Travel
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A long wait: Fliers brace for big security lines at airports
Mar 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK - An expedited screening program called PreCheck was supposed to be the answer to maddeningly long security lines at the airport. But four years after its launc...
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In Montreal, a French-flavored festival on bicyclesMar 30, 2016 6:00 am - Montreal puts the sizzle on its status as a cycling and cultural beehive with a bike festival May 29-June 5. It's anchored by a bicycle tour of the city-island that riva...
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Chocolate and beer: Belgians fear attacks will hurt tourismMar 29, 2016 6:00 am - BRUSSELS - At the aptly named Planete Chocolat, the shelves are laden with enticing Easter treasures for shoppers: bunnies with bows, pastel-wrapped eggs and elegant box...
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Midwest travel: Escape to Lake Geneva's Festival of WineMar 26, 2016 7:18 am - Grape escape Attention oenophiles - the Lake Geneva Festival of Wine debuts at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa with tastings, entertainment, education and wellness ac...
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Hospitality and tourism leaders optimistic about upcoming yearMar 26, 2016 1:00 am - With area hotels and convention centers undergoing renovations, event bookings strong and the start of the summer tourism season, suburban hospitality leaders are optimi...
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Gas tank getaways: Great Midwest family vacation spotsMar 25, 2016 6:00 am - The Midwest is packed with fun within-driving-distance-of-Chicago family vacation spots. The family travel experts at TravelingMom.com have been to dozens of places they...
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Midwest travel: 'What is a Planet?' soars into Chicago's AdlerMar 19, 2016 7:22 am - Chicago Space oddity Pluto is the Rodney Dangerfield of the universe - it "don't get no respect" - bedeviled by its lack of true planet status. It was a planet...
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World Puppetry Day on for Monday from Times Square to IowaMar 17, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Times Square will get even more crowded on Monday - and filled with even more fuzzy creatures - for World Puppetry Day, part of a national celebration for tho...
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Midwest travel: Spring is springing at Hotel Burnham's Spring Flower WorkshopMar 12, 2016 6:21 am - Chicago Carving out life Chicago Sculpture International unveils Women Sculptors of Chicago - Not for Men Only, an interactive lecture featuring images, live d...
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Q&A: Total eclipse of the sun to darken slice of IndonesiaMar 08, 2016 5:00 am - JAKARTA, Indonesia - The rare and awe-inspiring spectacle of a total solar eclipse will unfold over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific Oceans on Wednesday, we...