Travel
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Frequent fliers redeem miles to beat higher fares
Oct 25, 2008 11:00 pm - DALLAS - Airline customers are cashing in more frequent-flier awards this year, looking to avoid higher fares and believing that miles just aren't worth the same anymore...
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Exploring San Francisco by cable car
Oct 25, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - Some 7.5 million people ride San Francisco's cable cars each year. Many of them board at Powell and Market streets, the famous turnaround site at the end...
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Boston's public transport makes getting around easyOct 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My husband would like to visit the John Adams National Historical Park near Boston. He said he would drive, but I was interested in finding out how convenient it ...
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Web sites can help retirees looking to move to a tourist meccaOct 18, 2008 11:00 pm - In the midst of your traveling, how often have you asked - for instance, when passing a villa in Sorrento, a cottage in Galway, a manor house in Cotswold, or an adobe in...
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Halloween theme makes for seasonal family outingsOct 18, 2008 11:00 pm - If you haven't started planning a Halloween costume for yourself or your kids, it's time to start looking, because the ghosts and witches are coming out soon. Lots of to...
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Don't get bugged on your travelsOct 18, 2008 11:00 pm - On a return trip from Belize earlier this year, I brought back an unusual souvenir. It got under my skin, literally. It was a botfly, and it actually was a stowaway who ...
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Fermilab blends art and nature with physicsOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - When the mood strikes for a little culture, Fermilab's probably not even on your radar. But you needn't be an astrophysicist to appreciate the cultural opportunities at ...
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Forking through Lima, Peru, one bite at a timeOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week my husband and I went on safari in Lima, Peru. We didn't use a gun or a camera. We used a fork, and we aimed high. Gaston Acurio arranged our hunting expediti...
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Smiling Parisians show you their city, for free
Oct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS - The city of light has an unfortunate blight: the locals' reputation for rudeness. That's why a group of friendly Parisians have banded together to show complete ...
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Vacationing in Miami on a budget
Oct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- It might be notorious for its late-night party scene, swanky beach hotels with steeply priced drinks and the beachgoers who wear barely-there $300 swimsuits, bu...