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Geography Challenge XIX: Mapping the Americas
Test your knowledge and learn more about the globe we share.
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World's largest cruise liner launched
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) _ Finnish shipbuilders say the world's largest cruise liner has been launched into water for the first time.
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Photos: Alaska by train and air
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17 interesting travel deals and Web sites
Here are some of the more interesting deals and Web sites that came across our desk this week:
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Parke County, Ind.
Madison County's six covered bridges got all the ink and lured romantics (and Clint Eastwood) to Iowa—but there are 31 of them scattered about this patch of Indiana near Terre Haute. You won't find many counties in the region as purely rural and unslick as this one, not even in Indiana. The hunt for the bridges by car—or by bike, or by picnic—truly is a journey to another time. Enjoy.
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Top 10 U.S. tennis resorts
From the November/December issue of Tennis Magazine:
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Not hunting travel deals? You're probably overpaying
If you're not hunting for deals on travel, you're probably overpaying.
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Beat the 2009 passport rush
By Kristin Jackson Beat the rush and apply for your U.S. passport now if you plan to travel out of the country in the next year.
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Celebrity traveler: Bill Kurtis
Emmy Award winner Bill Kurtis has narrated more than 1,000 documentaries and produced nearly 500 in the last two decades. Through his Kurtis Productions, he makes about 20 documentaries a year, which often can be seen on the Arts & Entertainment network. Though he and Donna LaPietra have a home in north suburban Mettawa, Kurtis also is chairman and founder of Tallgrass Beef Co., based outside the tiny town of Sedan, Kan., where he has a 10,000-acre ranch.
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