Travel
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Heineken 'Experience' reopens in Amsterdam
Jan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- The sweet smell of barley mash fills the brewing hall. Water and foam spritz down on visitors' heads as they watch a film about fermentati...
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Golf resorts being upscaled in Puerto Rico
Jan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - RIO GRANDE, P.R. -- This seaside stretch, a half-hour's drive east of the airport in San Juan, is not placid in midday. Construction equipment rumbles through the beachf...
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Heavenly Ski Resort: Powder and pines
Jan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - TAHOE, Calif. -- The wind was howling, the temperature plunging and snow was coming down so fast that a four-minute ride on a high-speed chairlift at Lake Tahoe's He...
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Hancock Observatory offers a bird's-eye view of the cityJan 01, 2009 10:00 pm - You've seen it by foot, by car and possibly by boat, now see Chicago from 94 stories up at the John Hancock Observatory. You may have been there before, but the observat...
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New Las Vegas resort boasts a Sinatra-themed restaurant
Dec 27, 2008 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Entrepreneur Steve Wynn has opened a new $2.3 billion resort and casino in Las Vegas called Encore, with an Italian restaurant themed on the late crooner Fr...
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Go guideDec 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Freebie Grab your flashlight! The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is hosting a "Night Hike" for hikers ages 8 and older. Participants can finish off ...
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Five-city Poe bicentennial eventsDec 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Here is a list of selected events in Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Richmond, Va., planned for the bicentennial of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday. BALTIMO...
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On the roadDec 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago Coo-Coo for cocoa? It's time to grab our vices by the horns - the vices, that is, that can actually be good for us like red wine, naps and chocolate - and embrac...
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Villa on the South Korean side of the border is a tourist site
Dec 27, 2008 10:00 pm - HWAJINPO BEACH, South Korea -- The childhood home of the boy who grew up to become leader of North Korea is now a tourist site in South Korea. The house is only a few mi...
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Cities mark Poe bicentennial, battle over legacy
Dec 27, 2008 10:00 pm - BALTIMORE - Pick a major East Coast city at random, and you're likely to find a 200th birthday celebration for Edgar Allan Poe. The peripatetic Poe - author of "The Rave...