CFHTTP Connection Timeout Google API

Hi, I'm having an issue with cfhttp.  If I enter the following in a browser.

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Chicago,+IL&sensor=false

It tries to download a JSON file (exactly what I want).

If I use the following code it times out.

<cfhttp url="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Chicago,+IL&sensor=false" result="geoJson" method="get" resolveurl="no" throwonerror="yes" charset="utf-8" timeout="20"></cfhttp>

If I enter one of my sites as the URL it works so its specific to the googleapis.  I'm using the V3 setup which no longer requires a key. I've moved the timeout value up, down and removed it with the same thing (just letting you know to rule that out).

Any ideas?

Thanks so much for any help!