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U.S. smooths away an illegal border crossing wrinkle

latimes.com — A massive earth-moving project is transforming Smuggler's Gulch near San Diego from a narrow canyon used by cattle thieves, bandits and illegal immigrants into a plugged breach. For a century, the narrow canyon leading into California from Mexico provided cover for cattle thieves and opium dealers, bandits and booze runners.More… (Travel & Places)

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Awesome Flickr Mashup - Click country to see amazing pics

earthalbum.com — earth album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month! More… (Travel & Places)

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Top Ten Simpsons Travel Destinations

canoe.ca — Today Springfield, tomorrow the world - and everyone should fear when Homer leaves home.More… (Travel & Places)

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Ten reasons to travel in 2009.

telegraph.co.uk — Money talks, and it is going to have a bigger say than ever on where we travel in 2009. The tumbling pound has sharply increased the cost of holidays in many of our favourite destinations. British travellers will find prices in Eurozone countries up by more than 20 per cent and and in the United States by 25 per cent. More… (Travel & Places)

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Taxis in Rush Hour Traffic

bbc.co.uk — Satellite technology reveals how the network of city streets is being pushed to the edge of capacity. Watch the GPS traces of 380 London taxis over the course of a single day.More… (Travel & Places)

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Scotland by train: Bonnie palace on wheels

telegraph.co.uk — Scotland by train: Bonnie palace on wheelsMore… (Travel & Places)

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Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: Long Beach Harbor Patrol S

thomashawk.com — Thomas Hawk and Harbor Patrol MUST READMore… (Travel & Places)

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Thai police to wear smiley-face masks

iht.com — For the first week of the year - and longer if people seem to be smiling back - highway policemen in Thailand will wear smiley-face masks "to lift the mood of motorists," according to police officials.More… (Travel & Places)

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Sen. Craig Restroom Tanking As Tourist Destination

cbsnews.com — Tourist interest stalls In Minnesota bathroom where Idaho Senator was arrested in sex sting...I'm kind of shocked there ever WAS interest.More… (Travel & Places)

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Buy Al Capone's House!

wbbm780.com — An inconspicuous brick home that once belonged to the gangster Al Capone is expected to go up for sale this spring. (It was between 'no thumbnail' and Jesse Jackson...no-brainer)More… (Travel & Places)

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Cringing look at 2008's oddest travel stories

sfgate.com — If travel in 2009 is anything like it was in 2008 - you might want to think about staying home. With a rash of arm-sucking train toilets, Braille-reading air traffic controllers, real mother- snakes on real mother- planes and complimentary mushroom-soup shampoos, it's been one of the stranger years in recent memory.More… (Travel & Places)

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United Airlines Ruins Christmas As Only A Crappy Airline Can

consumerist.com — Thomas's scheduled travel on United Air on Christmas Eve went pretty much how you'd expect: his flight left four hours early, and his rebooked flight at 4 a.m. was overbooked. The horror, inside.More… (Travel & Places)

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Ever buy a airline ticket and the price later fell?

usatoday.com — ... Get a refund! As droves of holiday shoppers head to stores for refunds, many fliers are unaware they can get one when their non-refundable airline ticket drops in price. Most airlines provide a refund if it is requested before a flier's scheduled flight. Depending on an airline's policy, the request can be made on the phone or at the...More… (Travel & Places)

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Wave Of The Future: The Dancing Spider-Like Cruiser

dailymail.co.uk — It might look like something out of a James Bond film but this is could be the ocean cruiser of the future. The WAM-V blasts along on two giant inflatable tubes which let it 'dance' with the waves.More… (Travel & Places)

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10 of the World's Most Fantastic Tombs [30+ PICS]

neatorama.com — Throughout the history of human civilization, different cultures mourn and treat the dead differently. Some, like Tibetan Buddhists, have no use for burials as they dispose the dead by feeding corpses to vultures or by burning them in funeral pyres. Most cultures, however ...More… (Travel & Places)

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