A group of business executives are meeting in Chicago soon to head out on a novel kind of road trip: They're traveling the length of old U.S. Route 66 -- on their Harleys.
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Warblers return unerringly from winter homes in South America to the north where they were born, a mysterious process that has some plausible explanations, but few definitive answers.
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You can't turn around today without running into another high end vodka. But a 150-year-old distillery in the historic river town of Weston, Mo., may have found a twist that adds civic values to its premium taste.
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Feb. 26, 2008
It doesn't take much to get an avid birder out of bed and on the road for a chance to see a rare migratory bird. John O'Neill of
Birding Beat high-tailed it across Missouri and Iowa this month to catch a glimpse of the Blacktailed Gull, which was hanging out in Saylorville. But also catching the bug was a novice who managed to score a life list two-fer.
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