Travel
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Japan's chrysanthemums: More than symbol of autumnNov 07, 2014 5:01 am - TOKYO - When Americans think of flowers and Japan, we think of cherry blossoms. But to the Japanese, there's a flower for every time of year, and right now, it's the chr...
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Mark Twain's town by the river a trip back in timeNov 07, 2014 5:00 am - HANNIBAL, Mo. — Mark Twain only lived in Hannibal, Missouri, for 13 years, but many of his most famous stories were inspired by this humble Midwestern city. A visit to H...
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Kansas prairie park preserves vanishing tallgrassNov 06, 2014 5:01 am - STRONG CITY, Kan. - Stand here in a field of tall, windblown grass and wildflowers, and twirl around like a child. It's like being inside a prairie snow globe: You're su...
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Go for the food: Make an odyssey of 1 meal, 1 chefNov 06, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK - So you've landed in a foodie destination, a happening city brimming with top-tier restaurants and chefs sporting scary-good culinary cred. You want to make th...
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Globetrotter Pico Iyer makes case for staying putNov 06, 2014 4:45 am - RIO DE JANEIRO - Pico Iyer has spent the past several decades on the move, incessantly hopping from one far-flung destination - Ethiopia, Morocco, Indonesia - to another...
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Museum tells Helena Rubinstein's story in artNov 05, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Judgmental, autocratic and wholly self-made after fleeing prewar Poland and the prospect of arranged marriage as a teen, Helena Rubinstein built a cosmetics e...
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Exhibit on Paul Simon's life debuts at Rock HallNov 04, 2014 5:00 am - CLEVELAND - An exhibit chronicling Paul Simon's career recently debuted at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. The Rock Hall said that "Paul Simon: Words & Music"...
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Museum unveils rich story Jewish of life in PolandNov 04, 2014 5:00 am - WARSAW, Poland - In the two millennia between ancient Israel and its modern rebirth, Jews never enjoyed as much political autonomy as they did in Poland, a land that cen...
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Virginia taps natural resources to drive tourismNov 04, 2014 4:45 am - CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Sometimes, money does grow on trees. Dotted by charming small towns from the mountains to the west and the ocean to the east, Virginia is renewing...
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Rural Tennessee museum a success in first yearNov 03, 2014 5:00 am - UNION CITY, Tenn. - When Discovery Park of America opened on a cornfield in rural Tennessee, its founders expected the museum described as a "mini-Smithsonian" to draw a...