Travel
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Virgin Galactic spacecraft makes 1st crewed flightJul 24, 2010 11:00 pm - MOJAVE, California -- A company working to send tourists on suborbital flights tested its spacecraft with a crew for the first time. Virgin Galactic says the craft remai...
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Survivors of earlier era: 11 beloved trolley parksJul 24, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Before Disneyland and Six Flags, before steel coasters went 50 mph and rides were named for cartoons, movies and superheroes, there were trolley parks. The p...
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What Uga the Ga. bulldog gets before he fliesJul 24, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Bulldog and pug owners, beware: Short-snouted breeds accounted for roughly half the purebred dog deaths on airplanes in the past five years, government dat...
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N.Y. art show examines Matisse's craft, pivotal yearsJul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Imagine you had X-ray vision and could peer beneath the layers of paint on a canvas to discover the painstaking process of creating a masterpiece. That's ess...
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Could airline passengers soon be to able enjoy free Wi-Fi in the skies?Jul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Travelers used to getting a free wireless Internet connection on land aren't willing to pay for one at 30,000 feet. Wireless Internet service on airlines has...
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Swim with the world's largest fish in MexicoJul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - BAHIA DE LOS ANGELES, Mexico -- Everyone got excited when the 20-foot-shark, inches below the surface of the water, started circling slowly under our little fiberglass b...
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New playhouse planned for Shakespeare theater siteJul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - LONDON -- In the middle of London, a plot of earth is dug across with trenches and studded with old bricks. If the world of theater ever has hallowed ground, this is it....
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Obama's Maine island long visited by rich, famousJul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - BAR HARBOR, Maine -- Serving as a summer retreat for Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and Morgans, this town and the surrounding area have long been known as a place where well...
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Austrian beer fest: Get your lederhosen onJul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - ALTAUSSEE, Austria -- Dirndls, lederhosen, an oom-pah-pah band and beer: It doesn't get more traditional than this when the sleepy Austrian village of Altaussee wakes up...
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Storied Milwaukee Avenue: The city's other Avenue MJul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - State Street and Michigan Avenue are great, but if you haven't visited Chicago's storied Milwaukee Avenue, it's a perfect time during the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival....