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America's Five Fastest Roads
KickingTiresAmericans are traveling more slowly than they were a few years ago, according to a company that tracks GPS data. The average speedster traveled 81 mph on America???s top 10 fastest roads, down from 85 mph last year, according INRIX,......Tags: Road Transportation, Tucson, Companies and Corporations, Detroit, Transportation
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National parks: Gun-toters welcome
The Swampby Mark Silva Let's see... Coleman lantern, L.L. Bean sleeping bags, Timberland boots, Smith and Wesson 9 mm... It's almost official: National parks and wildlife refuges will be open to gun-toting visitors , under a credit-card reform bill -- only......Tags: Wildlife, National Government, Barack Obama, Credit and Debt, Travel
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Hey Boo Boo, 'Who are those guys?'
The Swampby Mark Silva Yogi the Bear may need a bulletproof vest. In the bill cracking down on credit card abuses, senators have added an amendment enabling visitors to national parks and wildlife refuges to carry loaded guns -- those baby......Tags: Wildlife, National Government, Barack Obama, Steny Hoyer, Credit and Debt
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White House: Guns left at gate
The Swampby Rebecca Cole Taking your gun camping is one thing -- handy in case you run into the infamously shy Sasquatch in the mountains of eastern Washington state -- but bringing it to the White House is an entirely......Tags: Wildlife, National Government, Barack Obama, Credit and Debt, Travel
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Obama: Guns, credit cards and guns
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama has a couple of Rose Garden bill-signings today, on a warm and sunny day in Washington: This morning, he signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act in the Rose Garden. Later today, he will......Tags: Wildlife, Colleges and Universities, National Government, Education, Barack Obama
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Obama may relent on some Utah drilling
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley Under intense pressure from Republicans on Capitol Hill, the Obama administration may reinstate more than a third of the 77 controversial oil and gas drilling leases, issued under President George W. Bush, that it blocked near national.....Tags: Ken Salazar, Utah, National Government, Barack Obama, Auction Service
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Health-care skeptic: 'All we get is bull'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who headed West today for a weekend with his family at the grandest national parks and a pair of "town-hall''-styled meetings on health-care reform along the way, suggested that the health-care initiative is "80......Tags: National Government, Social Issues, Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Medical Services
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Obama's vacations: Populist, then tony
The Swampby Peter Nicholas Before he leaves for his summer break on tony Martha's Vineyard, President Obama will spend a weekend in the decidedly more populist, middle-American terrain of the national park system. No president can afford to look elitist amid......Tags: National Government, Theodore Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Washington (U.S. state), Political Fundraising
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Obama girls' summer vacation: Global
The Swampby Maeve Reston In the elite circles of private schools in Washington, D.C., globe-trotting vacations are common, but it is hard to imagine that many schoolmates of Malia and Sasha Obama will be able to rival their summer adventures. Although......Tags: Washington, DC, National Government, Barack Obama, Dining and Drinking, Michelle Obama
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Tea Party crowd-counting: An unfine art
The Swampby Joe Markman A sea of angry taxpayers marched on the Capitol on Saturday afternoon. That much is certain. But even before the march was over, the news media, bloggers and rally supporters were wrangling over the crowd count, with......Tags: National Government, Travel, Photography, Tourism and Leisure, Conservation
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Glaciers disappearing: The end is near?
The Swampby Mark Silva Never mind that three feet of snow in Washington. It's pushing 90 here today. Never mind that snow in Texas, Atlanta and even Florida. Never mind "climate-gate.'' Glacier National Park, in Montana, has lost two more of......Tags: Six Flags Inc., Washington (U.S. state), Florida, Ecosystems, Travel
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Book it! 'Hot' summer trips
Though we are a nation of summer travelers, that season isn't necessarily the best time to explore. "I would argue Europe is better in the shoulder seasons," said Amy Farley, news editor at Travel + Leisure and author of the magazine's "Trip Doctor"...Tags: Baseball, Bonnaroo, Travel, Martin Luther King Jr., Hotels and Accommodations
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