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NYC official: 98 percent of airport bag scales OK

AP - Fri Nov 20, 2:53 PM ET

NEW YORK - New York City officials say virtually all of the luggage scales at the city's two major airports are accurately calibrated.

NYC official: 98 percent of airport bag scales OK AP - Fri Nov 20, 2:53 PM ET
NEW YORK - New York City officials say virtually all of the luggage scales at the city's two major airports are accurately calibrated.
US carriers' passenger revenue down in October AP - Fri Nov 20, 2:54 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Passenger revenue among U.S. airlines fell 15 percent in October compared to the same month last year, an industry trade group said Friday.
3 more Tahoe ski resorts to open for season AP - Fri Nov 20, 9:01 AM ET
RENO, Nev. - Three more Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts plan to open for the season this week.

Rest — and unrest — on vacation in Honduras AP - Tue Nov 17, 5:22 PM ET
ROATAN, Honduras - "The president's been arrested already this morning," hotel owner Jeff Kuken told my wife and me one Sunday morning in late June.
Tree-lightings, from Rock Center to The Grove AP - Mon Nov 16, 5:01 PM ET
NEW YORK - This season's Christmas tree displays include trees made from feathers at a historic home in Indianapolis, a thank-you tree in Boston sent from Nova Scotia, and the Obamas' first National Christmas Tree ceremony in Washington.
Tour of Obama's NYC visits Columbia area, Harlem AP - Mon Nov 16, 2:36 PM ET
NEW YORK - Jeremiah Miller calls the time Barack Obama spent in New York "the lost years," because that period from 1981 to 1985 is not as well-known as his roots in Hawaii or his recent years in Chicago. To fill in the gap, Miller offers a tour of Upper Manhattan called "Obama's New York."

New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas AP - Mon Nov 16, 5:15 PM ET
NEW YORK - Looking for inspiration for your next trip?
Lonely Planet offers new Vancouver guide AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:10 PM ET
OAKLAND, Calif. - A new guide to Vancouver is just out from Lonely Planet's pocket-sized Encounter series.
Outside magazine's best ski resorts AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:08 PM ET
NEW YORK - Outside magazine's November issue scopes out the best ski resorts in North America, from Alaska to Vermont.