Travel
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Tokyo's capsule rooms make for cozy quartersJan 19, 2013 5:00 am - TOKYO — Tokyo is known for being densely populated and crowded. Living space is at a premium; hotel rooms are small or expensive or both. Enter the capsule hotel, where...
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A winter trek in Maine's backcountryJan 19, 2013 4:00 am - GREENVILLE, Maine — If you love the idea of cross-country skiing or snowshoeing through a snowy forest, stoking a wood stove at midnight, and eating great meals in good ...
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TSA to remove controversial X-ray scannersJan 18, 2013 3:41 pm - Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away. The Transportation Security Administration says the scanners that used a low-dos...
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Second time with Obama not as thrilling as beforeJan 13, 2013 6:04 am - WASHINGTON — Four years and one re-election after Barack Obama became America’s first black president, some of the thrill is gone. Yes, the inauguration of a U.S. presid...
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Hawaiian Airlines plans to buy 16 new Airbus planesJan 13, 2013 5:23 am - HONOLULU — Hawaiian Airlines plans to buy more than a dozen new Airbus planes to help it meet demand for travel between the West Coast and the islands. The airline signe...
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Resorts spruce up cocktail menus for apres skiJan 13, 2013 5:11 am - NEW YORK — After a long day on the slopes, nothing quite eases the aches and pains like a good drink. For Brian Sbrocco, the perfect end to a recent day of skiing was a ...
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On the road: 'Moby Dick' gets puppet treatmentJan 13, 2013 5:00 am - Chicago Puppet play Audiences can get a behind-the-scenes look at how theater productions come together when Blair Thomas and Company present excerpts from “Mo...
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Florida celebrates its Spanish heritage in 2013Jan 13, 2013 5:00 am - MIAMI — When Juan Ponce de León searched for riches in Florida, he unknowingly helped turn the Sunshine State into the first travel destination in the United States. In ...
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Quad Cities gets in the spirit with micobreweries, distilleryJan 13, 2013 4:15 am - “This is Iowa. We grow corn,” says Ryan Burchett of Mississippi River Distilling Co. That was the argument he used to persuade the state to change its laws governing ha...
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New winter sports to experience on snowy terrainJan 13, 2013 4:02 am - STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — After nearly 50 years of living in the Rocky Mountains, I thought I knew how to enjoy the winter. I’ve gone skiing, skating, snowshoeing, snow...