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Only 19 percent back cellphone use in cabins

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Travel gifts to keep organized, connected

NEW YORK – Today’s travelers want to be comfortable, organized and connected. With those themes in mind, here are some gift ideas, starting with suggestions from three people who travel for ...

Travels with Fido

Tales – and horror stories – from pet-friendly destinations

Be prepared before flying with your pet

Millions of people travel during the holidays to visit relatives and friends. But if you must board a plane to see grandma or your best buddy, should your dog or cat come along? O...

In Dallas, events will mark assassination anniversary

DALLAS – Church bells will toll throughout Dallas on Nov. 22 to honor President John F. Kennedy, and a moment of silence at 12:30 p.m. will mark the moment 50 years ago when he was assassina...

Texas house tied to Oswald opens to visitors

IRVING, Texas – Baby bottles sit on the kitchen counter in this small two-bedroom home in the Dallas suburb of Irving, just as they would have Nov. 22, 1963. Also the same: the rolled-up bla...

The castle Hearst built

Tours enchant at hilltop estate above California coast

America’s gateway reopens

Ellis Island was inundated by Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters

$1.9 million in gold bars found in toilet of Middle Eastern plane

An aircraft cleaning crew found 280 gold bars worth almost $2 million inside the toilet of a plane belonging to Middle East discount airline Flydubai. The Daily Mail of London say...

‘Festival fatigue’ strikes locals in Michigan town

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Lou Colombo insists he’s no Grinch and enjoys festivals. But so many were held along this Lake Michigan town’s grassy waterfront over the summer that he applied to Cit...

Are cruise ships becoming too large to operate safely?

One of the largest cruise ships in 1985 was the 46,000-ton Carnival Holiday. Ten years ago, the biggest, the Queen Mary 2, was three times as large. Today’s record holders are two 225,000-to...