Travel
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Who will pay for new passenger protection rules?Jun 08, 2014 6:12 am - At 36,361 words, the document laying out the latest proposed Transportation Department passenger protection rule is an epic, a few pages longer than Franz Kafka's novell...
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As the city celebrates its 250th year, a look at what's old and new againJun 08, 2014 5:30 am - Bicenquinquagenary. Yes, it's a mouthful. So are sestercentennial and semiquincentennial, but they all have the same meaning: an anniversary of 250 years. Skip the Lat...
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On the road: Catch Wheel Fever! in Old World WisconsinJun 07, 2014 5:30 am - Chicago Kids rule the Allegro roost Hotel Allegro Chicago is offering its youngest guests a playground of perks this summer including a new Pop-Up Museum Exhibit Series ...
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WWI Museum highlights century-old warJun 07, 2014 5:30 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The site of the National World War I Museum has weathered a whiplash arc from prominence to decline and back to distinction. With the centenary of the...
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Carry-on bags a difficult issue for some travelersJun 06, 2014 5:15 am - Have you noticed it's getting harder to pack it all in? I'm not talking about the itinerary where you keep track of where you are by the day of the week. I'm talking a...
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Big Ten museum opens Saturday in RosemontJun 06, 2014 5:00 am - The Big Ten Experience, a new interactive museum aiming to bring Big Ten Conference history to fan's fingertips, will open to the public Saturday at the conference's Ros...
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Moving Picture: Downers Grove man is world's 'most traveled'Jun 06, 2014 1:00 am - Travel, it seems, is in Donald Parrish Jr.'s blood. The Downers Grove man says five of his ancestors boarded the Mayflower in 1620 in search of the New World and a new l...
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Woodrow Wilson House explores president's legacyJun 05, 2014 5:15 am - WASHINGTON - When World War I began in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed U.S. neutrality. Then in 1917, he sent U.S. troops to Europe. After the war, he worked t...
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Should Wheeling join tourism bureau? Village board weighing optionsJun 05, 2014 1:01 am - At the urging of its premier hotel, the Westin Chicago North Shore, Wheeling might join the North Shore Convention & Visitor's Bureau. Trustees reacted favorably this we...
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Biking with Fido shouldn't be a dragJun 04, 2014 5:45 am - Several days before a long bike ride last year, a friend of mine suggested that we get a bike trailer for my beagle, Hamilton. Forget it, I said. Concerned about anxiety...