Travel
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Vegas casinos draw tourists with holiday exhibitsDec 23, 2013 5:00 am - Las Vegas has mostly shelved its attempt to rebrand itself as a family-friendly wonderland. But there's one exception: the dreaded holiday season, when visitor numbers c...
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Southern Sicily is both baroque and authentically antiqueDec 22, 2013 4:30 am - The setting June sun was casting a golden glow on the stunning honey-toned baroque buildings of the southern Sicilian town of Noto. A few British friends and I were admi...
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On the road: Marvel at Wisconsin’s Ice CastleDec 21, 2013 5:00 am - Chicago Hotel deal for The 900 Shops You still have plenty of time to take advantage of the “Michigan Avenue Madness” shopping package at Hotel Felix. Chicago’s first ec...
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5 free things to see and do around Little RockDec 20, 2013 4:45 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas is nicknamed the Natural State, and its capital lives up to the moniker. There are plenty of ways for people to experience the great outdoor...
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Go for the food: Capitol Burgers in Los AngelesDec 19, 2013 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — There's this weirdly unfounded reputation that just about everyone in Los Angeles is vegan and therefore sunbaked Angelenos only feast on the likes of kale...
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Delta: No voice calls on our planesDec 18, 2013 9:53 am - MINNEAPOLIS — Delta Air Lines won’t allow passengers to make voice calls from its planes. Right now, federal rules prohibit voice calls on planes. But the government is ...
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Ski fashion: Rainbow of color headed down slopesDec 18, 2013 4:45 am - NEW YORK — Bright is the new black when it comes to colors and styles for snow bunnies to look their best on the slopes. The move to color in winter-sport outerwear fol...
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Teaching young skiers: Keep the focus on funDec 17, 2013 4:30 am - SALT LAKE CITY — A hard wind pelted exposed areas of our faces with tiny pellets of sleet and drove the 16-degree air through any chink in the ski gear covering my 4-yea...
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Arson engulfs art at Detroit’s Heidelberg ProjectDec 16, 2013 5:00 am - DETROIT — On Detroit’s Heidelberg Street, where a local artist turned the shell of a crime-ridden neighborhood into an interactive public art project, visitors coming to...
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5 free things to see and do in IstanbulDec 15, 2013 4:45 am - ISTANBUL — Last summer, Istanbul's Taksim Square was the scene of confrontations between police and protesters. But protests have faded, and contrary to some lingering p...