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Enter to win a FREE vacation for two in Hawaii from Virgin America, celebrating the airline’s new route to Honolulu, including the chance to hang out with owner Richard Branson, and more. Enter the Virgin America “Make Your Hawaiiscape” sweepstakes by September 30, 2015, for a chance to win the grand prize of a trip for two
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Your next car may be produced in a 3D printer instead of on an assembly line. Auto makers use 3D printers to create prototype parts. Now, entire vehicles can be produced by 3D printing. The first 3D printed car was actually printed during a recent technology show, assembled, and driven away, while attendees watched. Since
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The National Park Foundation is offering FREE passes to every 4th grader in the USA and their families. The “Every Kid in a Park” initiative provides free access to national parks, historic sites, national monuments and more, for the 2015-2016 school year. So any 4th grader in any of the 50 states can bring a
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Enter to win a chance to win a high performance 345hp 2016 Ford Focus RS. Runners-up get an adrenaline driving experience with Ken Block, whose Gymkhana videos have gone viral. Two lucky grand-prize winners will drift away in a coveted Ford Focus RS, and five more first-prize winners will each fly with a friend to
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New Orleans is famous for its food, so it makes sense that a museum devoted to food is here. The Southern Food and Beverage Museum showcases the food and crops of the South, not just Louisiana. The museum, SoFAB for short, is in the Central City neighborhood, which – like so much of the city
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Happy 450th birthday to St. Augustine, the oldest city in what is now the United States. Even if you can’t attend the week-long celebrations in September 2015, this historic city is fascinating and fun any time. My favorite spots on a recent visit were the Fountain of Youth, the Pirate & Treasure Museum, the beach
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Travel news to know: Budget airline Frontier has just dropped it’s toll-free customer service number to save money, and a European airline wants to weigh us before boarding. Frontier hopes to save about $2 million a year by dropping the 800-number, which an executive says “will help keep fares low””. According to the Denver Post,
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Kia now ranks in the top ten of all automakers on the J. D. Power quality rating scale, ahead of Lexus and Mercedes-Benz. That’s quite an accomplishment, considering that when the first Kia cars arrived in North America twenty years ago, they were as reliable and well designed as the Yugo. That’s just one of
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Are we there yet? What parent or grandparent hasn’t cringed at hearing that, even when the road trip vehicle is crammed with all the latest entertainment devices to keep kids happy. These old fashioned road games help pass the time and avoid complaints of boredom and backseat fighting, and even help teach spelling and geography.
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Scam alert: phony car sales on Craigslist. If you are thinking about selling your car online, especially on Craigslist, beware of a scam that pays you with bogus bank checks. Insurance fraud watchdog National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), working with law enforcement agencies in the Midwest, has identified nearly 100 such fraudulent sales, including one
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