Travel
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5 free things to do in California's Napa ValleyMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - NAPA, Calif. — Love the lush and lovely Napa Valley but hate how expensive it can be? You're not the first. In the late 19th century, writer Robert Louis Stevenson moved...
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Frontier adds carry-on fee for some passengersMay 05, 2013 7:32 am - Frontier Airlines plans to start charging up to $100 for a carry-on bag and $2 for coffee or soda, although its announcement on Wednesday did say that passengers will ge...
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On the road: Marvel at the creative genius of TaliesinMay 05, 2013 6:00 am - Midwest Wright stuff The tour season has opened at the 600-acre Taliesin Estate in Spring Green, Wis. Visitors can get a firsthand look into the creative geniu...
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Airlines, passengers extra cautious about securityMay 05, 2013 5:00 am - Did you hear about the passenger suffering from Tourette's syndrome who couldn't stop saying “bomb” at Washington's Reagan National Airport? According to an Associated ...
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New Mexico reveals a mix of cultures from pueblos to Georgia O'KeeffeMay 05, 2013 5:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Striped balloons dot a bright blue sky. Red rocks silhouette a lone dead tree. A white ladder leans on a brown adobe dwelling. On a road trip around...
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6 things to ask before booking vacationMay 04, 2013 7:00 am - NEW YORK — It's May. Memorial Day and the end of the school year are in sight. Suddenly, you're thinking about a summer vacation. A little advance planning — and some in...
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Juneau transforms from politics to tourist townMay 04, 2013 5:45 am - JUNEAU, Alaska — The week after Alaska’s 90-day legislative session comes to a close, its capital seems to slow down and take a huge sigh of relief. Juneau’s streets are...
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Woody Guthrie Center opens in TulsaMay 04, 2013 5:00 am - TULSA, Okla. — It took Woody Guthrie's hometown of Okemah more than 30 years after his death to finally celebrate his life and work with an annual music festival, and si...
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Fans travel far and wide for music festivalsMay 03, 2013 11:00 pm - GULF SHORES, Ala. — Karen Pery doesn't consider herself a jazz fan. Yet for each of the past four years, she's spent $3,000 and flown nearly 4,000 miles round trip to at...
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Lawmakers, Emanuel push hard for Chicago casinoMay 03, 2013 12:53 pm - Visitors to the nation’s third-largest city are usually spotted wandering the Magnificent Mile, snapping pictures of the Willis Tower and sampling Chicago-style deep dis...