Travel
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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...
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How can you get sleep on an airplane?Jan 11, 2014 4:30 am - “Did you hear about the guy who slept right through the deplaning of his aircraft in Houston?” asked my old flying partner, when we met for our monthly lunch in St. Loui...
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Dial 9 before 911? Hotel death prompts petitionJan 10, 2014 7:35 am - DALLAS — Hank Hunt’s granddaughter tried calling 911 from the East Texas hotel room where she could hear her mother dying, just as she was taught to do in an emergency. ...
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1,000-acre range to be home for declining speciesJan 10, 2014 5:00 am - NEW ORLEANS — A planned 1,000-acre range on New Orleans' west bank will serve as a haven for antelope and bird species that aren't breeding as well as zookeepers would l...
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California's Little Saigon to mark Lunar New YearJan 10, 2014 5:00 am - WESTMINSTER, Calif. — The flowering tree outside Tong Le's house in Southern California sprouts but one tiny yellow blossom in early winter. But by the time the Vietname...
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Korean noodle shop helps Memphis break characterJan 10, 2014 4:45 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — This Mississippi River city is proud of its barbecue, its fried chicken, its soul food. But the food scene here is often stereotyped because of it. Tho...
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Dallas: 5 free things from arts to Dealey PlazaJan 10, 2014 4:45 am - DALLAS — Dallas is a city that likes to do things big, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to sell the ranch to have a good time here. With an arts district that has hit i...
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NYC Marriott claims tallest hotel in North AmericaJan 10, 2014 4:45 am - NEW YORK — A new Marriott in New York City is claiming to be the tallest single-use hotel building in North America. The Courtyard-Residence Inn Central Park is 750 fee...