Travel
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Greek isles: Views, beaches, sunsets and crowdsAug 08, 2014 5:45 am - SANTORINI, Greece — Whitewashed houses stacked like sugar cubes on the cliffs. Colorful sunsets and black-sand beaches. Donkeys, windmills and a local winemaking traditi...
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Go for the food: Traverse City, Michigan's HarvestAug 07, 2014 5:45 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Let's face it: In today's hurry-up culture, there always will be a need for fast food. Even when you're enjoying a leisurely vacation in a place l...
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Missing from New Zealand's ski slopes? SnowAug 06, 2014 5:45 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Winter has rolled into its third month in New Zealand, and Nick Jarman says he's going stir crazy as he stares out at the driving rain on the s...
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Elegant Louvre Garden in Paris infested with ratsAug 05, 2014 6:00 am - PARIS — Rats are on the rampage in the elegant garden of the Louvre Museum, so bold they romp on the grass in broad daylight, defying death threats from sanitation worke...
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U.K. museum looks at epic, intimate sides of WWIAug 05, 2014 5:30 am - LONDON - It's an iconic scene of Britain at war: Thousands of Londoners huddled in Underground stations as German bombs rained down. But this is not the 1940s Blitz - it...
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Red ceramic poppies spill from Tower of LondonAug 04, 2014 11:00 pm - LONDON - A blood-red sea of ceramic poppies is spilling from the Tower of London to commemorate British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in World War I on the 100th anni...
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Hotel negative review policy spurs online backlashAug 04, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - A hotel received a flood of online criticism Monday following reports that it threatened to charge $500 if guests posted negative reviews. The New York Post ...
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Illinois historic sites to cut hoursAug 04, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency says it will have to reduce its operating hours at 13 historic sites after Labor Day because its budget was cut w...
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5 tips for making family trips with teens more funAug 03, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK — Family travel falls into three distinct phases. First, there's the exhausting period of travel with crying babies who need diapers, bottles, strollers, car se...
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On the road: Beach Butlers make hotel stay even betterAug 02, 2014 6:15 am - Chicago Ab-Serb-ly festive Grab some krofne and cevapcici and you'll be ready to spin to Serbian sounds at Serb Fest. In addition to music and dancing all day and night,...