Travel
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Holiday Hoops whoop it upDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Let's get physical What began as a basketball tournament named Holiday Hoops in 2000 became Mayor Daley's Holiday Sports Festival with tournaments in floor hock...
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Grinch can't steal away the fun of the seasonDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- From gingerbread exhibits to the Grinch to a new Louisville, Ky., attraction called KaLightoscope, destinations around the country are offering Christmas-t...
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Gift book ideas for travelersDec 03, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Whether your loved ones are armchair travelers or real-world travelers, consider one of the new travel books out this fall as a gift. They range from big lus...
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Enjoy a Swedish ChristmasDec 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Christmas in Sweden is a lot more than pickled herring and creamed rice. There's julbok, the Christmas goat who helps Tomten, or Santa, pass out the presents. Learn the ...
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Driving from South Africa to IranDec 03, 2010 10:00 pm - MUMBAI, India -- Somewhere on the way from Ethiopia to Djibouti, as I continued an overland trip around the world that has taken me 30,000 miles from New York City throu...
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Pilgrims, trekkers walk ancient route in SpainDec 03, 2010 10:00 pm - SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain -- A pilgrim heading to Santiago de Compostela in ancient times could expect a warm meal and a bed after a long day's walk. Today you can e...
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Airport security deserves a dressing-downDec 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Did you hear about the woman who stripped down to her altogether on a flight from Chicago to New York last week? She took “dress is optional” to a new level on the Delta...
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Discovering Newport's opulent mansionsDec 03, 2010 10:00 pm - NEWPORT, R.I. Bellevue Avenue, home to a series of eye-catching mansions that famously embody America's Gilded Age, crams enough history in a two-mile strip of Newport ...
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Isle La Motte long on historyNov 26, 2010 10:00 pm - There are no traffic lights on Lake Champlain's most remote and least commercialized island. As longtime resident Linda Fitch told me, “Two cars meeting at the four corn...
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Deep-cleaning efforts hope to restore Gulf beachesNov 26, 2010 10:00 pm - ORANGE BEACH, Ala. -- What's typically a beautiful, quiet stretch of beach now resembles a construction site. Bulldozers and yellow dump trucks shake the ground; a gian...