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Slide show: Images of the Volunteer StateHonky-tonk town -- Southern comforts in Nashville, aka Music City, USA
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Aerial search on for stranded motorists
A fleet of small planes canvassed snow-covered roads in Colorado on Sunday, searching for stranded travelers after a powerful winter storm piled drifts up to 10 feet high across much of the Plains.

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Meleta Smith cleans shelves at Fruits & Passion body and bath store in Calgary's International airport
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Top 10 airports in the world
Why spend your next layover in a mind-numbingly dull airport terminal when you can spend it catching a flick or taking a dip? "Enjoyable" might be the last word you would associate with air travel these days, but the experience of passing through one of our ten favorite airports comes pretty close.

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Tina Jo Liddle
Exclusive African safari companies
Much may have changed since Hemingway’s swaggering, big-game-hunting colonial Africa of the 30s, but the thrill of the close encounter remains central to the modern safari experience.

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Southern comforts in Music City, USA
It isn’t the full-scale replica of the Parthenon (complete with 42-foot gilded statue of Athena) that gives Nashville its reputation as the Athens of the South. It’s all the learning going on.

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Global gadget guide
Gift-giving is never a straightforward proposition. Fraught with indecision, most settle for the standbys of yesteryear: books, neckties and those dreaded felt-bottomed executive gifts.

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Cruising into 2007
At this time of year, just about everyone devotes a column to predictions for the year ahead. I don’t have a crystal ball, but I can tell you the shape of things to come on the high seas in 2007: more taxes, more tonnage, more talking and — would you believe? — bowling and water balloons.

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Be an active traveler
Joel Widzer has traveled a lot this year, from Panama to Argentina to Egypt to Vietnam — more than 200,000 miles altogether. Now he has some words of advice for anyone who leaves home for whatever reason: Don’t be a passive traveler.


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Top 10 ‘accessible’ golf courses
From California to Florida, these amazing greens are open for anyone to play.

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Planning a cruise for friends and family
Want to plan a cruise with your family and friends? It can certainly be fun, but there are some smart ways to go about putting it together.

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Snow storm pounds Colorado
Dec. 29: The second major snow storm in a week pounded Colorado on Friday, shutting down highways and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights at the Denver airport. NBC's Leanne Gregg reports.

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Flights grounded due to fog
Travel snarls
Snow in the U.S. and fog in the U.K. delay travelers during the busy holiday season.
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New airport scanners delayed again
Dec. 28: Backscatter technology takes detailed images of travelers bodies – too detailed for some. "On the Money's" Tyler Matheson reports.

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Christmas decorations outside the Colosseum
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From East to West, tourists around the world can celebrate the upcoming holidays.
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