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Key West's famous pink taxis get a green makeover
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KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Key West's hot-pink taxis are going green.
Five Sixes Taxi has acquired 10 environmentally friendly hybrid vehicles as the first step to convert its entire fleet..
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2008-07-15-key-west-hybrid-taxis_N.htm?csp=Travel
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FAA: Systems go for $400M runway safety lights
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Twenty of the nation's largest airports will get long-awaited new technology designed to prevent collisions on runways, federal officials announced Monday....
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-07-14-faa_N.htm?csp=Travel
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Sandstone and stories mix at Canyon de Chelly, Ariz.
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CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. — This majestic canyon is lined with towering red sandstones. But the physical landscape is only part of the draw...
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-07-14-canyon-de-chelly_N.htm?csp=Travel
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Surrealist art collection goes on display in Berlin
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BERLIN (AP) — A collection of more than 250 surrealist and pre-surrealist artworks that ranges from Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel to Francisco de Goya is on display in Berlin....
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-07-14-surrealist-art-berlin_N.htm?csp=Travel
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Sign language is part of Disney's world
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — How might you say Mickey Mouse in Spanish?
Mickey Mouse will do — after all, it's a proper name.
What about in American Sign Language?.......
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-07-14-disney-sign-language_N.htm?csp=Travel
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Alamo survivor's Austin home gets new life
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AUSTIN (AP) — One of the homes of Alamo survivor Susanna Dickinson is coming back to life...... ...
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-07-14-alamo-survivor-home_N.htm?csp=Travel
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Why time off is time well spent for your health
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Sure, vacations can be hazardous to your health: Beachgoers get sunburned, campers get poison ivy, air travelers get headaches. But stay home, as record numbers may be doing this summer, and your health could suffer much more.....
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/painter/2008-07-13-your-health_N.htm?csp=Travel
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City for sale: A nice fixer-upper
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WHITE'S CITY, N.M. — Bonnie and Clyde stopped here for gas while on the lam in 1932. Pat Boone stayed here while filming the 1959 movie Journey to the Center of the Earth. Millions have driven through on their way to one of America's most famous natural wonders.......
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-13-cityforsale_N.htm?csp=Travel
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Airport Check-in: China adjusts routes for Olympics
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In time for the Summer Olympics, flights from Europe now have more direct paths as they fly into some of China's biggest cities........
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-07-13-airport-checkin_N.htm?csp=Travel
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Transformed Beijing is ready to greet Olympic visitors
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BEIJING — Faced with my blank look of incomprehension, the taxi driver took a deep breath and tried again.......
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-07-11-beijing-olympics-makeover_N.htm?csp=Travel
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