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Travel Advisory - Holiday Weather Delays
Many regions of the U.S. are experiencing treacherous weather - just as all of us are trying to get home for the holidays. Many travelers in Seattle, for... Disney's Caribbean Beach
A moderately-priced resort near Epcot, Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort provides a relaxing family atmosphere. This tropical resort sprawls over 200 acres surrounding a 42-acre man-made lake, Barefoot Bay. Each building has its own sandy beach and swimming pool. Pinehurst Resort $252 on Number 2 Special
Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina, is offering a special golf package good through March 7. The package includes a round of golf on the famed Pinehurst No. 2 course, accommodations and... Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort
The Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort is inexpensive, kid-friendly and close to Disney World. Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard?
While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
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