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Viva Florida: Sunshine State celebrates its Spanish heritage throughout 2013

Viva Florida: Sunshine State celebrates its Spanish heritage throughout 2013

MIAMI - When Juan Ponce de Leon searched for riches in Florida, he unknowingly helped turn the Sunshine State into the first travel destination in the United States.
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Car rental company Avis Budget Group purchasing Zipcar in a deal worth nearly $500 million

Car rental company Avis Budget Group purchasing Zipcar in a deal worth nearly $500 million

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Avis is leaping into the car-sharing service business by buying Zipcar for $491.2 million, aiming to capture a new type of customer and technology that will vastly expand its car rental options.
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Resorts spending $60M on renovation and expansion in Atlantic City in 1st half of 2013

Resorts spending $60M on renovation and expansion in Atlantic City in 1st half of 2013

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - When the man widely hailed as a marketing genius died suddenly last year, many worried that Resorts Casino Hotel, the struggling Atlantic City gambling hall he and a partner had recently bought, might also meet its demise.
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Plan for giant Ferris wheel in NYC's Staten Island rolls along, with Sandy-inspired changes

Plan for giant Ferris wheel in NYC's Staten Island rolls along, with Sandy-inspired changes

NEW YORK, N.Y. - As the city grapples with rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, developers are pressing ahead with plans for an ambitious addition to the shoreline of storm-torn Staten Island: the world's largest Ferris wheel.
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Las Vegas rings in 2013 with large fireworks display, sold-out concerts

Las Vegas rings in 2013 with large fireworks display, sold-out concerts

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Hundreds of thousands of revelers descended on the Las Vegas Strip to ring in the new year with the help of novelty drinks, celebrity toasts and a fireworks display billed as the country's largest.
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NM wraps up one of its driest, warmest years with a much needed blanket of snow

NM wraps up one of its driest, warmest years with a much needed blanket of snow

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A thin layer of snow blanketed parts of New Mexico on Monday to wrap up what has been one of the driest and warmest years on record for the state.
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Estimated 1 million to see ball drop and ring in 2013 in NYC's Times Square

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Hours before Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Rockettes were set to usher in the new year, Times Square was teeming Monday with revelers wearing plastic "2013" glasses and snapping photos.
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NYC counts 52 million visitors in 2012, setting new record, mayor says

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Big Apple is a bigger-than-ever tourist draw, welcoming a record 52 million visitors this year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday.
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Big snow boosts snowmobilers in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine

Big snow boosts snowmobilers in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine

MONTPELIER, Vt. - At the Lakefront Express Mart in Island Pond, owner Bob Dexter said Monday he's hopeful for a winter of plentiful snow, good snowmobiling and strong business.
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Myanmar welcomes 2013 with first public countdown as it emerges from decades of isolation

Myanmar welcomes 2013 with first public countdown as it emerges from decades of isolation

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar rang in 2013 with its first public New Year's Eve countdown and a grand fireworks display, a celebration unprecedented in the former military-ruled country.
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