Travel
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Cost-conscious 'staycationers' simulate travelJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Karen Ash was getting ready to take a weeklong Japanese vacation. She planned to buy postcards and souvenirs at a traditional Japanese market, admire bonsai plants and v...
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Picking between planes and trains and carsJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - No matter how wealthy you are, pride suffers no fall when you improvise methods of travel to get around the four-dollar a gallon syndrome. We see hybrids, bicycles, mot...
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Bangkok on the cheapJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - BANGKOK, Thailand -- From 15-cent train rides to excellent, one-dollar meals, Thailand's tropical capital is teeming with budget options for the penny-pinching traveler....
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Travel calendarJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Walking with dinos If you loved the movie or Universal Studios' ride "Jurassic Park," save your fossils for a ticket to "Walking with Dinosaurs - The L...
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Become a California Girl in West HollywoodJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - When you get a few years under your belt with regard to this parenting thing, you learn to let a few rules go and maintain the ones that really matter - like admitting t...
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Michigan's 'Harbor Country' callsJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Bicycles and bologna, parades and Prancer. For years these have been tourism staples of Three Oaks, Mich. (pop. 1,801). They remain major draws, with an enticing networ...
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Many upstate NY religious retreats open to guestsJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW LEBANON, N.Y. -- At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu...
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Lawsuit threat may be best recourseJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. We've had a problem with a missing flight segment that I've tried to resolve for the last six months. We were hoping you could help. Here's what happened: We had ...
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Choose well when carrying onJul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Lynne Johnston thought she had figured out how to carry on - until her carry-on was carried off. Because of old experiences with lost luggage and the new fee for checkin...
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Roaming around Rothenburg
Jul 26, 2008 11:00 pm - ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER, Germany - Cloaked in black and brandishing a deadly medieval weapon, Hans-Georg Baumgartner strides purposefully into Market Square at dusk. Th...