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Queens hotel boom lures NYC tourists across river to area known for art, food and industry

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A hotel boom is luring tourists out of Manhattan and across the East River to the Queens neighbourhood of Long Island City, where 15 hotels have opened since 2006, from boutiques to chains.

Mar 20, 2013 11:41 AM Read more >

2nd study says Jekyll Island has too many deer, some malnourished, but no call to thin herd

SAVANNAH, Ga. - For the second time in a year, a study has confirmed what Jekyll Island visitors and residents can easily see from the roadsides and golf course fairways: the island state park has an obvious abundance of deer.

Mar 20, 2013 11:31 AM Read more >

Court tells travel sites to pay Hawaii $70 million as penalty for unpaid general excise taxes

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Popular travel sites are being told to pay Hawaii a $70 million penalty for skirting state general excise taxes over the past 10 years. A tax appeal court has ruled that online travel companies including Orbitz Worldwide Inc.

Mar 19, 2013 9:22 PM Read more >

Wisconsin officials say they will close nude beach on weekdays to cut down on sex, drugs

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin authorities announced Tuesday they will shut down one of nation's most popular nude beaches on weekdays after struggling for years to curtail sex and drugs on the sandbar and surrounding woods.

Mar 19, 2013 2:30 PM Read more >

Statue of Liberty, closed since Superstorm Sandy, to reopen in time for Independence Day

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Statue of Liberty, closed since Superstorm Sandy damaged the island where it stands, will reopen to the public in time for Independence Day, officials said Tuesday.

Mar 19, 2013 1:20 PM Read more >

Mexico may drop out of top 10 tourist destinations; border tourism, cruise ship stops affected

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's top tourism official said the country may drop out of the world's top 10 tourist destinations, a spot it has held for years.

Mar 19, 2013 12:59 PM Read more >

New exhibition brings together Henry Moore, Auguste Rodin, pioneers of modern sculpture

PERRY GREEN, England - Henry Moore has company on his muddy home turf. At the late British artist's former home in the English countryside, swooping sculptures sit on rain-sodden fields, and sheep graze at the base of monumental bronzes.

Mar 19, 2013 12:57 PM Read more >

Family of Dwight D. Eisenhower supports blocking planned Ike memorial, seeks new design

WASHINGTON - The future of a planned memorial honouring President Dwight D. Eisenhower was thrown into doubt Tuesday as lawmakers questioned the project's design and cost and Ike's family called again for the memorial project to be redesigned.

Mar 19, 2013 12:53 PM Read more >

CEOs of American Airlines, US Airways tout merger, but consumer advocates fear higher fares

The CEOs of American Airlines and US Airways reassured a Senate panel Tuesday that their merger would not lead to fewer flights or lost jobs in the lawmakers' states.

Mar 19, 2013 12:43 PM Read more >

From risotto to resoling, Rome's old Borgo district is where up-and-coming cardinals go

ROME - When a future pope needed new soles, he strolled to a shoe repair shop practically around the corner from the Vatican. When he was pope and nearing retirement, he had the same shoemaker craft a pair of comfy, calfskin slippers.

Mar 19, 2013 7:53 AM Read more >

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