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Virginia launches new tourism sweepstakes
Virginia will launch a tourism sweepstakes today with the aim of attracting a million visitors to the state's tourism website by the end of the month.
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VDOT contractors warned they may have to stop highway work
VDOT is telling contractors to get ready to stop working on the state's highways May 1 because of the state's budget impasse.
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Allegiant Airlines to begin charging for carry-ons
According to airlinereporter.com, Roanoke's low cost airline will force customers to pay $35, if they do not reserve the carry-on bags in advance
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Backroads: In Draper, a fresh start for 'The Merc'
When Debbie Gardner and her family purchased the general store in this tiny community, they figured they were merely buying an old building to renovate.
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Kings Dominion's new attractions on schedule
Thanks to mild winter weather — despite's Monday's snow — Kings Dominion is on time to complete construction of two major attractions for its 2012 season.
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Newport News to be base of new discount PeoplExpress Airlines
A new PeoplExpress Airlines will start low-cost air service this summer from Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport, where the company will be based.
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Gear and Gadgets: Touch screen gloves
When you're out in the cold, no need to pull off your gloves to operate your touch-screen cellphone or other electronic device. At least not if you are wearing AGloves Capacitive Touch Screen Gloves. The soft, stretchable gloves have silver threads wrapped around nylon fibers woven into the material of the fingers, creating an effective electrical contact with the touch screen while your hands stay warm. So you can tweet, email or surf the Web with fully clothed fingers.
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Homestead Resort named one of world's best hotels
A southwest Virginia hotel is getting some big accolades, being called one of the best in the world by a major magazine.
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The 12 Stays of Christmas in the Old Dominion
If a holiday getaway sounds like the perfect present to you, we’ve got a dozen great places to indulge yourself.
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Roanoke to New York City flight saved
Roanoke Congressman Bob Goodlatte says a deal has been reached with Delta, to keep one flight from Roanoke to New York City, out of Roanoke Regional Airport
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Historic Williamsburg sees interaction as its future
No longer content with a staid homage to history, Colonial Williamsburg is reaching forward and back in time in an effort to increase visitors and revenues.
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Christmas Town at Busch Gardens
Like Dollywood, a similar-sized theme park at Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Busch Gardens changes themes from season to season.
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Forest Service seeks input on fallen sequoias
If a tree falls in the woods, nobody really cares. But when two of California's 1,500-year-old giant sequoia trees fell across a popular hiking trail inside a national monument, a lot of people had ideas about what to do with them.
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Gear & Gadgets for Nov. 27
Children who haul their own luggage can opt for bags shaped like penguins, pandas, ladybugs and even aliens, adding playfulness, and perhaps even a toy playmate, to the trip.
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It's already Christmas at Biltmore
Known as one of the Southeast's most beloved and storied holiday travel destinations, Christmas at Biltmore begins on Nov. 4, 2011, and runs through Jan. 1, 2012. Candlelight Christmas Evenings, offering evening candlelight tours of Biltmore House, take place Nov. 11 through Dec. 31.
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Gear & Gadgets for Nov. 6
Epson's new Stylus NX430 Small-in-One mobile copier/scanner/wireless printer is not the tiniest model on the market. But it's the smallest full-feature multitasker to be able to handle full-size 8.5- by 11-inch paper.
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Natural Bridge caboose rental named to TripAdvisor top 10 list
"The owners have thought of everything you could need to stay in such a cute, cozy property!" TripAdvisor says one of its travel reviewers wrote
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Gear & Gadgets for Oct. 30
Just because you are camping doesn't mean you have to do without some classy cooking tools. The Alpine Deluxe Kitchen Kit, from MSR, includes a folding spatula, spoon and pot strainer/cheese grater, a sheathed high-carbon stainless steel knife, a folding cutting board, a pot scraper, moisture-resistant salt and pepper shakers, a bottle opener/corkscrew, two squeeze bottles for condiments, and a highly absorbent, quick-drying towel. Everything stashes in two zippered mesh pockets inside a semi-rigid 9-inch by 6-inch by 2.75-inch-thick zippered case with a webbed handle for carrying and hanging.
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Top 10 Places Spielberg Should Shoot
Where oh where should Steven Spielberg shoot his movie? Here are our picks.
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Nashville museum on African American music planned
A new museum in the works for Nashville will aim to expand the public's idea of what makes the town Music City.
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Fewer Virginians expected to hit the road for Labor Day, AAA says
AAA says economic uncertainty will depress Virginians' travel this holiday weekend.
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Gear & Gadgets for Aug. 7
The BackJoy looks like a slim derriere cushion curved at the back, but it's an orthotic device designed to shift your pelvis forward, providing spinal support and relieving stress on your lower back. Place the BackJoy on a seat, sit on it, grab the built-in rear handle, and skootch back until you feel the support. Made of flexible plastic with Neoprene cushioning, it fits easily into a wheeled carry-on or shoulder bag.
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Island camping a one-hour ferry ride from Hong Kong
Thirty yards from where we stood, a herd of water buffalo grazed in a green field. Behind us, mountains rose up with pockets of villages tucked along a winding road. Yet not two hours earlier, we had been standing amid glass skyscrapers and throngs of people in Hong Kong.
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Affordable fun: 10 Virginia getaways
Whoever said obstacles are opportunities in disguise must have known about the high cost of gasoline heading into this summer season. The obstacle to longer trips translates into travel opportunity for more day trips closer to home. Here are 10 activities that will take a tank of gas or less.
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