Travel
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History meets Hollywood in new 'Lincoln' exhibitJan 19, 2014 4:30 am - SPRINGFIELD - In being reasonably accurate portrayals of genuine artifacts from the time, props from the film "Lincoln" have become artifacts of sorts themselves, now on...
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Noise is biggest complaint about N.Y.Jan 18, 2014 4:17 pm - NEW YORK — No wonder they call New York the city that never sleeps. Who can get any shuteye with all the noise?! Screeching subway trains, honking cars, roaring planes, ...
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On the road: Art, music, but no words in these worksJan 18, 2014 4:45 am - Chicago No words for this show The Logan Center hosts the Chicago premiere of Art Spiegelman and Phillip Johnston's WORDLESS! — an innovative show combining slides, talk...
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NYC’s Met museum shows off football trading cardsJan 17, 2014 4:45 am - NEW YORK — Football at the Met. No, not MetLife Stadium where the Super Bowl will make history next month. The Met, as in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The venerable i...
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Go for the food: Fried crab in San Fran ChinatownJan 17, 2014 4:30 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Crab and San Francisco go together like sour and dough, and you can find it here in just about every incarnation from basic cracked and steamed to meticu...
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Off the slopes, 5 free things to do in Taos, N.M.Jan 16, 2014 4:30 am - TAOS, N.M. — To winter sports enthusiasts, Taos is best known for its challenging ski slopes. But this northern New Mexico town has plenty more to offer visitors year-ro...
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Ice castles become tourist attractions in 3 statesJan 14, 2014 4:45 am - LINCOLN, N.H. — Farming is tough during a New Hampshire winter — unless you’re growing icicles. At the base of Loon Mountain in Lincoln, an ice castle not unlike the fro...
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From palm trees to snow: Winter Olympics’ SochiJan 12, 2014 4:30 am - SOCHI, Russia — For visitors to the Winter Olympics, Sochi may feel like a landscape from a dream — familiar and strange at once. Palm trees evoke a tropical seaside res...
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App Watch: Query your human network with JellyJan 11, 2014 6:10 am - NEW YORK — Jelly is an app for when you walk by a tree and want to know what type of tree it is, so you snap a photo of it and ask your Facebook and Twitter friends. Jel...
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On the road: Hear wonders of Grammy-nominated Lincoln TrioJan 11, 2014 4:30 am - Chicago Land of Lincoln Trio Chicago's Lincoln Trio, hailed by FANFARE Magazine as “one of the hottest young trios in the business,” received a 2014 Grammy nom...