Travel
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Brisk business for passport cards
Jan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Nearly 740,000 Americans have ordered passport cards, a new document being offered by the State Department to speed border crossings by U.S. citizens travel...
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New Orleans optimistic about '09
Jan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS - A spokeswoman for the New Orleans Convention and Visitors' Bureau is optimistic about 2009 but says officials early in the year will be watching whether th...
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Disney opening American Idol Experience
Jan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - An attraction inspired by the "American Idol" TV show officially opens at Disney's Hollywood Studios Feb. 14. Walt Disney World guests can regis...
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Madison art museum spans the globe and the agesJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - As the saying goes, the best things in life are free. One thing to add to that list is the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wis., a world-class art museum nestled in the...
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History attractions prepare for inaugural in DC
Jan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Presidents are "in" again, and that means Washington is a hot spot. With Barack Obama moving into the White House next month and the ongoing celebration of ...
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Southern West Virginia is home to world-class whitewater raftingJan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Q: Some friends took a whitewater rafting trip in West Virginia last year, and they were so enthusiastic about it we decided, along with two other couples, that we w...
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Learn the basics of square dancingJan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Freebie! Feel free to dance The Arlington Squares Square Dance Club invites the public to socialize and learn the basics of square dancing at its free "Beginne...
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Heineken 'Experience' reopens in Amsterdam
Jan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- The sweet smell of barley mash fills the brewing hall. Water and foam spritz down on visitors' heads as they watch a film about fermentati...
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Golf resorts being upscaled in Puerto Rico
Jan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - RIO GRANDE, P.R. -- This seaside stretch, a half-hour's drive east of the airport in San Juan, is not placid in midday. Construction equipment rumbles through the beachf...
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Heavenly Ski Resort: Powder and pines
Jan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - TAHOE, Calif. -- The wind was howling, the temperature plunging and snow was coming down so fast that a four-minute ride on a high-speed chairlift at Lake Tahoe's He...