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June 19, 2013

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  • Museum of Science and Industry marks 80th birthday

    06/19/13 08:46 AM

    CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is celebrating its 80th birthday. The facility on the city's South Side is opening a new exhibit Wednesday to mark the occasion. Curators say the "80 at 80" exhibit will feature a collection of dozens of rarely displayed artifacts from...

  • Start of Zion Narrows trail protected by easement

    06/19/13 06:45 AM

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An environmental group paid $1.4 million for a conservation easement at the start of one of Zion National Park's most popular trails. Many hikers on the Zion Narrows Trail start two miles east of the park, on a private ranch. They follow the North Fork of the Virgin...

  • Best May ever for Smokies visits

    06/19/13 04:45 AM

    GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — The mountains were a popular destination last month. The National Park Service said the Great Smoky Mountains National Park had nearly 886,000 visitors in May — the most ever in any May. The number was up by 10.5 percent, or more than 86,000 people, from May 2012....

  • Radar shows tornado touched down at Denver airport

    06/18/13 08:30 PM

    DENVER (AP) — Radar indicated a tornado briefly touched down Tuesday over the east runways of Denver International Airport, where thousands of people took shelter in bathrooms, stairwells and other safe spots until the dangerous weather passed, officials said. Airport spokeswoman Laura Coale...

  • False alarm: No explosives found after dog alert

    06/18/13 07:45 PM

    ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Metropolitan Airport officials say a dog's suspicions about a piece of cargo proved to be unfounded after triggering a partial evacuation of the main terminal. The false positive finding led to the evacuation of about a third of the McNamara Terminal from 10:30...

  • Bill would honor Buffalo Soldiers' role in parks

    06/18/13 06:00 PM

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In the decades after the Civil War, the nation's first black Army regiments guarded Yosemite and Sequoia national parks against poaching and timber thefts, a role that in hindsight made them some of the United States' first park rangers. Now as the National Park...

  • When car rental reservations aren't honored

    06/18/13 05:15 PM

    We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. They saw the reservation. The problem: Hertz hadn't actually saved me a car. So here I was, just off a plane in Kalamazoo, suitcase in tow and no car. I wasn't the only...

  • United adds spending requirement for elite status

    06/18/13 03:15 PM

    CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines is making it a little harder to get a higher frequent-flier status. That status used to require flying 25,000 miles per year. Now, United is adding a requirement for at least $2,500 in spending, too, to qualify for status in its MileagePlus program. Most...

  • Fire restrictions imposed for S. Utah, N. Ariz.

    06/18/13 02:00 PM

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials are imposing campfire restrictions on parts of Utah and Arizona that are under a red-flag wildfire warning. Starting Thursday, federal and state officials say they will impose the restrictions on public lands in southern Utah and northern Arizona. Fireworks...

  • Mich. law protects millage money for zoo, museum

    06/18/13 01:30 PM

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Calley has signed legislation to keep Michigan communities from holding back millage money that voters approved for the Detroit Zoo and Detroit Institute of Arts. Some revenues from those millages have been diverted for other purposes in some...


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