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• Pot votes in CO, WA raise specter of weed tourism

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — Hit the slopes — and then a bong? Marijuana legalization votes this week in Colorado and Washington state don’t just set up an epic state-federal showdown on … 3

• Waldorf Astoria collects stolen hotel property

  October 19, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Three small, silver spoons elegantly engraved with the words “Waldorf Astoria” have come full circle: Stolen eight decades ago by an employee of the famed hotel, …

• Nix the tiki bar: Hawaii tourism gets authentic

  September 7, 2012 HONOLULU (AP) — Coconut bras aren’t Hawaiian. Neither are grass skirts. Tiki bars? They’re from California. Yet they’re all among the most recognizable symbols of a Hawaiian vacation. Now, many …

• Up to 10,000 Yosemite visitors at risk of virus

  August 31, 2012 in Health FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Up to 10,000 people who were guests in certain lodging cabins at Yosemite National Park might have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne virus, park officials …