Injured hiker rescued in Badlands National Park
INTERIOR, S.D. - Officials used a helicopter to rescue a Pennsylvania man who became injured while hiking in Badlands National Park in southwestern South Dakota.
View ArticleNashville airport promotes city's music scene
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - As the Nashville International Airport celebrates its 75th birthday, it's also celebrating the city's best known product: music.
View Article18-year-old dies in 400-foot fall in Yellowstone
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - The National Park Service says an 18-year-old woman has died in an accidental fall near Inspiration Point in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
View ArticleNashville airport promotes city's music scene
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - As the Nashville International Airport celebrates its 75th birthday, it's also celebrating the city's best known product: music.
View ArticleLondon bus workers threaten strike before Olympics
LONDON - Thousands of London bus workers have voted to go on strike ahead of the 2012 Olympics, saying they want a premium for working during game time.
View Article50 years later, Seattle Center continues to evolve
SEATTLE - Fifty years after the World's Fair inserted the Space Needle into Seattle's skyline, the city is celebrating that anniversary by offering an array of new things to see and do at Seattle...
View ArticleVa. historic area opens new quilt exhibit
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Dozens of quilts produced around the middle of the 19th century are going on display at Colonial Williamsburg.
View ArticleJamaica announces tax increases in tourism sector
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Tourists traveling to Jamaica this year can expect to pay a bit more for their trip.
View ArticlePlans for Oreo's historic NYC home drawing fire
NEW YORK - One hundred years after the introduction of the Oreo, an expansion plan at the iconic cookie's New York City birthplace has left a bitter taste in the mouths of its neighbors.
View Article50 years later, Seattle Center continues to evolve
SEATTLE - Fifty years after the World's Fair inserted the Space Needle into Seattle's skyline, the city is celebrating that anniversary by offering an array of new things to see and do at Seattle...
View ArticleDetroit museum to host Navy's War of 1812 display
DETROIT - The National Museum of the United States Navy's traveling mini-exhibit on the War of 1812 is coming to Detroit next weekend.
View ArticleMan accused of disrupting Los Angeles-bound flight
LOS ANGELES - Authorities were considering charges after a man allegedly became disruptive aboard a US Airways flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles, an FBI spokesman said Saturday.
View ArticleMaine governor recognizes Windjammer Days Festival
AUGUSTA, Maine - Gov. Paul LePage has signed a proclamation in honor of the 50th annual Windjammer Days Festival in Boothbay Harbor.
View ArticleNo elegant technical fixes for distracted driving
NEW YORK - When does a smartphone make you dumb? When you're driving. Dialing or texting on a phone is a proven distraction when you're behind the wheel.
View ArticleAtlanta's historic Auburn Ave. again at crossroads
ATLANTA - The ghosts of Auburn Avenue still haunt the storied Atlanta street where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
View ArticleNew park in Bridgeport to feature zip lines
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Bridgeport's Discovery Museum is building what is being billed as the state's first aerial adventure park.
View ArticleWallenda to take on Niagara Falls on tightrope
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Nik Wallenda can't visit a new place without envisioning a wire strung high above his head: Linking buildings, landmarks, nations.
View ArticleUS students survive 9 days in New Zealand bush
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Two U.S. students trapped in the New Zealand wilderness by a snowstorm trekked back out to safety after surviving their nine-day ordeal by rationing their meager supplies of...
View ArticleGrand Teton road reroute to benefit wildlife
JACKSON, Wyo. - Grand Teton National Park is proposing to realign portions of the Moose-Wilson Road in the park to reduce stress on an important wildlife corridor, improve traveler safety and afford...
View ArticleGroup: Global airline profits thin this year
BEIJING - Squeezed by high oil prices, the world airline industry's profit will be slim this year and could be wiped out if Europe tumbles into recession, the global aviation trade group said Monday.
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