Travel
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Canoeists find a new option in upper Hudson RiverJul 06, 2013 5:00 am - NEWCOMB, N.Y. — After a big easy sweep across a flat-water pool on the upper Hudson River, Allison Buckley made sure she chose a better channel through the oncoming rapi...
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Shaped by history, Gettysburg celebrates milestoneJul 06, 2013 4:00 am - GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Gettysburg changed the direction of American history 150 years ago, and the town hasn't been the same since. The couple of hundred thousand visitors ex...
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UK museum explores the real Amy WinehouseJul 05, 2013 5:22 am - LONDON — Amy Winehouse seemed to live in public, but her fans never knew the private person. An exhibition at London’s Jewish Museum aims to reveal an intimate side to ...
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More air passengers show up with gunsJul 03, 2013 11:00 pm - Several times every day, at airports across the country, passengers are trying to walk through security with loaded guns in their carry-on bags, purses or pockets, even ...
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Will EU entry boost or hamper Croatian tourism?Jul 03, 2013 5:58 am - Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia’s ravishing coast of more than 1,000 islands is a favorite destination for Europeans and travelers from further away. Croatia ...
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Statue of Liberty to finally reopenJul 02, 2013 1:00 pm - NEW YORK — Months after Superstorm Sandy swamped her little island, the Statue of Liberty will finally welcome visitors again on Independence Day. Sandy made landfall on...
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Hollywood helps turn Gettysburg hill into top siteJul 02, 2013 7:55 am - GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The booms of ground-rattling cannon fire Monday marked the ceremonial start of the Battle of Gettysburg, 150 years to the day after Union and Confedera...
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Beneath NYC's ground zero, a museum takes shapeJul 01, 2013 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Gray dust blankets everything in the subterranean halls of the unfinished National September 11 Memorial & Museum. But while the powder may look ominously lik...
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Afghan museum on the mend, but long way to goJul 01, 2013 1:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan — Looters stole tens of thousands of artifacts from the National Museum of Afghanistan during the country's civil war in the 1990s, and then thousands...
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The famed Times Square TKTS booth turns 40Jun 30, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Hundreds of tourists and New Yorkers show up each day at the famed TKTS booth in the heart of Times Square with questions about Broadway shows. Often they’re ...