Travel
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3rd Tokyo airport opens to fanfare and criticismMar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Tokyo's third international airport opened Thursday with festivity -- and heavy criticism that it is a wasteful project likely to serve just a fraction of the p...
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Savannah, Ga., square destroyed in 1950s reopensMar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - SAVANNAH, Ga.-- For more than 55 years, Savannah counted Ellis Square among its lost historic treasures. Of the city's 22 public squares, Ellis Square was one of the fir...
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Field Museum's new exhibit a mammoth projectMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - For 40,000 years, the baby woolly mammoth now known as Lyuba lay frozen in Siberia, until a nomadic reindeer herder stumbled upon her in 2007. The nearly perfectly prese...
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Obama signs bill to entice foreign travelers to U.S.Mar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has signed a bill creating a program to promote the U.S. as a premier tourism destination for international travelers. The U.S. Trav...
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Pets onboard become a peeve for some travelersMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Did you hear about the lady who let the cat out of the bag, literally? Last week when the owner was going through security at Newark Liberty International Airport, the a...
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Singapore expects surge in tourists this yearMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - SINGAPORE -- Singapore said it expects tourist arrivals to surge as much as 29 percent this year as two new casino-resorts lure visitors to the Southeast Asian city-stat...
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Spring break travel: Airfares up, hotel rates downMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Average airfares for spring break are up from last year but hotel rates are down, according to data from Bing Travel and Travelocity. Travelocity found avera...
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Mount Prospect Libary offers open chess playMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie Chess anyone? The Mount Prospect Public Library offers a special afternoon of open chess play for all ages and skill levels. You supply the moves, the library wi...
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16th annual Honolulu Festival set for March 13-14Mar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - HONOLULU -- The 16th annual Honolulu Festival is expected to provide a much-needed boost for Hawaii's visitor industry. Organizers say more than 4,700 people are coming,...
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Park Service predicts peak for DC cherry blossomsMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Those famous pink and white flowers in Washington are expected to bloom on schedule on trees around the nation's capital as soon as the end of March, the N...