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TRAVEL BRIEFS The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Rio de Janeiro is mixing technology with tradition to provide tourists information about the city by embedding bar codes into the black-and-white mosaic sidewalks that are a symbol of the ci

YOUKYUNG LEE The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Google Inc.

MICHAEL KUNZELMAN The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans has celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from hurricane Katrina, but arguably none is bigger than hosting its first Super Bowl since the 2005 storm left the city

NEW ORLEANS — The cab careened past Washington Square and onto Frenchmen Street. It was close to 10 p.m., and the neighborhood was filled with locals adorned with tattoos, piercings and lots of ragged black accessories.

The wineries of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula invite you to take part in their Red Wine and Chocolate tour over the next two weekends.

SEATTLE - The Alaska Airlines pilot who lost consciousness during a Seattle-bound flight Thursday night, prompting an emergency landing, was suffering from food poisoning or a stomach virus, an airline spokesman said Friday.

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HONOLULU, Hawaii - More than two-thirds of Hawaii's state senators have signed onto a bill to protect celebrities from paparazzi, giving them power to sue over unwanted beach photos and other snapshots on the islands.

WASHINGTON - Some tips to help business travellers protect their laptops and mobile devices from spying — or at least limit the damage of hacking — while in China or other nations that may want to steal company information: —Don't take your work or p

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. - It's a far cry from breaking rocks in the hot sun on a chain gang. In New York's Adirondack Mountains, inmates break ice on a frozen lake to make a giant winter palace.