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Red Mountain Pass to close at noon Monday
CDOT crews to conduct avalanche work, snow removal
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Connected cars accelerate down data-collection highway
A worker cleans a Tesla Model S sedan before an event in Beijing. Built-in internet connections, cameras and sensors are helping automakers collect a vast amount of data from vehicle…
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Are biometrics the answer for airport security?
Passengers make their way through a TSA security checkpoint at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Kate Patterson.du1-i-syn But the screenings of tomorrow…
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The fierce Farallon Islands: Seeking great white sharks off the California coast
In my eagerness to see who might nibble on the bobbing object, I was reluctant to look away for even a moment. I was on a daylong expedition to the…
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China closes Tibet to foreigners for sensitive anniversaries
Tourists pose for souvenir photos in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. China is barring foreign travelers from Tibet over a period of several…
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Discounts to insurance: Many ways seniors can save on travel
Most seniors have more free time for leisure activities including travel, but money is tighter when the paychecks stop at retirement.Associated Press file Retirees who want to travel can make…
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Don’t get caught in the travel chaos of spring break
The annual rite for sun worshipers, which runs from February to mid-April, isn’t just a stampede toward warmer weather. Many ski resorts experience peak demand, too. If you’re traveling somewhere…
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Portuguese town opens window to its slave-trade history
Lagos is also where the African slave trade took root in Europe. And once you go looking for that, nothing erases its legacy – not the pristine waters, not the…
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After delays, Egypt’s new mega-museum set to open in 2020
The Grand Egyptian Museum has been under construction for well over a decade and is intended to showcase Egypt’s ancient treasures while drawing tourists to help fund its future development.…
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Apps gauge airport security wait time – with your help
App in the Air can help travelers predict wait times for TSA security lines.Courtesy of App in the Air The Transportation Security Administration and airlines advise domestic passengers to arrive…
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Historical time travelers bring distant eras to crackling life
Elizabeth Keaney portrays a young Martha Washington at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. She channels Martha in 1769, before the American Revolution, when the colonies – and her husband – were…
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Snowbound California guests freed after 5 days at lodge
Up to 7 feet of snow trapped the guests and staff at Montecito Sequoia Lodge in Sequoia National Forest starting Sunday after a storm, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Alicia Embrey…
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Hotel guests baffled by after-the-fact damage charges
“I asked him to send me a copy of the incident they wrote up,” says Weller, a social worker from Wichita, Kansas. “He said they had a policy internally they…
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United courts the affluent travelers with more premium seats
United Airlines will woo high-fare passengers by retrofitting more than 100 planes to add more premium seats on key routes.Associated Press file Now highly profitable after losing billions in the…
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Travelers bound for Britain face new Brexit uncertainty
British Union flags, also known as Union Jacks, fly near Elizabeth Tower, also known as 'Big Ben', in London. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Luke MacGregordu1-i-syn “I’m holding my breath,”…
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A Super Bowl great’s playbook for beating travel stress
Jerry Rice, member of the NFL Hall of Fame, estimates he travels more than 1 million miles every year.David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Since then, Rice has carved out a career in…
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Tourists preserve Italian frescoes during two-week program
A detail of the crucifixion fresco, which was made in the 15th century and shows Byzantine influences.Ben Yagoda/The Washington Post “Here” was Jesus’ brown hair, on a 700-year-old fresco of…
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Durango airport plans to purchase property for expansion
City, county must approve $3.9 million deal, which includes 12.5 acres and 2 buildings
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Wet storm will bring a mix of snow and rain this weekend
Second system expected to arrive late Monday, early Tuesday
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Shutdown halted crash probes, could cost critical evidence
A worker looks at a charred semitrailer Jan. 3 after a wreck with multiple fatalities on Interstate 75, south of Alachua, near Gainesville, Fla. The 35-day partial government shutdown stopped…
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Cleaner and greener: Milan’s ambitious plan to plant 3 million trees
But Milan now wants to shift its color palette toward green. The city has ambitious plans to plant 3 million new trees by 2030 – a move that experts say…
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The shutdown may yet make a mess of your trip
Travelers wait in line at the Delta Air Lines ticket counter inside LaGuardia Airport in New York. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by David Williamsdu1-i-syn “Shutdown?” says Chris Luth, a sales…
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The energy of Sedona: Beauty, mystique draw visitors to Arizona desert
I suppose I shouldn’t have taken the parking attendant’s advice so literally. “You’ll know it when you feel it,” he had told me when I asked where I’d find the…
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Trump’s Cuba policy hurts private sector, report says
Tourists ride a classic American convertible in Havana, Cuba. President Donald Trump’s Cuba policy is driving hundreds of millions of dollars from the island’s private entrepreneurs to its military-controlled tourism…
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Hotels sweat the details of workouts for guests
People take part in a yoga class at the High Roller observation wheel in Las Vegas. As Las Vegas continues to broaden the range of interests and wallets it appeals…
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When alcohol fuels trouble at 36,000 feet
A majority of passengers drink when they fly, according to a new survey by Fractl, a marketing agency in Delray Beach, Florida. More than 8 in 10 passengers say they…
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In Iceland, police say foreign drivers court trouble looking for Northern Lights
Spending a clear winter night under an Arctic sky lit up by spectacular streaks of color from the Northern Lights is an often-cited “bucket-list” experience among the reasons more people…
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Heavy smog, worsened by weather, raises alarm across Asia
A combination of construction dust, auto exhaust and other pollutants, lingering over Bangkok because of prevailing weather patterns, has taken air quality to unhealthy levels in recent days. “I admit…
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U.S. Border Patrol Museum opens a world on the evolving agency
To some Latinos, the work of the U.S. Border Patrol seemed racialized. A museum dedicated to the history of the U.S. Border Patrol seeks to give a more complex view…