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Traveling on the cheap: You don’t have to spend a fortune to have fun
By Cathy Hamilton
February 8, 2010
Leaner times have caused many Americans to tighten their financial belts, and one of the first areas of discretionary spending to be squeezed is recreational travel.
Weston hotel offers historic accommodations
By Lori Carson
February 1, 2010
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Weston, Mo., is much more than the boyhood home of Buffalo Bill Cody.
Cozy bed and breakfast established in former governor’s residence
By Lori Carson
January 18, 2010
Chris Wildy never considered herself a risk-taker until six years ago when the former nurse rolled the dice, converted a former governor’s residence into a bed and breakfast, and became an innkeeper.
‘Mind-reading’ systems could change airport security
By Michael Tarm - Associated Press Writer
January 9, 2010
A would-be terrorist tries to board a plane, bent on mass murder. As he walks through a security checkpoint, fidgeting and glancing around, a network of high-tech machines analyzes his body language and reads his mind.
Attack brings airport security reviews
By Pamela Hess and Calvin Woodward - Associated Press Writers
December 28, 2009
Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment.
Airline passengers see tighter security
By Joshua Freed and Joan Lowy - Associated Press Writers
December 27, 2009
Extra pat-downs before boarding. No getting up for the last hour of the flight. More bomb-sniffing dogs. Airports worldwide tightened security a day after a passenger tried to light some kind of explosive on a flight into Detroit.
Kansas Highway Patrol to step up enforcement during Thanksgiving holiday weekend
By Mark Fagan
November 23, 2009
The Kansas Highway Patrol and other law-enforcement agencies are boosting their enforcement efforts to help reduce the chances of accidents, injuries and fatalities on Kansas roads and highways this Thanksgiving travel season, which continues through Sunday.
Higher fuel prices not predicted to slow holiday travel
By Mark Fagan
November 23, 2009
Even an 80 cents-per-gallon rise in fuel prices won’t put the brakes on families getting together for the Thanksgiving holiday, AAA says.
Holidays will again test air travel bottleneck
Associated Press
November 23, 2009
Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn’t expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they need to land anywhere near New York City.
More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving
By Nafeesa Syeed - Associated Press Writer
November 22, 2009
The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.
Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA
By Harry R. Weber and Joan Lowy - Associated Press Writers
November 20, 2009
For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation’s air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country.
Prevent motion sickness
By Scott Girard
November 16, 2009
The flight or road trip is over, but you still think you are moving in a car or airplane. Motion sickness is common on vacations, but a few pre-vacation actions could lessen the effects of the nauseating problem.
Flying cheap for the holidays
Doing a little airline homework can pay off
McClatchy Newspapers
November 16, 2009
The great plane-ticket sale of 2009 is coming to an end.
Kansans hope bison will develop Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve into a tourist destination
13 bison brought from South Dakota to Kansas to start a new herd
By Chad Lawhorn
October 27, 2009
Leaders from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City are in South Dakota to collect 20 of the bison — more informally, buffalo — from this unique herd of about 500 to start a new herd in Kansas.
A taste of Oktoberfest: Celebrate fall with German food, festive beverages
By Anna Sobering
October 26, 2009
His freshman year at the University of Stuttgart, Bernhard Minke may have had too much fun celebrating Oktoberfest. Minke, a Kansas University graduate student, attended his first Oktoberfest celebration at Stuttgart’s Cannstatter Volksfest, Germany’s second-largest Oktoberfest celebration.

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