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Danger In Paradise: I was robbed at gunpoint in the Bahamas.

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  • 11.25.09
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  • Carly Milne
November 25, 2009 Robberies of tour groups are part of a growing trend in the Bahamas. Here, one woman shares her story of being held at gunpoint while on a Segway tour in Nassau. Author Carly Milne moments before the robbery. I headed to Nassau seeking
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The End of the Road for Route 66

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  • 11.13.09
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  • Libby Zay
November 13, 2009 The new marker is a replica of the sign that marked the end of the trail in 1935, pictured here (Santa Monica Public Library). Road-trippers and history lovers have long argued where the westward end of Route 66 lies, but Santa Monica
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Top 5 Travel Photos of the Week: 11-06-09

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  • 11.06.09
Welcome to week three of Top 5 Travel Photos from our
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National Parks Free for Veterans Day

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  • 11.05.09
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  • Liz Behler
November 5, 2009 National parks and forests will be free to the public next Wednesday, November 11th, in recognition of Veterans Day. "The Department of the Interior is honored to offer this fee free day to thank our nation's service men and women,"
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Drug Lord's Home Now a Theme Park

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  • 11.05.09
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  • Brandon Wenerd
November 5, 2009 Raul Arboleda, AFP / Getty Images The 4000-acre estate of Colombia's notorious cocaine kingpin Pablo Escabar is now an eccentric  theme park and museum, according to a Fox News report on November 4th. Located between Bogota and
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$3 Billion Space Hotel to Open in 2012

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  • 11.03.09
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  • Libby Zay
November 3 2009 The opportunity to vacation in space may be right around the corner. Reuters wrote yesterday that a Barcelona-based company, Galactic Suite Ltd, plans to open a multi-billion dollar space resort in 2012. A "space pod" will circumnavigate
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AOL Travel's Weird and Wacky Travel Signs Sweepstakes

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  • 10.26.09
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  • AOL Travel
Congratulations to Zt60@aol.com, Winner of our Weird & Wacky Travel Signs Sweepstakes Here's your chance to win $500 in AOL Travel Credits by simply sending us photos of signs that made you chuckle while traveling (see sample photo below). Each submission
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Top 5 Travel Photos of the Week: 10-23-09

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  • 10.26.09
Welcome to our second week of Top 5 Travel Photos from our
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Secrets to Successful Leaf-Peeping

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  • 10.07.09
Nobel Prize-winner Albert Camus observed, "Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." (Yes, even moody existentialists rhapsodize about the joys of fall foliage fireworks.) Branson Entertainer Yakov Smirnoff quips, "Missouri is the 'Show
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Top Ten Coolest Hotel Pools

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  • 09.21.09
For some people, the perfect hotel pool is defined by location. Maybe it's a free-form pool in Hawaii, framed by palm trees and hibiscus and situated a stone’s throw from the ocean. Or perhaps it's a minimalistic pool perched on a rooftop in a megalopolis,
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