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  1. Legoland hotel coming next summer with themed rooms, 'disco elevator'

    Florida

    Legoland Florida recently unveiled details on the hotel opening next summer for the Winter Haven theme park aimed at families with young kids. It will be a 152-bedroom hotel, with themed interiors "like a large Lego box," general manager Adrian Jones said, with play stations everywhere. The hotel will be right next to …

    At the first Legoland Hotel at the California park, a Lego bellhop greets guests. The Florida hotel will open next June.
  2. Discover homey Thessaloniki, Greece

    Travel

    THESSALONIKI, Greece

    There's a running joke in the hysterically funny (and uncannily accurate) movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, in which the family patriarch played by Michael Constantine is able to deconstruct every aspect of life, technology and culture back to a Hellenic root.

    The White Tower sits on the Aegean shoreline in Thessaloniki. A condemned Jewish prisoner won his freedom by whitewashing the prison, which dates to roughly 1430; hence its name.
  3. Over 600 flights canceled as sloppy weather slows Thanksgiving travelers

    Weather

    MINEOLA, N.Y. — A sloppy mix of rain and snow rolled into the Northeast on Wednesday just as millions of Americans began the big Thanksgiving getaway, grounding hundreds of flights and turning highways hazardous along the congested Washington-to-Boston corridor.

    Motorists brave the falling snow as they head south on Interstate 81 near Staunton, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014. One of the busiest, most stressful travel days of the year posed special challenges in the crowded Washington-to-Boston corridor as travelers on their way to Thanksgiving celebrations contended with a nor'easter packing rain and snow. [Associated Press]