Travel
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Nature museum goes out on a limb with new exhibitOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - When a recent study found that kids weren't developing an appreciation for trees, the Arbor Day Foundation knew it had to take action. The not-for-profit organization he...
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Nearly drowned fisherman resurfacesOct 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Taking a last gasp of air as he tried to escape out a broken window of his sinking fishing boat, Capt. Jason Lee was stuck. His lifejacket caught on something. Gazing up...
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Zip lines add a thrill to vacationOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - LANSING, W.Va. -- Many visitors to the New River Gorge typically get acquainted with the area by battling white water on the New and Gauley rivers, climbing rock faces ...
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Hotel packages for HalloweenOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago's dana hotel and spa with its Vertigo Sky Lounge create an Alfred Hitchcock-themed Tower of Terror this Hallows Eve. The weekend-long series of events re-creates...
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Catering to dogs becomes a pet project for hotelOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The director of pet relations at the Muse hotel near Times Square was plum tired after working an extra-long shift one recent Friday. She had staffed the front desk for ...
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Digging into 'Gold' exhibitOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Discover the beauty, scientific value and power of gold in the new “Gold exhibit at the Field Museum. There will be an array of gold objects, nuggets, coins from shipwre...
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Discovering Virginia's wildlifeOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Imagine Northern Virginia before suburban sprawl: Carolina Parakeets and Passenger Pigeons clouded the skies, mountain lions and wolves prowled the woods, and even elk a...
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Camping without the fussOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Sitting around the crackling fire in a Hudson Valley campsite, I proudly surveyed my forested domain from the throne of a canvas chair. My tent was perfectly assembled a...
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On the lookout for whalesOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Cara Pekarcik, our Boston Harbor Cruises tour guide, had warned us. “It will get quite windy out there,” she'd said over the loudspeaker. That was an understatement. I'd...
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A new view of first presidentOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. There's the George Washington made famous in the Gilbert Stuart portrait found in many elementary schools and, in engraved fashion, on the $1-dollar bill:...