Travel
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Taking the kids to two of the seven new world wondersSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Introducing kids to history through travel beats reading a textbook, but oh, some of that travel can be painful. I easily recall blistering summer heat while walking dow...
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Hiking in the Northeast
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. -- The rock pile atop the tallest mountain in the Northeast loomed clear and bright a mile in the distance as we approached Lakes of the Clouds Hu...
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Web writer offers budget-travel adviceSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Mark Kahler is the About.com Guide to Budget Travel, http://budgettravel.about.com. Currently, he writes about how to get refunds or relief if you have had an unfair tra...
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Jet lags soarAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Sal LaRosa isn't supposed to be here. Standing outside a bustling United Airlines gate at O'Hare International Airport, his rolling suitcase rests in one hand and a lapt...
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$400,000 in cocaine found at O'HareAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - About $400,000 of cocaine was seized from the hollow frames of four metal vehicle tow bars on a cargo flight that flew into O'Hare International Airport on Monday, polic...
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Hungry for Hungary? Feast your eyes on thisAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - A last-minute trip to Budapest had me scrambling for information. I read, I surfed the Internet and then I ran over to my neighbor's house for some fresh information. Ga...
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Anticipate those voices to keep them at bayAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Do you ever hear voices when you go on vacation? I do. When I leave for the airport, a little voice invariably asks me, "Did you turn off the oven?" It's a stupid questi...
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Learning lifetime skills at The HomesteadAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Breakfast: Find a table on a wooden deck tucked among tall dune grasses and clumps of wildflowers along Lake Michigan's shore. Allow yourself to be lulled by gentle ...
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It's easy to get around from ManchesterAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Starting in September, my son will be studying abroad for a semester at the University of Manchester in England. I would like to visit him and wonder if you can help ...
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Into the jungleAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - As the first glimmers of dawn lit the horizon on an isolated beach in Costa Rica, a cacophony of guttural yells awakened me from a sound sleep. Certain crazed ax murdere...