May 18th, 2012 at 8:00AM: Earlier this week the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that all active U.S. service members, and their dependents, will now be eligible to receive a free annual pass to national parks. This new military version of the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Annual Pass will be available starting tomorrow, just in time for Armed Forces Day.
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US Service Members Now Get Free Entry To National Parks
May 18th, 2012 at 8:00AM: Earlier this week the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that all active U.S. service members, and their dependents, will now be eligible to receive a free annual pass to national parks. This new military version of the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Annual Pass will be available starting tomorrow, just in time for Armed Forces Day.
The new pass grants ...Taiwanese make video about Michelle Obama's air traffic control controversy
Apr 21st, 2011 at 11:30AM:
What do you do when the plane carrying Michelle Obama has its safety compromised due to a sleeping air traffic controller? If you're in Taiwan, you make an animated video about it, naturally. Our friends at AOL Travel have the full scoop on the controversy, but we have your main location for a laugh. ...
Freedom to relax: A luxury not afforded Obama
Aug 17th, 2010 at 12:00PM: Nothing a president does goes unnoticed. Even the slightest decisions are parsed carefully in the hopes of gaining some insight into to the man, the office or the policy that comes from both. His recent trip to Panama City, Florida, 27 hours to show that you can chill in the Gulf Coast area following the oil spill, may have been a decent move, but Obama's other trips, not to mention those taken by ...Tourists get unexpected breakfast buffet with Obama at the White House
Dec 19th, 2009 at 9:30AM: Perhaps you read about the tourist couple who recently were ushered into a White House breakfast buffet with President and Michelle Obama even though they did not have an invitation. All Harvey and Paula Darden planned on doing when they showed up at the White House was take a tour that their congressman helped arrange for them. Unfortunately, they arrived a day earlier than they were supposed ...Obama adding umph to the Land of Lincoln and Winfrey
Nov 16th, 2008 at 9:30AM: Barack Obama's new status as the president-to-be has added a boost to Illinois tourism. Already tourists are showing up to frequent the places Obama has frequented. Want to see where he used to get his haircut before the Secret Service said, "No way," to the large plate glass windows? Head to Hyde Park Salon and Barber Shop. Even though Obama won't be there, (the barber now goes to him) you can ...Roanoke's new art museum opens today and the collection is fabulous
Nov 8th, 2008 at 11:30AM: Today people in Roanoke, Virginia are having a fine time of festivities. To celebrate the completion of its brand new building and name change to the Taubman Museum of Art, the museum is putting on an all day shindig. There are: "circus performers, jazz bands, jugglers, puppets, ballet, rock 'n' roll, a blues guitar legend named Guitar Shorty, " and oodles of kids' activities, according to this ...
