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Professors rescue design drawings for neon signs on Route 66

ALBUQUERQUE – They were just a bunch of old business records belonging to New Mexico’s oldest and largest sign-making shop, the last of the manufacturers from neon’s midcentury heyday. ...

DATE: May 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Route 66 tourist towns could lose critical funding if program expires

ALBUQUERQUE Route 66, the historic American roadway that linked Chicago to the West Coast, soon may be dropped from a National Park Service preservation program, which would end y...

DATE: May 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

TSA tests screening large electronic devices separately

Travelers at some U.S. airports are being asked to place electronic devices bigger than a cellphone in separate bins so that they can be examined more closely. The Transportation ...

DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Wine and weed? Some Oregon vineyards try hand at pot farming

JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – Bill and Barbara Steele moved to this sleepy corner of Oregon to start their own winery after successful, high-powered business careers. Now, more than a deca...

DATE: May 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Airlines have rules about taking photos, video on planes

DALLAS – Without the shocking video, it’s unlikely that the world would have learned or cared about the violent manhandling of a 69-year-old man on a plane last month. The outrage...

DATE: May 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Massive slide buries stretch of iconic California highway

BIG SUR, Calif. – A massive landslide along an iconic coastal highway in California has buried the road under a 40-foot layer of rock and dirt, the latest hit after a winter of crippling sli...

DATE: May 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

The new Vegas namaste: Yoga on a Ferris wheel, near dolphins

LAS VEGAS – Surrounded by imposing Las Vegas hotel-casinos in the foreground and desert mountains in the background, the group breathed deeply and loudly as an instructor guided them through...

DATE: May 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Can I bring a Viking helmet on the plane? AskTSA has the answer

Social-media team field travelers’ questions fast

DATE: May 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Solitude and majesty: A journey into Montana’s Beartooth Wilderness

RED LODGE, Montana Crawl from your warm sleeping bag out the tent door, into the darkness and predawn wind whipping across the plateau. Look up at the cathedral of the sky. Watch ...

DATE: May 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

JFK home renovation castoffs are transformed into art

HYANNIS PORT, Mass. – What once were pieces of John F. Kennedy’s home are now pieces of art. Floorboards, window panes, shingles, electrical fixtures, faded wallpaper, rusted nail...

DATE: May 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

It’s a record year for processing U.S. passport applications

NEW YORK – The U.S. State Department expects 20.5 million applications for new and renewed passports this year, and that will be a record number. The busy year is no surprise. Adu...

DATE: May 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Delta tops in on-time flights, Spirit worst for complaints

WASHINGTON – Delta Air Lines scored the best for on-time flights in the latest government rankings, and United and American weren’t far behind. Virgin America had the highest rate...

DATE: May 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

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