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We change seasons every year in March. For cruise lines, the seasonal change is later — April and May — when an armada of ships starts the trek to Vancouver and Seattle for the Alaska season.

When travelling to Europe, I sometimes crank up the voice of my grandmother telling stories of her journey from Norway to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. The boat ride was miserable.

BERLIN - A hard-nosed manager with a history of overseeing corporate turnarounds was named Friday as the new CEO of Berlin's airports, putting him in charge of completing the capital's new hub after a string of embarrassing delays.

WHITESBURG, Ky.

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - New York's famed Hotel Pennsylvania is safe from the wrecking ball, rescued by the economy rather than preservationists.

BANGKOK - Musicians, take note: Next time you travel abroad, you might need a passport — for your instrument. Delegates attending a global biodiversity conference in Bangkok this week are debating a U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO - After coming in $400 million over budget following last year's busy fire season, the Forest Service is altering its approach and may let more fires burn instead of attacking every one.

WASHINGTON - The head of Delta Air Lines on Friday joined the growing opposition to the Transportation Security Administration's new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives onto planes.

LONDON - A rough, whitish block recovered from an Elizabethan shipwreck may be a sunstone, the fabled crystal believed by some to have helped Vikings and other medieval seafarers navigate the high seas, researchers say.