Travel

Sunday, 26 May 2013 10:54

Tourism reaches beyond beaches in NH, Maine, Vt.

Written by By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- While plenty of tourists will be heading to northern New England's ocean and lake locations this summer, others will be exploring options beyond the beach.......

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Saturday, 25 May 2013 16:32

Famed RI Cliff Walk still partly closed post-Sandy

Written by By MICHELLE R. SMITH

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- Newport's Cliff Walk, which runs between the Atlantic Ocean and some of the city's most stunning Gilded Age mansions, sustained what has been estimated at up to $8 million in damage during Superstorm Sandy. Some walkways were washed away or caved in. In other areas, huge boulders were moved by the violent surf.......

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Saturday, 25 May 2013 12:05

Adoption fabrics on exhibit at Va.'s Williamsburg

Written by By STEVE SZKOTAK

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- When poverty or social mores forced a woman to abandon her infant at London's Foundling Hospital during the mid-18th century, a piece of fabric left with the child signaled the mother's intention to reclaim her baby. Among the thousands who left fabric pieces, few were able to return for their children.......

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Saturday, 25 May 2013 12:00

Adoption fabrics on exhibit at Va.'s Williamsburg

Written by By STEVE SZKOTAK

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Colonial Williamsburg is opening a yearlong exhibit of centuries-old swatches of fabrics that tell the poignant story of London's Foundling Hospital.......

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Friday, 24 May 2013 09:09

Saratoga marks 150 years of thoroughbred racing

Written by By CHRIS CAROLA

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- Saratoga Springs' racetrack opened a month after the Battle of Gettysburg and it's still going strong as it marks its 150th anniversary this summer.......

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Thursday, 23 May 2013 11:00

5 free things to do in Traverse City, Michigan

Written by By JOHN FLESHER

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Residents of this picturesque Lake Michigan community are known to quip, "The view of the bay is half your pay." It's a sardonic commentary on the local wage scale, but also a tribute to the stunning scenery and small-town quality of life that have lured many a newcomer from the big city - and make the area one of...

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Monday, 20 May 2013 12:39

Exhibit on US Jews who helped refugees from Nazis

Written by By The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- An exhibition opens Tuesday at a museum in Lower Manhattan about efforts by American Jews to bring refugees to the U.S. from Europe during the Nazi era.......

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Thursday, 16 May 2013 13:36

5 free things in South Dakota's Black Hills

Written by By KRISTI EATON

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Mount Rushmore National Memorial may be the most famous landmark in the Black Hills of South Dakota, but it's not the only one.......

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Monday, 20 May 2013 09:56

OUT THERE: Upper Hudson opening to canoeists

Written by By MICHAEL VIRTANEN

NEWCOMB, N.Y. (AP) -- After a big easy sweep across a flat-water pool on the upper Hudson River, Allison Buckley made sure she chose a better channel through the oncoming rapids than the previous canoe that hung up on a submerged rock.......

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:23

Buenos Aires launches tours for Argentine pope

Written by By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut.......

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Unlikely tourist ride: Rio shantytown cable car

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