Travel
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N.C. county shining light on mysterious orbsMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. — Two orange orbs, just about 10 feet off the ground, floated past Steve Woody and his father as they hunted deer more than 50 years ago. The mysterious li...
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Poll Vault: What’s your favorite theme park?Mar 30, 2012 12:36 am - This week, Poll Vault is on location in Orlando, Fla., where I spent two days at Universal Studios’ main theme park and its Islands of Adventure park. It’s spring break ...
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Lucky’s Place captures the moment of Everglades visitMar 26, 2012 9:38 am - OCHOPEE, Fla. The tourists in their rental cars creep down the Everglades byway known as Loop Road. Some are searching for alligators, exotic birds or maybe a ghost orch...
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Tourists find spiritual beauty in Judean DesertMar 25, 2012 6:00 am - JERICHO, West Bank — Located between Jerusalem and Jericho, the Judean Desert provided an inspiration to thousands of hermits who lived here in the early Middle Ages. Wi...
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Belfast looks at Titanic tourism to lure visitorsMar 25, 2012 6:00 am - BELFAST, Northern Ireland — To most of the world, the name Titanic means tragedy, spiced with romance, sacrifice and luxury. But in Belfast, where it was built, the doom...
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Old Havana restaurants slowly go smoke-freeMar 25, 2012 6:00 am - HAVANA — It’s a quintessentially Cuban experience: Capping off a meal with a snifter of rum and an aromatic cigar. This Caribbean nation is renowned around the...
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Lucky's Place captures the moment of Everglades visitMar 24, 2012 6:45 am - OCHOPEE, Fla. The tourists in their rental cars creep down the Everglades byway known as Loop Road. Some are searching for alligators, exotic birds or maybe a ghost orch...
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Put Puerto Rico on your family's vacation radarMar 24, 2012 6:00 am - A Caribbean island with beautiful beaches and big resort pools is nice. Even nicer, especially for families, is a place like Puerto Rico — where there is so much more to...
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N. Carolina tries to satisfy 'Hunger Games' fansMar 24, 2012 5:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. — Fans of “The Hunger Games” are already turning up in North Carolina, seeking out places where the movie was shot, from old-growth forests to an abandoned...
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Preparation and patience make traveling with special needs child easierMar 21, 2012 2:13 am - Spring gets me thinking about family trips. Day trips, long weekends, weeklong vacations. There are trips that take time to research, plan and save for. Then there are t...