Travel
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Travel calendarSep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago World Music Festival The city of Chicago celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the largest and longest-running festival of international music in the nati...
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Animal-airplane interaction increasingly frequent, sometimes oddSep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - If you happened to have flown into Florida's Melbourne International Airport a couple of weeks ago and you thought you saw four catfish walking down the runway, you were...
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Tourism trend: Halloween is now its own season
Sep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Once upon a time, Halloween was a one-day event. Then the pumpkins and parties started moving back to the weeks between Columbus Day and Oct. 31. Now the hol...
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Bargain Britain? If you know where to look
Sep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- God save the queen, and maybe a few pounds-- sterling that is. London may have a deserved reputation for being royally expensive, but by taking advantage of th...
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Two bills, one room and zero optionsSep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Rick Petersen prepays for his hotel room in Duluth, Minn., through Hotwire.com. But a few months later, he's charged for it - again. Now, neither the hotel nor Hotwire s...
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Madison's home celebrates $24 million restoration
Sep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - ORANGE, Virginia -- It isn't exactly common to make a house two-thirds smaller, or to remove the indoor plumbing. But that's what's been done at Montpelier, the plantati...
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Travel calendarSep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Keith Jarrett at Orchestra Hall Let the kids have their Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Keith Jarrett is renowned as one of the most creative musicians of the l...
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Just say ahhhh ...Sep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - After The Abbey Resort finished a $40 million update of their facilities in 2005, the management turned their attention to the Fontana Spa. It was state of the art when ...
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Escape by ferry to Governors Island off Manhattan
Aug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- There's an attraction in New York City that offers sweeping views of the harbor and the Statue of Liberty, traffic-free biking, shaded lawns for picnics and ...
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Common sense missing in rules on infant passportsAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week, while waiting to have a passport picture taken at my local photography store, the woman ahead of me got me thinking - which is something our government needs ...