Tag: travel
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November 23, 2009 06:04 PM EST --
NEW YORK (AP) — Models of the Obama White House, the Obama home in Chicago and the house Michelle Obama grew up in are on display at holiday train shows at the Chicago Botanic Garden and the U.S. . . .
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November 23, 2009 04:04 PM EST --
MIAMI (AP) — Art Basel in Miami Beach, the international art show and sister event to Art Basel in Switzerland, will take place Dec. 3-6.
More than 250 galleries from around the world will take . . .
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November 23, 2009 04:04 PM EST --
CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A lack of snow and delays in construction of a new chair lift has pushed back the opening of the Sleeping Giant Ski Area one week to Dec. 4.
Work crews for more than a year have . . .
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November 23, 2009 04:04 PM EST --
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Grand Canyon National Park is changing the system for getting backcountry permits.
Starting Feb. 1, 2010, the park will consider only written requests for backcountry . . .
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November 23, 2009 04:04 PM EST --
BRIGHTON, England (AP) — ResponsibleTravel.com has stopped offering a carbon offset program for travelers.
The company was one of the first travel organizations to introduce carbon offsets in . . .
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November 23, 2009 04:04 PM EST --
AMSTERDAM (AP) — An airliner using a 50 percent biofuel mix in one engine has successfully completed a demonstration flight in the Netherlands.
Air France-KLM says it was the first flight using . . .
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November 23, 2009 02:05 PM EST --
I have a confession. I have an immense collection of postcards that never reached their intended recipients. Lack of postage, a complete address or even motivation have turned countless scribbled postcards . . .
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November 23, 2009 02:05 PM EST --
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, nine black students gathered at Daisy and L.C. Bates's home to prepare for the angry mob . . .
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November 23, 2009 02:05 PM EST --
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) — Did you hear the one about the rabbi and the architect?
Few people have. Which is why the members of Beth Sholom — who worship in the only synagogue designed by Frank . . .
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November 23, 2009 02:04 PM EST --
ST. JEAN, St. Barthelemy (AP) — Wheels up at the island of St. Maarten and we skim across the waters of the French West Indies to St. Barthelemy — a tiny Caribbean jewel for Francophiles, . . .
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November 23, 2009 02:04 PM EST --
ABOARD AMTRAK AUTO TRAIN 52 TO WASHINGTON (AP) — All aboard on this train doesn't mean just people. It means minivans, cars and motorcycles, too.
To board you have to be packing some serious luggage: . . .
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November 23, 2009 11:04 AM EST --
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Holiday travelers waited a little longer to book their flights this year, likely holding out for better deals and waiting to see if they would still have a job. And some aren't . . .
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November 22, 2009 02:03 PM EST --
NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season. But travelers shouldn't expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they are headed . . .
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November 22, 2009 09:02 AM EST --
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for a federal review of complaints by consumers that they are losing millions of frequent flier miles without notice in confusing agreements. . . .
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November 21, 2009 02:01 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.
The group, which . . .
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November 20, 2009 11:04 PM EST --
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Jeremy Hazell scored 33 points to lead Seton Hall to an 89-79 win over Cornell on Friday night.
Jordan Theodore added 20 points for the Pirates (3-0), while Herb Pope chipped . . .
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November 20, 2009 03:05 PM EST --
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say virtually all of the luggage scales at the city's two major airports are accurately calibrated.
Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan . . .
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November 20, 2009 03:05 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Passenger revenue among U.S. airlines fell 15 percent in October compared to the same month last year, an industry trade group said Friday.
The Air Transport Association said . . .
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November 20, 2009 02:02 PM EST --
FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either . . .
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November 20, 2009 10:06 AM EST --
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — An Olympic accommodation plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy.
As many as seven . . .
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