Travel
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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...
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Last meeting for WWII veterans who captured U-boatJun 04, 2014 1:01 am - World War II veterans gathered in Chicago to mark the 70th anniversary of their capture of a German submarine. The U-505 submarine has been on display at the Museum of S...
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Portland rose garden's history lies in World War IJun 03, 2014 5:45 am - PORTLAND, Ore. — Boasting spectacular views of the city skyline and — on a clear day — snow-covered Mount Hood, Portland's International Rose Test Garden in Washington P...
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5 free things to do in Orlando (no theme parks!)Jun 03, 2014 5:30 am - ORLANDO, Fla. - It costs close to $100 a person to enter the gates of the Magic Kingdom or board the Hogwarts Express. But there are plenty of things to do in the Orland...
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Norhtwest Rails-to-Trails routes tailor-made for bikers, hikersJun 02, 2014 5:45 am - WALLACE, Idaho - In many parts of the country, abandoned train tracks have been repurposed into multiuse exercise trails. The best of them - a little more than two dozen...