Travel
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5 free things in Milan from cathedral to canalsJan 30, 2014 4:30 am - MILAN — Milan is Italy’s finance and fashion capital, with hundreds of billions of euros invested on the Italian Stock Exchange and tens of billions more spent yearly in...
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Making a pilgrimage to fire god at a temple near Osaka, JapanJan 29, 2014 4:45 am - TAKARAZUKA, Japan — With its bullet trains, electronic toilets that warm, clean and dry, and hyper-efficient delivery systems that bring online orders to the doorstep wi...
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Experience Hawaii the easy way: By cruise shipJan 28, 2014 4:45 am - ABOARD PRIDE OF AMERICA — A great way to sample the many wonders of the Hawaiian Islands without the hassles of island-hopping by plane — like going through security and...
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Hatteras Lighthouse foundation stones threatenedJan 28, 2014 4:30 am - RALEIGH, N.C. — When the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was moved 15 years ago, the massive stones that held up the famous beacon were left behind at the erosion-prone spot on...
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On finance: Why Palm Beach beats out GreenwichJan 26, 2014 5:17 am - Some of what Bloomberg’s Jonathan Weil has been reading lately: Palm Beach, Florida, is a nice place to live and save money. Not to be confused with West Palm Beach. As ...
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Anti-shark devices popular on Maui after attacksJan 26, 2014 5:00 am - KIHEI, Hawaii — A surge in shark attacks on Maui over the past year, including two fatal ones, hasn't stopped people from surfing and swimming in the warm ocean waters t...
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New Harry Potter ride, shops for Universal OrlandoJan 26, 2014 5:00 am - The new Harry Potter area opening at Universal Orlando Resort this summer, called Diagon Alley, will offer fans a new thrill ride themed on Gringotts bank from the Harry...
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Remote Mediterranean island Malta steeped in historyJan 26, 2014 4:45 am - “We are an island nation. We are fighters,” Narcy Calamatta, actor and sometimes tour guide, tells me over lunch. My cruise ended this morning in Malta, so before I hea...
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281 passengers ill aboard Royal Caribbean shipJan 25, 2014 3:14 pm - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say 281 passengers have fallen ill aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The CDC said in a st...
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Mexico City bets on tap water law to change habitJan 25, 2014 5:00 am - MEXICO CITY — “Drink the water.” It’s a suggestion alien to Mexico City residents who have long shunned tap water in favor of the bottled kind and to the throngs of tour...