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Grand Canyon banning plastic water bottles sales
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 8:02am
AP - Disposable plastic water bottles soon won't be sold at the Grand Canyon.
Blood clot guidelines challenge economy class risk
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 6:39am
AP - Good news for budget-minded travelers: There's no proof that flying economy-class increases your chances of dangerous blood clots, according to new guidelines from medical specialists.
French strike grounds hundreds of flights
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 6:52am
AP - Hundreds of flights in France were cancelled on Tuesday, including 40 percent out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, as unions ratcheted up pressure on day two of a strike over labor rights.
Big Bend designated as International Dark Sky Park
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 7:31am
AP - Big Bend National Park officials has been designated as an "International Dark Sky Park" and one of ten places in the world certified to have especially dark night skies favored for stargazing.
American Airlines traffic rises from a year ago
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 7:57am
AP - Consumers seem not to care whether the airline they fly is under bankruptcy protection.
Stomach flu sickens St. Maarten cruise passengers
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 7:28am
AP - A health ministry official in St. Maarten says that more than two dozen cruise passengers were sick as the vessel docked in the Caribbean island.
Congress passes FAA bill that speeds switch to GPS
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 7:14am
AP - A bill to speed the nation's switch from radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology, and to open U.S. skies to unmanned drone flights within four years, received final congressional approval Monday.
Singapore visitors rise to record 13 million
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 6:50am
AP - A record number of visitors came to Singapore last year as new casinos lured gamblers, the tourism authority said Tuesday.
Italy: Court keeps ship captain under house arrest
(AP)
7 Feb 2012 at 6:29am
AP - An Italian court has refused to lift an order of house arrest for Francesco Schettino, the captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off a Tuscan island last month.
Atlanta airport sees record international traffic
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 11:19am
AP - Officials at Atlanta's airport say international passenger traffic for last year set a new record.
Study says tourism a growing force in Delaware
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 11:18am
AP - A new study from the Delaware Tourism Department shows the $2.1 billion industry has become a top economic driver for the state.
3 cruise ships disinfected after norovirus
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 7:32am
AP - A third U.S.-based cruise ship with an outbreak of stomach illness has sailed again after being decontaminated in South Florida.
Arctic wave saves Czech ice wine production
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 8:54am
AP - In a vineyard in Moravia, the Arctic chill striking Europe at least has some people jumping with joy.
Feds oppose strip mine near Utah's Bryce Canyon
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 9:05am
AP - Federal biologists say a strip mine at the backdoor to Utah's storybook Bryce Canyon National Park will wipe out the southernmost population of sage grouse, even as their agency resists a broader effort to protect the bird across the West.
Saudi snow: New mall plans indoor winter 'village'
(AP)
6 Feb 2012 at 9:02am
AP - Dubai's famed indoor ski slope is about to get some Gulf competition. Saudi developers say they plan a "snow village" inside a new mall in Riyadh.
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