You've been in hotels more than you've been at home. You've been commuting between San Francisco and New York lately. And you're wiped out. But there's that big meeting or gig to prepare for.
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2 Looking for an unusual place to stay
Hotels.com -- to pick just one major booking engine -- says it allows customers to search among and make reservations at "more than 25,000 properties worldwide." Sounds impressive, until you realize the United States alone has more than 47,000 hotels with at least 20 rooms.
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3 Chief of Boston's Big Dig resigns
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority chairman, under fire since 12 tons of falling ceiling panels killed a motorist in a Big Dig highway tunnel, agreed Thursday to resign after weeks of pressure from the governor.
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4 Cold War bunker reopens to tourists but still harbors secrets
The once-secret shelter built to house Congress after a nuclear attack will reopen to tourists after a two-year renovation, but the $15 million monument to the Cold War still has some secrets.
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5 Cozy Vancouver hotel is also one classy cookie
Fresh, durable, original. All these are hallmarks of England's world-renowned Wedgwood pottery. But they are also qualities very much in evidence in its near-namesake, Vancouver's Wedgewood Hotel.
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6 Equipment failure disrupts flights at LAX
Landings were almost back to normal Monday at Los Angeles International Airport an hour after the instrument landing system failed, air traffic control officials said.
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7 Striking castles dot Thousand Islands
Even the name of the Thousand Islands region in the St. Lawrence River between New York and Canada is an understatement.
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8 New York conservationist left behind mini-Grand Canyon
Turkey vultures with 6-foot wingspans glide on eddies off Inspiration Point, a favorite lookout in Letchworth State Park. Far below in the Genesee River Valley, rainbow-haunted waterfalls tumble through a narrow gorge lined with 400-foot cliffs.
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9 Drug violence, political unrest mar Mexico tourism
A human head washes up on an Acapulco beach. Protesters hassle visitors at makeshift checkpoints in the colonial city of Oaxaca. And in Mexico City, leftist demonstrators turn the tourist draws of Reforma Avenue and the Zocalo plaza into sprawling, ragtag protest camps.
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10 Virgin America causing turbulence in airline industry
Start-up U.S. air carrier Virgin America Inc. has not flown a plane or even gotten a license to operate, but it is already creating turbulence in the U.S. airline industry.
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11 Traveling China's ancient Silk Road
From the ancient oasis towns of Central Asia, we retraced the epic journeys traveled along the Silk Road through desolate mountains and deserts, through busy bazaars and crumbling mud-brick towns.
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12 Flight delays, cancellations still plague UK airports
Airline officials have accused the British government and airport authorities of mishandling new security measures in the wake of an alleged terrorist plot.
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13 Report: X-ray machines don't detect explosives in shoes
The government's new order that all airline passengers put their shoes through X-ray machines won't help screeners find a liquid or gel that can be used as a bomb.
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14 TSA 'tweaks' list of banned carry-on items
Three days after banning fliers from carrying liquids, gels and lotions past security checkpoints and onto airplanes, the Transportation Security Administration announced Sunday several "tweaks" that would allow passengers to board with small doses of liquid medications.
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15 No grapes at Connecticut fruit winery
White Silo Farm and Winery isn't very big or elaborate.
There are no 300-gallon fermentation bins, no oak barrels for aging, no fancy corking or bottling machinery.
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16 Passenger describes dramatic events on diverted flight
Antony Nash grew nervous watching the petite woman in a jogging suit seated near him in the back of United 923 as the plane flew over the Atlantic from London toward Washington.
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17 Antarctica: Stunning vistas, wildlife draw more tourists
Stepping carefully down the cruise ship's gangway, I wait for a break in the swelling waves to make my move.
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18 Despite fragile cease-fire, Israel still draws U.S. travelers
Even Hezbollah missiles couldn't keep Hilda Goodman and her husband from canceling a trip to Israel they planned 13 years ago -- when their grandson was born.
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19 Timeout in Mexico
In Mexico's remote Isla Holbox, hours are measured by shadows shifting across agave leaves. Minutes have no meaning. "You don't know what time it is, what day it is," says vacationer Joseph Arreola. "This place is a psychiatrist. It takes away worry or stress."
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20 Good-bye grits, hello quinoa
Creative chefs across the country are reinterpreting the greasy spoon. Sleek interiors and inventive cuisine define a new crop of diners.
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