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AAA: About 1.1M in Michigan plan holiday travel
AAA Michigan says about 1.1 million residents of the state will travel 50 miles or more on vacation during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. The auto club announced Wednesday that Michigan travel during the Thursday to Monday period is projected to be nearly on par with last year. AAA Michigan ...
State Penitentiary Museum set to open next week
Visitors to Jefferson City will be able to get a glimpse of life at the Missouri State Penitentiary at a new museum. The Missouri State Penitentiary Museum is scheduled to open on Tuesday, at the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau. Museum officials say the idea for the facility out ...
DOT launches summer travel safety initiatives
The Wisconsin State Patrol plans to increase its use of air support this summer to crack down on speeders. It's part of a series of initiatives by the Department of Transportation to improve safety on Wisconsin roadways. DOT Secretary Mark Gottlieb (GOT'-leeb) says speed is a factor is about 30 ...
Gulfport council to consider new museum
The Historical Society of Gulfport hopes to open a museum in the reconstructed Mississippi City Courthouse on Courthouse Road, along with a visitor center that would be run in cooperation with local chambers of commerce. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/182EYGs) the Gulfport City Council is expected to consider the proposal ...
Vets get into Milwaukee Art Museum free all summer
The Milwaukee Art Museum is offering free admission to veterans and active military members all summer starting on Memorial Day. The museum is again participating in the "Blue Star Museums" program, where military families receive free or reduced summer admission to hundreds of museums across the country. The Milwaukee Art ...
Details of the Senate immigration bill
A look at the 867-page immigration overhaul bill approved Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee: ___ BORDER SECURITY —The bill sets goals of surveillance of 100 percent of the border with Mexico, and catching or turning back 90 percent of would-be crossers. —Within six months of enactment of the bill, ...
Metro conducting Memorial Day weekend work
Metro says it will be conducting track work on the red and orange lines over the Memorial Day holiday and closing a number of stations on both lines. Beginning Friday and continuing through Monday, free shuttle buses will replace orange line trains between Vienna and Ballston. Four stations, Vienna, Dunn ...
Honolulu: Missing Ore. tourist found dead
An Oregon tourist who vanished on Oahu has been found dead. The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office has identified the body of a woman found along the Waianae coastline on Monday as Ivanice "Ivy" Harris. Her body was found on the west side of Oahu. Hawaii NewsNow reports (http://is.gd/Z4KRHY ) that ...
US immigration bill moves forward in Senate
The most far-reaching U.S. immigration legislation in about two decades moved forward on a solid bipartisan vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee after supporters avoided a controversy over the rights of gay spouses. The 13-5 vote cleared the way for a full Senate showdown on one of President Barack Obama's ...
Senate panel approves immigration bill
Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses. The 13-5 vote cleared the way for an ...
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