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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Art Museum is offering free admission to veterans and active military members all summer starting on Memorial Day. The museum is again participating in the "Blue Star Museums" program, where military families receive free or reduced summer admission to hundreds...

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A look at the 867-page immigration overhaul bill approved Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee: ___ BORDER SECURITY —The bill sets goals of surveillance of 100 percent of the border with Mexico, and catching or turning back 90 percent of would-be crossers. —Within six months of...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro says it will be conducting track work on the red and orange lines over the Memorial Day holiday and closing a number of stations on both lines. Beginning Friday and continuing through Monday, free shuttle buses will replace orange line trains between Vienna and...

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HONOLULU (AP) — An Oregon tourist who vanished on Oahu has been found dead. The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office has identified the body of a woman found along the Waianae coastline on Monday as Ivanice "Ivy" Harris. Her body was found on the west side of Oahu. Hawaii NewsNow reports...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, the stars of "Fraggle Rock" and other puppets, costumes and items from throughout Muppets creator Jim Henson's career...

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Just over a year after it opened, Atlantic City's newest casino has gone into bankruptcy and gotten out of it, ready to start again. Revel formally completed a Chapter 11 restructuring Tuesday that saw it wipe away $1.2 billion of its $1.5 billion in debt, in return...

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's "Still Revolutionary" tourism marketing campaign is succeeding and deserves continued funding, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday. The campaign, unveiled last year as part of a two-year, $27 million initiative, generated 270,000 additional visits to...

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former gubernatorial aide to three governors will take over as tourism secretary on June 1. Gov. Steve Beshear announced Monday that Bob Stewart is his pick to replace Marcheta Sparrow, who is retiring at the end of the month. Stewart served more than 10 years as...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says his state does a better job than federal managers and has a bigger stake than the bureaucrats in protecting the natural resources and rugged beauty that drives Utah's outdoor recreation and tourism industry. Herbert, the chairman of the Western...

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tribune-Star. May 19, 2013. Waging the 'readiness' campaign Almost every Hoosier who starts college intends to finish. Unfortunately, those who arrive on campus unprepared in key academic areas are far less likely to fulfill that aspiration. The Indiana General Assembly...