BLOOMINGTON -- Birds serve as an early warning system when invisible danger lurks in the environment.
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National Geographic has named Peoria one of the Best 100 Adventure Towns in the U.S. It was the only town in Illinois to make the list. The magazine cited "Peoria's fresh set of forest-lined single track (mountain bike trails)." They have "made it a new Midwest hub, thanks to the Peoria A…
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GO! Festival Calendar for the week of Oct. 18, 2009:
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BENTON -- Argue all you want about whether a baseball stadium or a church in northern Illinois deserved to be named as two of Illinois' Seven Wonders during online voting last year.
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More than 21.7 million people rode Amtrak trains nationwide in fiscal year 2009, the second highest total in history.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The plan was to march up the Rio Grande, capture the city of Santa Fe and seize the thousands of rifles, dozens of cannons and other supplies at Fort Union for a campaign that would expand the Confederacy's borders all the way to the California Coast.
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SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is only now beginning the long road to recovery after years of budget cuts, layoffs and park closures.
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Head to Wisconsin Dells for some spooky fun on the water this Halloween season. Dells Boat Tours reveals the ghoulish side of the resort with a Ghost Boat offered Fridays and Saturdays all month.
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NEW YORK -- Anheuser-Busch InBev is selling its theme parks, including SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, to private equity firm Blackstone Group for at least $2.3 billion.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Several big airlines have added $10 surcharges for busy days around the holidays, making days that already tended to be expensive to fly a little more costly.
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NEW YORK -- Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky -- especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades in the late afternoon.
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BLOOMINGTON -- It's hard to imagine lives can be changed by a simple human-powered machine. But winners of the 2009 McLean County Wheeler's Bikes Change Lives Give-Away are learning just that.
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The Peoria Park District hosts Hayrides and Hotdogs evenings at Sommer Park on Thursdays this month. Enjoy an evening of family fun from 5 to 7 p.m. For a $6 fee for people 11 and older you get hot dogs and marshmallows for roasting, chips, carrots, baked beans and beverages plus hayrack …
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NEW YORK -- Disney is offering a free day's admission to 1 million guests who complete a day of volunteer work next year.
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Garth Mansion in Hannibal, Mo., is offering two vacation packages: the Here the Twain Shall Meet package and the Tour of Hannibal package.
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BLOOMINGTON -- Linda Rader enjoys harvest time. It's a family celebration. She and her husband, Lynn, cultivate corn and beans at their 2,000-acre farm with the help of their children and their families.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- JFK slept here. So did Prince Charles. Representatives of the Big Four presumably stayed awake as they worked on the United Nations Charter in 1945.
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BLOOMINGTON -- The Route 66 bikeway is getting a $1.44 million boost from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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DOOR COUNTY, Wis. -- There are more reasons than a Packers/Bears football game to travel to northern Wisconsin in autumn.
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Illinois State University alum Kara Sigle isn't your normal drill instructor. But you'll find her helping to lead a Total Body Boot Camp and cooking classes at the Ideal Wellness Weekend Sept. 25-27 at the Old Gillette Farms at Elkhart.
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