Travel
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Which tech tools do experts use when they travel?May 07, 2011 6:45 am - NEW YORK — With the busy summer vacation season quickly approaching, the Associated Press asked several travel experts about their favorite tools for travel. Needless to...
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Clinton museum at home in HopeMay 07, 2011 2:00 am - HOPE, Ark. — Bill Clinton's boyhood home in Hope has been open as a museum for more than a decade, but this is the first year that visitors are seeing the home as part o...
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Guide seeks to expand Civil War interestMay 07, 2011 12:00 am - MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — There are battlefields, and then there's Belle Boyd, teenage temptress and Confederate spy. The Appalachian Regional Commission is betting Boyd is th...
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Czech town blends castle, beer and bearsMay 02, 2011 2:00 am - CESKY KRUMLOV, Czech Republic — Centuries of history have earned this Czech town a designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site. It’s a Bohemian beauty, tucked into a hor...
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Runners always planning for next raceMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - NEW ORLEANS — It's 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning and I'm in pain in New Orleans. Not morning-after-a-night-in-the-French Quarter type of pain, but knee pain. Together with ...
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Save in off-season spotsApr 30, 2011 2:00 am - NEW YORK — If you were thinking of hitting the hottest beach spots or the national parks’ best hotels this summer, booking at this late date could require a serious inve...
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Airline's service soars above competitionApr 30, 2011 2:00 am - Remember when flying to your destination was half the fun? Those were the days when air travel meant dressing in your finest. Close friends and family drove you to the a...
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Derby Museum pays homage to legendary jockey ShoemakerApr 29, 2011 11:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Just a short stroll from the famous track at Churchill Downs, where he rode to four victories in the Kentucky Derby, some of Bill Shoemaker's most trea...
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Portugal's crisis means bargains for touristsApr 29, 2011 11:00 pm - LISBON, Portugal — Portugal, one of the eurozone's poorest nations, is immersed in debt, barely has a functioning government and is widely expected to receive a Greek-st...
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Nature Museum hones in on amazing 'Architects'Apr 25, 2011 2:00 am - Since opening in 1999, Chicago's Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's temporary exhibits have all been rented from other institutions. “That pool is really small and it's ver...