Travel
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On the road: Aspen music festivalFeb 26, 2012 12:00 am - Worth the trip Singer-songwriter John Oates of Hall & Oates produces the third annual 7909 Aspen Songwriters Festival in Aspen, Colo. Why the name? Aspen is located...
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Gates center puts focus on philanthropyFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - SEATTLE — People are already joking it's a good thing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation isn't charging admission for its new visitor center, which showcases Bill Gates...
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On the road: Take the fam to Indy's kids' museumFeb 19, 2012 5:00 am - Chicago The final frontier Looking for a sensory jolt in the dead of winter? Explore the new, sophisticated Grainger Sky Theater at the Adler Planetarium and A...
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Discovering Upper Peninsula's winter wonderlandFeb 19, 2012 5:00 am - HOUGHTON, Mich. — You're not much of a skier, and jouncing through the woods on a roaring snowmobile isn't your idea of fun either. Is there any other reason to take a w...
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Florida spring training covers all the basesFeb 19, 2012 5:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. — Major league baseball teams started coming to Florida for spring training almost a century ago, traveling by rail from the often still-frozen North to get ...
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Fans’ rite of spring: Sun-seeking baseball tripsFeb 18, 2012 6:17 am - Nothing stirs the blood of baseball fans quite like “pitchers and catchers report.” A harbinger of the coming season, the words mean players are reporting for duty in Fl...
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Smaller parades changing the face of Mardi GrasFeb 18, 2012 5:00 am - NEW ORLEANS — A new generation of parades is hitting the streets of New Orleans for Mardi Gras, and they're throwing away old traditions of big, glitzy floats and celebr...
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Former asylum now a booming tourism businessFeb 18, 2012 5:00 am - WESTON, W.Va. — Normally, Rebecca Jordan will take all the free TV exposure she can get for the psychiatric hospital that she's turned into a tourist attraction known as...
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Winter in California desert stark and beautifulFeb 18, 2012 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — In spring and fall, desert camping attracts thousands of tourists in Southern California. Joshua trees curve up out of the dry ground like spiky sculptures...
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Guitar plays second fiddle as Nashville symbolFeb 15, 2012 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The guitar, an iconic symbol of Nashville's music scene, is beginning to play second fiddle as a visual icon for the city. Musical notes and symbols ...