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Annual survey puts Florida’s Siesta Beach on top Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. After years


Revamping rides

Universal Orlando says Spidey will soon go high-def, and lots of “minions” will be up to no good in a new attraction themed on the animated movie “Despicable Me.”


Officials seeking to boost travel

The White House last week sought to reassure travel industry leaders that the United States cares about tourism and hopes to push the industry as the country recovers from a recession.


Johnstown flood frenzy

A new exhibition chronicles how media portrayed the 1889 disaster Associated Press JOHNSTOWN,


Culture is more than a pit stop

Indianapolis has embarked on a plan to become a City With Stuff To Do.


100 years of Indy

Every year on Memorial Day weekend, a city lives, breathes, then seems to die — a cycle that comes to a head in about four hours.


Anxiety comes early

With gas prices above $4 in some states, Americans canceled some spring-break plans and are rethinking summer vacation.


Appalachian jewels

There are battlefields, and then there’s Belle Boyd, teenage temptress and Confederate spy.


This is horse country

Sleek thoroughbreds are the stars in Kentucky’s bluegrass region Associated Press MIDWAY, Ky.


‘Organic architecture’

Milwaukee Art Museum shows another side of Frank Lloyd Wright Associated Press MILWAUKEE The


Megabus adds cities

Megabus adds cities PITTSBURGH The Megabus.com transportation service is using Pittsburgh to


Las Vegas celebrates mob roots with new attractions

Associated Press LAS VEGAS Speakeasies,


Promoters push Alaska attraction in Las Vegas

Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska State lawmakers are weighing whether to spend millions of


Legoland Florida gears up for fall opening

Legoland officials said recently they are counting on the popularity of the little plastic building blocks to draw families to their newest theme park, which will open this fall near Orlando.


TRAVEL DIGEST | Kings Island to open dinosaur exhibit

Kings Island amusement park has unveiled a new “Dinosaurs Alive!” exhibit in a Jurassic-forest setting with more than 50 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs featuring movement and sound.