Flying to college football game? Some tips
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:20:00 CST
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Smell the tailgate party — it's college football season. But if you're flying in for a game, you might be headed for a headache. Cutbacks at major airlines have made flight choices more difficult this fall, especially to smaller college towns. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when planning your trip:
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United adding flights to Calif. resort town
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:06:00 CST
CHICAGO - United Airlines will add daily flights from San Francisco to Mammoth Yosemite Airport in the resort town of Mammoth Lakes, the company said Wednesday.
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Grand Rapids, Mich., awaits ArtPrize crowds
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:05:00 CST
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - ArtPrize, the Grand Rapids art show and competition that surprised locals by drawing tens of thousands of visitors when it debuted in 2009, is back for a second year.
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Neb. offers foreign-language tourism web pages
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:56:00 CST
LINCOLN, Neb. - State officials want foreign tourists to know there's more to Nebraska than fields of corn and soybeans along Interstate 80.
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NYC dubs subway line 'The Fashion Line'
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:29:00 CST
NEW YORK, N.Y. - How do you get to the fashion runway shows at Lincoln Center? Hop on The Fashion Line subway train, of course.
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Cycling tour across North America planned
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:57:00 CST
TORONTO - A small Toronto-based company that organizes cross-continent bicycle tours — including an annual four-month trip from Cairo to Cape Town, South Africa — is planning its first North American adventure for 2011.
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'Fertility statues' free to touch: Ripley
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:58:00 CST
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Hard to believe, but a pair of African statues "could be the cheapest fertility treatment in the world," says Ripley Entertainment.
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Historic sites go beyond glorifying great men
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:51:00 CST
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Thomas Jefferson's clothes and linens didn't get pressed on their own, and the meals for his lavish parties didn't cook themselves.
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Va. colonial sites seek world heritage status
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:38:00 CST
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Colonial Williamsburg is seeking the designation of the Historic Triangle as a World Heritage Site.
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Museum brings art outdoors around Detroit area
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:37:00 CST
DETROIT - The Detroit Institute of Arts is putting up ornately framed reproductions of some of its most significant paintings on the streets of southeast Michigan as part of a celebration of its 125th anniversary.
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Ancient city by sea rises amid Egypt's resorts
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:33:00 CST
MARINA, Egypt - Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on the wheat and olive trade.
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Science Guy Bill Nye to headline museum opening
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:25:00 CST
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - An appearance by television host Bill Nye will highlight grand opening activities for the new Terre Haute Children's Museum.
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Michigan Historical Museum to open toy exhibit
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:23:00 CST
LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan Historical Museum is opening a new exhibit of old toys called "Batteries Not Included."
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Big marsh offers great views of birds, stars
Mon, 6 Sep 2010 11:05:00 CST
STONEWALL, Man. - Just north of Winnipeg, in the middle of one of North America's busiest bird migration routes, lies a pristine wetland that offers city dwellers a getaway to unspoiled views of birds, stars and the northern lights.
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Happy trails for Colorado's Buckskin Joe
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:49:00 CST
CANON CITY, Colo. - It's happy trails for Buckskin Joe, the replica Old West town that served as a setting for westerns that include "True Grit" and "White Buffalo."
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mTrip app for iPhone uses augmented reality
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:36:00 CST
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.
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Baby 'Rothschild' giraffe born in Ontario
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:47:00 CST
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - The largest herd of Rothschild giraffes in Canada is now a little bigger, with the birth of "Johanna" at the African Lion Safari.
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Va luring fall tourists with new website
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:56:00 CST
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia is hoping a new website will help lure fall travellers to the commonwealth.
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Utah ski areas add bubble chair, amenities
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:48:00 CST
PARK CITY, Utah - Utah's fastest growing ski area is spending millions of dollars to reconfigure the mountain and add North America's first heated chair lift with a bubble shield that swings over passengers like a pair of orange goggles.
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Cycling tour across North America planned
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:57:00 CST
TORONTO - A small Toronto-based company that organizes cross-continent bicycle tours — including an annual four-month trip from Cairo to Cape Town, South Africa — is planning its first North American adventure for 2011.
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