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Airlines have already cancelled more than 2,700 Friday flights as they get ready for a storm that threatens to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston.

NEW YORK, N.Y.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Cruise passengers can overwhelm historic cities, causing congestion and chasing off other visitors who mean more to local economies, those attending an international conference on cruise tourism were told Thursday.

NEW ORLEANS - The city's glitziest, most star-studded parades of the Carnival season roll this weekend, including one with a float being touted as the biggest in New Orleans' history.

WASHINGTON - The government should reassess its safety approval of the Boeing 787 lithium ion batteries, the nation's top accident investigator said Thursday, casting doubt on whether the airliner's troubles can be quickly remedied.

HOUSTON - James Harden is ready. For the music, the weather, the restaurants. And, yes, he'll work in some basketball as well. "Houston is a beautiful city," he says.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - It's been called, sometimes derisively, a collection of 72 suburbs in search of a city.

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's human rights commission has recommended that the country's second-largest airline allow its female cabin crew to wear trousers, adding weight to a union campaign to ease strict dress rules.

NEW YORK, N.Y.

OKLAHOMA CITY - A Muslim U.S. Air Force veteran, who had trouble entering the country last year to visit his ailing mother, was barred Wednesday from boarding a flight in Oklahoma City to return to his home in Qatar.