Travel
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Chicago street festival celebrates the homeSep 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Design Harvest, Chicago's first street festival celebrating the home, will offers tents and courtyards filled with modern, vintage and handmade furniture and home access...
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Blair says West Bank ripe for Holy Land tourismSep 25, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday that the West Bank is ripe for a "major joint marketing campaign" with Israel to promote tourism to the ...
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New cruises to include Vicksburg stopSep 25, 2010 11:00 pm - VICKSBURG, Miss. -- American Cruise Lines will offer eight riverboat cruises between New Orleans and Memphis beginning in 2012 with stops in Vicksburg and Natchez. Offic...
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Fun crosses cultures in new 'Mexico: Festival of Toys' exhibitSep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - When the Chicago Mexican Consulate began planning a citywide celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican revolu...
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Chicago's World Music Festival offers 10 days of traditional, contemporarySep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Where else can you hear Saharan desert rhythms from Mali, high energy gypsy sounds from Romania and a blend of African music and contemporary R&B from Madagascar? All ki...
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Biking the scenic - and mostly flat - trails along the Massachusetts shoreSep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - WELLFLEET, Mass. - Cycling Cape Cod in the summer is like experiencing an ice cream cone; you'll wait in line, be surrounded by kids and end up sticky. But bike riding t...
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Hodge podge of old and new Tokyo can be enjoyed on a budgetSep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - TOKYO - One of the most fascinating things about Tokyo is the way it combines both the ancient and the modern. Or rather, the way it doesn't combine them at all, so the ...
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Seats on Boeing spaceships could go up for saleSep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Boeing and a space tourism company announced a deal on Wednesday to sell tickets on rocket rides to the International Space Station. Now Boeing just has t...
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Virginia colonial sites seek world heritage designationSep 11, 2010 11:00 pm - WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Colonial Williamsburg is seeking the designation of the Historic Triangle as a World Heritage Site. The historic area says it is partnering with Pre...
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Art Institute exhibit focuses on ancient ballgamesSep 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Explore "Ballplayers, Gods, and Rainmaker Kings: Masterpieces from Ancient Mexico" at the Art Institute of Chicago and you'll see how ancient ballgames were played not o...