y.Dec 03, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's native garden and studio will be re-imagined at the New York Botanical Garden in the spring. The garden will use flowers and plan...