Travel
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A visit to Liverpool brings Beatles fans back to their rootsNov 02, 2014 5:45 am - LIVERPOOL, England — They were just another boy band, a gaggle of teenagers with too much energy. They'd meet in the basement of a friend's suburban home, horsing around...
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5 free things to do and see in BaltimoreNov 01, 2014 6:30 am - Baltimore on a budget? Easy as Edgar Allan Poe. His gravesite is one of a number of memorable places that can be visited around this historic city without spending a dim...
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On the road: See double at MCA's new 'Body Doubles' exhibitOct 31, 2014 6:00 am - Chicago Double down The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago recently opened “Body Doubles,” an exhibition that explores the relationship between the body ...
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Mussolini air raid shelter opens to touristsOct 28, 2014 6:00 am - ROME - A Roman villa's wine cellar, which was converted into an air raid shelter for Benito Mussolini and the Italian dictator's family, is opening its anti-gas, double ...
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Exhibition at Atlanta's High Museum features CezanneOct 24, 2014 6:15 am - ATLANTA - An exhibition at Atlanta's High Museum of Art showcases a group of impressionist and post-impressionist works amassed by a private collector who described the ...
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Hot Springs, Arkansas: 5 free things to see and doOct 24, 2014 6:00 am - HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Hot Springs is a history-lover's dream. Over the years, visitors to this city of 35,000 in central Arkansas have ranged from baseball stars to notori...
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Go for the food: Bryant's barbecue in Kansas CityOct 23, 2014 6:01 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - I learned an important lesson from a food blogger in Kansas City: Talking about barbecue in these parts may involve "fightin' words." Case in point: W...
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Kimono's evolution reflects changing JapanOct 23, 2014 6:00 am - NEW YORK - It's difficult to imagine a more eloquent symbol of Japan than the deceptively simple, T-shaped kimono. Traditional yet ever changing, the kimono ("thing to w...
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Rare ancient Chinese bronzes go on display in U.S.Oct 23, 2014 5:45 am - SANTA ANA, Calif. - When the mysterious people of China's Sanxingdui packed up and moved away 3,000 years ago, they left behind no written language and no indication of ...
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Century ago: Great War, great champagne vintageOct 23, 2014 5:45 am - EPERNAY, France - Deep in the labyrinthine cellars of the Pol Roger champagne house, rows of century-old bottles caked in mold bear testimony to perhaps the greatest, an...