Travel
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Chicago-area museum, zoo attendance slightly downFeb 03, 2014 4:49 pm - Chicago-area zoos and museums saw a slight drop in attendance last year. The consortium called Museums in the Park released attendance numbers on Monday for 15 Chicago-a...
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Discovering the splendor of Spain's pueblos blancosFeb 03, 2014 4:45 am - SETENIL DE LAS BODEGAS, Spain — As dusk light slanted across this southern Spanish hamlet, the whitewashed houses and the cliffs they're carved into turned golden. A gag...
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A Super Bowl economic boom for NYC? Hard to sayFeb 02, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Will the snowy New York City area really reap an estimated $600 million economic boost from the Super Bowl? Probably not. Despite such lofty predictions, spor...
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Kohl's exhibit examines Japanese culture through the seasonsFeb 02, 2014 4:00 am - Developed by the Brooklyn Children's Museum, the exhibit “Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Season” first ran at Glenview's Kohl Children's Museum in 2007. Providing a lo...
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Cruise ship sails two days after early returnFeb 02, 2014 1:55 am - HOUSTON — A ship was to set sail from a Houston-area port two days after returning from a cruise a day early with more than 180 ill passengers and crew aboard. The Carib...
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Go for the food: backbar in Somerville, Mass.Feb 01, 2014 4:45 am - SOMERVILLE, Mass. — It takes a little effort to find backbar, hidden at the end of a dark hallway off a small alley just outside Boston. But once you take a seat in the ...
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Luckily, pilots landing at wrong airport is rareFeb 01, 2014 4:45 am - Do you know the way to San Jose? Apparently, a passenger didn’t a few years ago. She ended up in California when she should have landed in Costa Rica. But that’s not as ...
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Broadway show really hopes to rock Super BowlFeb 01, 2014 4:45 am - NEW YORK — On Super Bowl Sunday, there will be a group of people sweating out in the cold in front of millions, doing what they do best. And that group is, of course, th...
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On the road: Forget the weather with a Chicago ChillcationFeb 01, 2014 4:30 am - Chicago Snow way out Navy Pier's annual winter party returns this year with snow-sculpting competitions among 15 professional teams from around the world and 1...
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Welcome center roils tourist destination NewportJan 30, 2014 4:45 am - NEWPORT, R.I. — A proposal to build a visitors center on the grounds of The Breakers, the Gilded Age Vanderbilt family mansion and national historic landmark, is dividin...