Travel
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Midwest travel: Jazz it up at 2016 Hyde Park Jazz FestSep 17, 2016 7:23 am - Chicago A solid 10 on the jazz-o-meter The 2016 Hyde Park Jazz Festival offers two days of live jazz on 11 stages in and around Midway Plaisance, near the Museum of Scie...
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Lower Manhattan reborn 15 years after 9/11Sep 11, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Lower Manhattan has been reborn. The revitalization of the city's downtown, powered by $30 billion in government and...
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Midwest travel: Richardson Adventure Farm salutes 'Star Trek' in cornSep 10, 2016 7:25 am - Chicago Made in the Windy City A celebration of all of the great things being made in Chicago, the Andersonville City Made Fest features an array of Chicago-ba...
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In New York's Finger Lakes, it's mostly about grapesSep 09, 2016 6:00 am - Native American lore says the Great Spirit laid his hands on the Earth in a blessing, creating the long, narrow lakes that spread across Western New York. That spirit m...
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Take in the sights when Cubs play in St. LouisSep 07, 2016 11:00 pm - For Cubs fans, all eyes will be on St. Louis when Chicago's North Side team has a chance to clinch its division in games Monday through Wednesday. For fans making the tr...
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5 ways the hotel of the future is already here
Sep 04, 2016 7:10 am - As you check into your hotel room this holiday weekend, you may be welcomed by a robot. Hotel companies around the world have been racing to incorporate new innovations ...
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Constable: Paraplegic mentor goes mermaid to help kidsSep 04, 2016 6:30 am - For Arlington Heights native Kelsey Ibach, the trickiest part of scuba diving might be getting dressed. “Wet suits are hard enough to get on normally,” says Ibach, 27, w...
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Midwest travel: Talent winner kicks off Randhurst Village Street FestSep 03, 2016 7:24 am - Chicago Taking it to the streets Suburban Chicago's Got Talent winner San Star Sandburg will show off her vocal talents, along with finalists from the competition, durin...
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Visitor misbehavior abounds as U.S. parks agency turns 100Sep 02, 2016 6:00 am - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - Tourist John Gleason crept through the grass, four small children close behind, inching toward a bull elk with antlers like small trees...
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Midwest travel: Expect unusual performance art at Chicago Fringe FestAug 27, 2016 7:23 am - Chicago On the fringe You never know what you're going to come across at the 2016 Chicago Fringe Festival, which features 50 groups in about 200 uncommon performances by...