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Once again, the National Park Service is offering FREE admission days in 2020 to more than 400 national parks, historic sites, monuments and landmarks it operates. On each of these significant days of celebration or commemoration, all national parks will waive entrance fees, although fees for parking and special programming remain intact. The free admission
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Despite the recent earthquakes, aftershocks and power outage in the southern part of Puerto Rico, it is not impacting tourism on the rest of the island. During the first days after the tremors, three cruise ships docked in San Juan, delivering 15,000 passengers for land-based tours. The Caribbean Travel Organization also reports that: Electric power
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Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi on Jan 8, 1935, which celebrates its most famous native year round, not just on his birthday, when there are concerts of Elvis music and screenings of his most popular Hollywood movies. Tupelo is more low-key, and far less glitzy or crowded than Graceland, in Memphis, which he
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In these days of heightened security, soon you will not be able to board your flight with your driver’s license unless it includes a star on the upper right corner, showing it complies with the federal REAL ID Act. If it doesn’t, you will have to show another form of identification, such as a US
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Dozens of new vehicle models are in the pipeline by 2025, nearly all of them electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid, in all shapes, sizes and prices. It’s more a reaction to mandated emission cuts coming to Europe in 2021 than it is to buyer demand in Europe or in the USA. Here’s what’s in the
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The stats are in, and here are the most popular ecoXplorer posts of 2019. You are a smart group of followers who want to avoid being ripped-off, since most of the top posts are our “scam alert” advisories. And you are an eclectic bunch, since other top posts ranged from endangered animals to a kitschy
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If you are making New Year’s resolutions for 2020, add some that will keep you safe and prevent accidents. Here are my New Year’s resolutions for safe driving, which I invite you to make your own. Holiday driving safety starts in the driveway. Check the tires for proper inflation. Make sure there is enough windshield
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Scam alert: You’ve heard the catchy jingle on radio and TV hundreds of times. But Kars4Kids is not what it seems. The car donation charity has been accused repeatedly of misleading donors and misuse of funds, and has settled numerous lawsuits for misleading donors and misusing funds. If you are considering donating Old Breakdown to
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It’s one of the most popular and iconic songs of the Christmas season. There’s an interesting story behind the creation of Silent Night, Holy Night, celebrated each Christmas Eve in the tiny chapel in the Austrian Alps where it was first performed 201 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1818. The village is Oberndorf, near Salzburg.
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We are traveling more than ever for the holidays, whether that travel is to go home to be with family, or to get away with or without family. So where are we going:? New York City, Cancun and Orlando are the top three destinations, according to a survey by travel insurance company Alliance Global Assistance,
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