The day's Travel headlines

Sequoia National Park, home to the giant redwoods, suffers the worst air pollution of any national park in the country. Here are the parks in the National Park Service system with the highest smog levels and the number of days monitors recorded violations last year: — Sequoia National Park, Calif.

The California forest that is home to the biggest and oldest living things on earth, the giant Sequoia redwoods, also suffers a dubious distinction. It has the worst air pollution of any national park in the U.S. "Ozone levels here are comparable to urban settings such as LA," said Emily Schrepf of the nonprofit advocacy group the National Park Conservation Association.

Dollywood has a new roller coaster. Elvis has a different side to see. And you can prepare to take a nip at the Jack Daniel distillery. Those are just three of the lures this year as Tennessee's summer tourism season gets under way.

Hopes are high that the summer will bring visitors and their money to Mississippi's coastal attractions as Memorial Day weekend kicks off the period of increased tourism. While casinos bring visitors year-round, other Gulf Coast businesses are built around the lure of beaches and water.

Canoe? Check. Paddle? Check. Life preserver? Check. Epic whitewater conditions? Maybe next year. After a winter of historically low snowpack combined with an earlier-than-normal runoff, Colorado river guides and tourists are adjusting their spring and summer plans for what is turning out to be an early paddling season.

It's Memorial Day weekend and our national obsession with the price of gasoline is in focus once again. We'll spend a little less at the pump than a few weeks ago, but that won't stop us from muttering to ourselves, griping to friends and pointing fingers in many directions.

Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story last week detailing how families this summer are going to find it harder to sit together without paying fees that can add up to hundreds of dollars over the original ticket price.

Crowds gathered along San Francisco's waterfront Sunday, while San Francisco Bay was crowded with pleasure boats, tug boats and other vessels as the city celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. Tens of thousands of people were expected to flock to the area to enjoy a number of events taking place along a section of waterfront stretching from Fort Point south of the bridge to Pier 39 along The Embarcadero.

The Louisiana Office of Tourism is launching a website for visitors to sample the state's musical offerings and plan a music-themed vacation. The site is www.LouisianaSoundtrack.com. A news release from Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne's (DARR - dehn's) office says it contains audio and video of indigenous music including jazz, Cajun and zydeco.

With a new America's Cup event and a gathering of tall ships headed to Newport this summer, Rhode Island's 2012 tourist season aims to attract visitors with a celebration of its nautical heritage. Next month's America's Cup World Series regatta at Fort Adams State Park is expected to feature top international sailors competing in catamarans built for speed and agility.

On a clear day, the view from Beetle Rock in Sequoia National Park extends west for 105 miles across the patchwork of crops in California's agricultural heartland to the Coast Mountains and the Pacific Ocean beyond. The problem is there are few clear days, even at 6,200 feet.

Another edition of the Spoleto Festival USA opened Friday amid a brass fanfare, a shower of confetti and reminders of how important the arts are to cities. "Spoleto, as far as I know, is the only American arts festival to be hosted by an entire city," Rocco Landesman, the chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts told a crowd of several hundred people gathered in front of Charleston City Hall.

A field guide for beaches, a road trip guide and a couple of books for city-dwellers looking to get outdoors with kids offer inspiration and information for planning adventures this season. —National Geographic's "Field Guide to the Water's Edge" ($22) is a handy reference for anyone who's ever wondered about shorebirds, seashells, plants and other curiosities found on beaches, shorelines and river banks.

After a flood of TV advertising and a two-month preview period aimed more at working out glitches than showing off its full capabilities, Atlantic City's newest casino resort is fully unpacked — and eager to show it can be a big moneymaker.

Authorities say an unruly passenger onboard an American Airlines flight from Jamaica had to be restrained after the plane landed in Miami. Miami International Airport spokesman Greg Chin says the plane had just arrived Friday from Montego Bay.

Like a Hollywood star, Coronado's 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That's one of the reasons why Coronado — flanked by the iconic hotel featured in Marilyn Monroe's 1958 film "Some Like It Hot" — has been named the No.

Like a Hollywood star, Coronado's 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That's one of the reasons why Coronado — flanked by the iconic hotel featured in Marilyn Monroe's 1958 film "Some Like It Hot" — has been named the No.

Beer was hip in New York long before hipsters were into craft brews, according to a new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society that traces the history of beer all the way back to drunken Colonial times. And it's not your typical staid museum display: There's even a bar at the end of it.

The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the disabled. The rules have been in the works since the early 1990s, but the Justice Department created an uproar among hotels, waterparks, health clubs and the like earlier this year when it said it will require many such facilities to install fixed, permanent lifts to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Boston's Faneuil Hall is celebrating the opening of a new visitor's center. The new enhanced facility includes interactive exhibits, an audio visual orientation program, handicapped-accessible public restrooms, and a bookstore. The space also includes 7,400 square feet for visitor services and community meeting space.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids is set to host an exhibition of the works of metal sculptor Beverly Pepper. "Beverly Pepper: Palingenesis 1962-2012" opens Friday. Pepper is known for her innovative works in steel, iron, bronze and stone.

Like a Hollywood star, Coronado's 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That's one of the reasons why Coronado — flanked by the iconic hotel featured in Marilyn Monroe's 1958 film "Some Like It Hot" — has been named the No.

Virginia's newest tourism campaign is focused on getting travelers off their couches and into their cars for an "Old School" road trip. State officials launched the new campaign Thursday in Norfolk at Doumar's Barbecue and Cones, which claims to be the inventor of the ice cream cone.

A first-time contender from Texas won the annual National Geographic Bee Thursday in Washington, claiming the top prize in a contest that started with local competitions among about 4 million students around the country. Rahul Nagvekar, 14, of Sugar Land, Texas, will receive a $25,000 college scholarship for his win, along with a trip to the Galapagos Islands.

Coney Island is ready for Memorial Day weekend with new rides made in Italy. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that Brooklyn's seaside amusement park will open with a skycoaster that hurls riders 100 feet up and swings them over the boardwalk.

Chaos is part of Bangkok's charm. But the savvy traveler quickly learns how to navigate Bangkok's legendary traffic jams and discover its soul, a mix of urban jungle and Buddhist serenity where shopping and eating are national pastimes. Despite the weak dollar, Bangkok remains one of the best deals in Asia.

Given the size of the place, the name "Bangor International Airport" might seem a little grandiose. But the airport actually gets an outsize share of international visitors. Of course, many of them are accidental tourists who would rather not be here at all.

Yellowstone National Park is ready for another summer season. All park entrances are open, and the road over Dunraven Pass linking Canyon Village and Tower Fall is scheduled to open on Friday morning. Also set to open Friday is the Beartooth Highway, which connects the communities of Red Lodge and Cooke City, Mont.

A new exhibit in Albrecht Duerer's hometown opened Thursday, bringing together works by the German Renaissance artist from a dozen countries with a focus on his formative early years. The Duerer exhibition at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum is the largest in Germany in 40 years, encompassing the artist's creative period until 1505, including self-portraits and portraits of family and friends, as well as his ambitious nature studies and drawings.

The Connecticut River watershed is to be recognized as the first in the United States to be dedicated for conservation and recreation. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will lead a ceremony Thursday in Hartford. He will name the Connecticut River watershed as the nation's first National Blueway.

Pity the War of 1812. Its bicentennial is at hand and events are planned for all over North America, from Canada and the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic and the South. But good luck finding someone who can explain in 10 words or less what the war was about.

In a travel story about locations associated with the War of 1812 bicentennial, The Associated Press misidentified the location of the USS Constitution. It is located in Charlestown, Mass., a neighborhood of Boston. ___ May 23, 2012 05:36 PM EDT Copyright 2012, The Associated Press.

A French woman accused of causing a US Airways flight to be diverted to Maine by claiming she had a surgically implanted device will soon be headed back home, officials said Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II told a federal magistrate judge that the evidence uncovered in a brief investigation didn't support charging Lucie Zeeko Marigot, 41, with interfering with a flight crew.

Southwest Airlines Co. promises to pay for $100 million in airport improvements so that it can launch international flights from Houston's Hobby Airport. With the Southwest pledge, Houston Mayor Annise Parker endorsed the expansion of Hobby, which is smaller but closer to downtown than Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Dig out your flip-flops (and your passport) and prepare to take advantage of one or more of these bargain airfare deals:

• Through June 14, travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico (no passport required for U.S. citizens) at one-way rates of $131.70. This rate is valid seven days a week, based on sale seat availability.

Cartoonlike buzzards wielding a knife and fork, anvil and oversized mallet might seem like an odd way to welcome tourists, but Porter Sculpture Park is no typical roadside attraction. The vultures representing reincarnated politicians are just a few of the more than 40 quirky creations originating in the mind of Wayne Porter, who uses his blacksmith know-how and appreciation of history to turn twisted concepts into metallic works of art.

More than 1,600 museums across the country will offer free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer in a program that has more than doubled in size since 2010. The expanded Blue Star Museums initiative was announced Tuesday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City where more than 40 museums are participating.

The Margaritaville Casino is open. And it's already getting rave reviews. Pascagoula native Jimmy Buffett came home Tuesday and opened Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant in Biloxi. Buffett played for nearly an hour, sharing songs and memories of growing up on the Gulf Coast.

Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger traveling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.

"Hey dad, listen! The music of 'Un Chien Andalou,'" my son Corneel said casually, as we wandered the maze of hallways that make up the Reina Sofia museum. Spain's Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali produced this masterpiece of European surrealism in 1929, but while I knew about the film's infamous eye-slitting scene, the music had long escaped me.

When you travel and have to leave your dog behind, you can call a kennel, hire a pet sitter — or find him a new friend online. The website DogVacay debuted in New York and Los Angeles in March and, just in time for the summer travel season, is now available throughout the United States and Canada.

Visitors to the Statue of Liberty can now get a free audio tour with their ferry tickets. The National Park Service says audio tours will soon be included with the purchase of a ferry ticket to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. On Liberty Island, a 30-minute audio tour will explore the statue's history.

Pearl Jam, Skrillex and D'Angelo are among the performers scheduled to take the stage at the Made In America music festival Jay-Z is curating in Philadelphia in September. Jay-Z will also perform, as will Janelle Monae, Passion Pit, Odd Future, Santigold, Afrojack, Calvin Harris and Rick Ross and his Maybach Music group.

As summer tourism season kicks off in South Dakota this weekend, staff from several of the state's most popular attractions are learning about Lakota culture in an effort to drive visitors to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Starting Wednesday, more than 100 employees from attractions across the Black Hills — including Badlands National Park, Crazy Horse Memorial and Custer State Park — are taking part in a two-day diversity training.

A rockin' good time is planned next month when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulls the covers off artist Michael Heizer's latest creation — a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it's floating in mid-air. The gigantic work titled "Levitated Mass" will be unveiled June 24 and is intended to remain forever.

A Brazilian airline says one of its female pilots tossed a passenger off a flight because he was making sexist comments about women flying planes. Trip Airlines says in a Tuesday statement the pilot ejected the man before takeoff as he made loud, sexist comments upon learning the pilot was a woman.

The cables allowing hikers access to the summit of Yosemite National Park's iconic Half Dome will be set in place this week. Park officials say the metal cables on the mountain's steep granite shoulder will be up on Friday, weather permitting.

The Astrodome was once the envy of other cities, a fully air conditioned facility with a translucent roof that kept out the heat and humidity, gave synthetic grass its name, made Houston a sports entertainment destination and sparked the imaginations of baseball lovers, concert-goers and some of the country's most creative minds.

Two commuter trains in Warsaw have collided, injuring two people and raising questions about how they ended up on the same track. The accident Wednesday comes nearly three months after a head-on collision of two trains in southern Poland killed 16 people.

When you travel and have to leave your dog behind, you can call a kennel, hire a pet sitter — or find him a new friend online. The website DogVacay debuted in New York and Los Angeles in March and, just in time for the summer travel season, is now available throughout the United States and Canada.

Under a new deal with pilots, Delta Air Lines Inc. traded pay raises of almost 13 percent for the ability to operate more large regional jets, according to details of the agreement released on Monday. Pilots and airlines are in a constant tug-of-war over how many smaller jets can be flown.

Jimmy Buffett says he knows how to put on a show. Supporters of the Margaritaville casino in Biloxi are counting on it as the gambling hall opens Tuesday. Margaritaville is among the smallest casinos approved by Mississippi regulators in recent years, raising concerns that it would steal business from competitors in the market, not bring in fresh visitors.

Tourism officials say Washington saw a record 17.9 million visitors last year, surpassing a previous record of 17.4 million set in 2000 before the 9/11 attacks. Statistics released Tuesday by the tourism bureau Destination D.C. show a 4.1 percent increase in international tourism in 2011, totaling 1.

Accor says it has agreed to sell Motel 6 and another North American economy hotel brand to an affiliate of The Blackstone Group for $1.9 billion. The French company says Motel 6 and Studio 6, an extended-stay economy chain, encompass 1,102 hotels in the U.

Aer Lingus welcomed a court victory Tuesday that permits British authorities to keep investigating Ryanair over its ownership of a 30 percent stake in Aer Lingus, a sore point between Ireland's two major carriers. Ryanair sought to block the probe into whether its status as the No.

The first phases of a reimagined Fantasyland at Florida's Walt Disney World, the new Cars Land at California's Disneyland based on the "Cars" movies, and Universal Studios Hollywood's new Transformers ride top the list of new attractions at theme parks across the country in 2012.

The first phases of a reimagined Fantasyland at Florida's Walt Disney World, the new Cars Land at California's Disneyland based on the "Cars" movies, and Universal Studios Hollywood's new Transformers ride top the list of new attractions at theme parks across the country in 2012.

British police will deploy around 12,500 officers to protect the Olympic Games after facing strong criticism for their lack of manpower and slow response to last year's U.K. riots. The Olympic operation, drawing officers from 52 forces across Britain, will bolster the 10,500 army personnel already tasked with securing the July 27-Aug.

Disneyland is not just for sugar-soaked kids. Consider, all you grown-up women out there, going for a gals' day out. That's exactly what my childhood friend Joanna and I, both of us in our 30s, recently did instead of heading to the beach or shopping.

If you're flying this summer in the U.S., be prepared to kiss your family goodbye at the gate. Even if they're on the same plane. U.S. airlines are reserving a growing number of window and aisle seats for passengers willing to pay extra. That's helping to boost revenue but also making it harder for friends and family members who don't pay this fee to sit next to each other.

It's going to cost more to visit the Happiest Place on Earth. Disneyland has raised its ticket prices as much as 30 percent. The cost of a single-day pass for either Disneyland or its neighboring California Adventure Park jumped this weekend from $80 to $87, a rise of nearly 9 percent.

Landowners and others with interest in conserving habitat for pheasants and quail are invited to tour managed lands. Nebraska Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are hosting a series of 15 habitat tours. The first will be Saturday at Carter Canyon Ranch south of Gering.

After six years of planning and 18 months of construction, Georgia officials on Sunday celebrated the opening of Jekyll Island's new beachfront convention center — the centerpiece of a multimillion-dollar makeover aimed at winning back tourist groups and business groups that had given up on the state park's dated amenities.

Playwright, director and actor John Ledwaba gave up theater during South Africa's turbulent 1980s and left his Soweto home to train to be an anti-apartheid guerrilla. But he soon stopped training to lead the fight through theater, staging powerful works that exposed the horrors of racist rule to the world.

Which 'bots are in, and which are out? That's the question the special-effects gurus at Universal Studios and Industrial Light and Magic, as well as "Transformers" director Michael Bay, first asked themselves five years ago when they started developing a $100 million theme park attraction based on the popular franchise.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is developing its first major exhibit on the human genome. The project is being developed with a $3 million pledge from the philanthropic foundation of Life Technologies Corp. The museum announced plans Monday to collaborate with the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health to develop a high-tech exhibit.

The Golden Gate Bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world's longest suspension span and had been built across a strait that critics said was too treacherous to be bridged. But as the iconic span approaches its 75th anniversary over Memorial Day weekend, the generations of engineers who have overseen it all these years say keeping it up and open has been something of a marvel unto itself.

Novelist Philip Roth, Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote "The Virgin Suicides," mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall later this year. The Library of Congress on Thursday announced the authors and poets who will appear at the festival Sept.

Twenty paintings from 1952 that capture Dallas as more skyscrapers went up and the city began to sprawl away from downtown, are going on exhibit together for the first time in more than a half-century. "Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas," a series of works by the German Dadaist George Grosz, opens Sunday at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Novelist Philip Roth, Jeffrey Eugenides who wrote "The Virgin Suicides," mystery writer Patricia Cornwell and singer Jewel are joining the lineup of authors for the 2012 National Book Festival on the National Mall later this year. The Library of Congress on Thursday announced the authors and poets who will appear at the festival Sept.

Twenty paintings that capture Dallas in the early 1950s, as the city was just beginning to become a sprawling, skyscraper-filled metropolis, are going on exhibit together for the first time in more than a half-century. "Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas," a series of works by the German Dadaist George Grosz, opens Sunday at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Delta Air Lines said a glitch that appeared to show different airfares to frequent fliers happened because it was trying out a new company to power flight searches on its website. The airline has taken heat from customers after reports that people who logged into its website with their frequent flier number were offered higher fares than those who searched anonymously.

The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you'll never see. Art aficionados and academics might never stop debating whether Dr. Albert C. Barnes' jaw-dropping cache should have been uprooted from its cozy confinement in suburban Merion and transplanted to a modernist box on the museum-studded Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Modern suburbia has rarely been mistaken for the French countryside of the 1940s, but that's exactly what organizers envision when dozens of World War II enthusiasts, armed with tanks and howitzers, invade a county park on Long Island for a weekend World War II re-enactment camp.

U.S. airlines' revenue from bag fees fell last year for the first time since they started collecting them, signaling that more passengers are packing light to save cash when they fly. The Transportation Department said Thursday that the 17 largest airlines made $3.

Summer is nearly year-round in Southeast Texas so it should be no surprise that the free stuff to see and do in the sprawling metropolitan area of the nation's fourth-biggest city focuses on the outdoors. But that doesn't mean you have to surrender to the area's infamous heat and humidity, particularly brutal in August, to enjoy attractions that will only cost the time and gasoline to get there.

Jimmy Buffett told gambling regulators Thursday that next week's opening of his new Margaritaville Casino and Resort will be exciting, but creating jobs along his native Mississippi Gulf Coast has been a rewarding experience in itself.

Alaska Airlines will offer seasonal service between Portland, Ore., and the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The airline announced Thursday the four flights a week will start Nov. 5. The seasonal flights are in addition to flights Alaska offers between Portland International Airport and Honolulu, Maui and Kona.

Free shuttle service between the Grand Canyon and the neighboring town of Tusayan has resumed. More than 92,000 people boarded the shuttles last year as a way to cut down on vehicle congestion inside the national park.

The California Science Museum said it has raised nearly half of the $200 million needed to build a permanent exhibit for the space shuttle Endeavour. The museum recently received a donation from the Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oschin Family Foundation that will allow it to start the design phase of the project.

Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they'll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide across the sun, blocking everything but a blazing halo of light. It's been almost two decades since a "ring of fire" eclipse was visible in the continental United States.

A sleek new $1.4 billion international terminal featuring airy windows and eye-popping artwork opened Wednesday at the world's busiest airport in hopes of positioning Atlanta to attract more globe-trotting travelers. The sparkling launching pad has been in the works for more than a decade at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Divers marked the 10th anniversary of the conversion of a retired Navy ship into an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on Wednesday, heading down to the Spiegel Grove to place the ashes of one of its most ardent admirers.

Brazil is taking steps to lower the spiraling cost of accommodations during the United Nations' upcoming conference on sustainable development, the office of President Dilma Rousseff said Wednesday. The statement said the steps could bring reductions of more than 60 percent for the cost of housing at the Rio+20 conference in Rio de Janeiro, where authorities faced sharp criticism for skyrocketing hotel costs and shortcomings in available rooms.

Delta Air Lines may have charged some frequent fliers higher fares than other customers for almost three weeks because of a computer glitch. Delta acknowledged on Wednesday that frequent fliers who logged into its website to search for fares saw different prices than people who searched anonymously.

The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia is getting ready to reopen after three years of renovations. The museum is home to the largest collection of sculptures by French artist Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. The revitalization project started in 2009.

Michael Wigge left Berlin without a penny and traveled 25,000 miles to Antarctica, hitchhiking, bartering and working his way by ship, plane, car and foot, from Europe to Canada and the U.S. and then through Latin America. A series about his project, "How to Travel the World for Free," is airing on some PBS channels throughout May and June, using video Wigge shot of his adventures.

Big changes are in store for gamblers and hotel guests at the Tropicana Casino and Resort as the establishment starts a $25 million renovation project. The undertaking is the first of what could be four or five years of work to re-do the casino resort, which opened in 1981.

Putting on the Bamboozle Festival, the largest beach concert in the United States, is a feat of detail management: coordinating more than 100 performers, determining where to fit 30,000 fans (and their cars) each night, reinforcing a historic boardwalk so it won't sag under the weight of the crowd.

Go ahead. Poke your head in the clouds. On the rooftop of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Cloud City" welcomes visitors. Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno created the 16 stainless steel-framed bubbles, accessible via transparent staircases that take visitors on a journey up, with spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline and Central Park.

Commercial air travel is at risk from terrorists who quietly get jobs at airports so that they can attack from within sensitive areas, a senior Homeland Security Department official told lawmakers Wednesday. There has never been such an instance, but a security supervisor at Newark Liberty Airport is facing criminal charges that nearly 20 years ago he assumed the identity of a New York man who was later murdered.

Atlanta's main airport has opened a new international terminal aimed at helping it remain the world's busiest airport. The $1.4 billion addition opened Wednesday after years of planning. The building's wavy lines and eye-catching artwork offer a stark contrast to the boxy design of the rest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Carnival Corporation said Tuesday that it is building a $65 million cruise ship center in the Dominican Republic to draw ships to the Puerto Plata region for the first time in nearly 30 years. The Amber Cove Cruise Center at Bay of Maimon is scheduled to open in 2014 and is expected to accommodate as many as 8,000 cruise ship passengers daily.

Cheaper gas won't be enough to get many more Americans on the road this summer. They're still too worried about their jobs and the economy. Economists and tourism experts are expecting only a small uptick in summer travelers. Gas prices are lower, but still high enough to keep some Americans off the road.

European travel companies are planning for a possible Greek exit from the eurozone, as the country's political leaders gave up trying to forge a government Tuesday and announced fresh elections for June. British travel firm Thomas Cook Group said Tuesday that while Greece remains a "great value" for holidaymakers, the company is working closely with hotels and other suppliers to position itself for a possible euro exit.

City officials in Indianapolis say it lost more than expected in hosting this year's Super Bowl. Leaders of the city's sports and convention board say final figures on tax revenue and expenses show it lost $1.1 million on the February game, about $300,000 more than expected.

Nearly 35 million people are expected to take at least a short trip during the Memorial Day weekend. That's an improvement from 2011, but still below pre-recession levels. Here's the number of people who traveled at least 50 miles in previous years: —2011: 34.

QUIET SUMMER: Summer travel is expected to increase slightly this year. But Americans still worried about the economy will keep a tight travel budget. HOW MANY?: AAA estimates that 34.8 million Americans will take trips of at least 50 miles over Memorial Day.

Architect Frank Gehry and his design team proposed changes Tuesday to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial planned for a site near the National Mall after hearing complaints from Ike's family for months. The family had said the design focuses too much on Eisenhower's humble Kansas roots, rather than his accomplishments.

An airline that connects small cities with leisure destination is adding four mainland cities to its Hawaii service. Starting in November, Allegiant Air will offer nonstop flights between Honolulu and Bellingham, Wash., Eugene, Ore., Santa Maria, Calif.