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As the winter travel season approaches, AAA Travel has some car rental tips and tricks for Americans as they prepare to visit friends and family.

SAN DIEGO — Since Disneyland Park opened in Anaheim in 1955, The Walt Disney Co. has opened 11 more theme parks around the world, including locations in France, Japan, Hong Kong and China.

PHILADELPHIA — Two more buses carrying immigrants from Texas rolled into Philadelphia on Friday morning, the day-after-Thanksgiving arrivals offering a test of how fast and effectively the city could mount yet another welcome.

PHILADELPHIA — Two more buses carrying immigrants from Texas rolled into Philadelphia on Friday morning, the day-after-Thanksgiving arrivals offering a test of how fast and effectively the city could mount yet another welcome.

Back in 1992, William Weidner, then president of Hollywood Casino of Aurora Inc., set out to Springfield to kill then-Mayor Richard M. Daley’s plans for a $2 billion “mega-casino” in downtown Chicago.

PHILADELPHIA — The clock was sliding toward 2 p.m., and Ishmail Ali’s taxi was inching toward the cab stand outside 30th Street Station, currently 12th in line.

Have you ever wondered why Thanksgiving revolves around turkey and not ham, chicken, venison, beef, or corn? A little-known poet may hold the key.

The new Tinley Park Fishing, Travel and Outdoor Expo headlines what looks like a return to normal for outdoors shows around the Chicago area; the Boat Show and the Schaumburg Show both make their returns.

In November 1620 the Mayflower deposited about 100 Pilgrims at the Wampanoag community of Patuxet, which the newcomers renamed New Plymouth. A year later, the English and Wampanoags enjoyed a three-day feast. For generations, Americans have celebrated that meal as the first Thanksgiving.