Midwest hopes for ‘Public Enemies’ tourism (AP)

April 27, 2009 by  
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AP - John Dillinger: America’s most notorious criminal or Robin Hood of the Great Depression?

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Nazareth: Off the beaten track in Jesus’ hometown (AP)

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AP - When Pope Benedict XVI pays a visit next month to the town where Jesus grew up, he will bring brief attention to a Holy Land destination that is at once world famous and unjustly overlooked.

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Travel with mom yanks out Boomer lesson (AP)

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AP - My 20-year-old daughter Emma has been following me on strange trips all her life — Beijing on a bike, rural Romania, the frozen Boundary Waters in January and campouts at 10,000 feet that left her sick and dazed because of the altitude.

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Twilight Adirondack hike shows lights of Montreal (AP)

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AP - The firetower looms white against cobalt sky at twilight atop Lyon Mountain, the thin walls around the tower’s observation deck rattling in strong, chilly gusts of spring wind.

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Amsterdam: Town of wonders can be had for discount (AP)

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AP - Amsterdam is defined by its canals.

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Looking for Dutch NYC 400 years after Hudson (AP)

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AP - New York City is constantly being rebuilt, paved over and reinvented, so it’s not easy to find remnants of the colony of New Amsterdam 400 years after Henry Hudson sailed up the river that bears his name.

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Sicily: Contrasts at a Mediterranean crossroads (AP)

April 20, 2009 by  
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AP - I am inside one of the most glittering monuments to Christianity — the mosaic-filled cathedral of Monreale - talking to a conservator, whose apron is covered in Arabic script, about President Obama.

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Penny-pinching fun in Kansas City (AP)

April 20, 2009 by  
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AP - Sure, visitors can drop a bundle whiling away hours in Kansas City’s born-again downtown, with its shiny new Sprint Center and Power & Light dining, drinking fun zone.

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Bourbon Trail showcases Kentucky whiskey-making (AP)

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AP - Annette Busch walked away from her distillery tour with a souvenir to savor, sip by sip, as she sported a bottle of Maker’s Mark bourbon topped with her own personal touch.

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NY’s Hudson Valley marks historic 1609 voyage (AP)

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AP - When explorer Henry Hudson got as far north as he could go on the waterway that would later bear his name, he didn’t stick around long or wander much beyond the riverbank.

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