Travel
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Midwest travel: On your mark, get set, go-kart!Aug 29, 2015 7:10 am - Top pick Life is a highway The annual Rock Island Grand Prix is a go-kart race that attracts the world's best drivers to the Quad Cities to compete in the larg...
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10,000 volunteers to help with papal visit to PhiladelphiaAug 24, 2015 1:00 am - PHILADELPHIA - An army of about 10,000 volunteers will be on hand when Pope Francis visits Philadelphia during the Vatican-sponsored World Meeting of Families and holds ...
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Midwest travel: Potato Days whips up some fun in MinnesotaAug 22, 2015 7:00 am - Chicago Everybody (Vera) Wang Chung tonight Chicago Fashion and Music Fest, now in its seventh year, attracts fashionistas, families and outdoor fest-lovers fo...
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In New Orleans, excitement, anxiety mingle a decade after KatrinaAug 22, 2015 1:00 am - NEW ORLEANS - On the "sliver by the river," that stretch of precious high ground snug against the Mississippi, tech companies sprout in gleaming towers, swelling with 2...
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Oh baby! National Zoo says panda Mei Xiang has given birthAug 22, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The National Zoo in Washington says there's one more panda in the world after its female giant panda gave birth to a cub on Saturday. Zoo spokeswoman Pamela...
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Nevada Museum of Art opens unique Lake Tahoe exhibit in RenoAug 22, 2015 1:00 am - RENO, Nev. - The first major historical art survey of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra's infamous Donner Pass takes an ambitious trip through two centuries, highlighting the ro...
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The experts weigh in on the art of traveling lightAug 21, 2015 6:00 am - Lee Abbamonte is known as the youngest American to have visited every country in the world. His second claim to fame should be "most efficient packer." Unless he needs e...
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Midwest travel: All directions meet at Albany Park's World FestAug 15, 2015 7:00 am - Chicago We are the World Fest There may not be a neighborhood in the city that's more diverse than Albany Park (more than 70 languages are spoken there), which...
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For some Yellowstone bison, a date with deathAug 15, 2015 1:00 am - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - Even for a park with a history of unhappy encounters between people and wildlife, 2015 is shaping up as an eventful year for Yellowsto...
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Camper deaths, presence of plague darken summer at YosemiteAug 15, 2015 1:00 am - YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - The deaths of two young campers killed when a tree branch fell on their tent and a campground closure because of plague cast a pall over...