Backpackers take green vacations on European farms (AP)

AP - Backpackers pining for European adventure have discovered life on the farm, shoveling manure, feeding pigs and making butter as a recession-beating way to sate their wanderlust.

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Budget Geneva: Dips in the lake, free concerts (AP)

AP - This city on Lake Geneva with a view of snowcapped Mont Blanc is one of the world’s most expensive cities, with famous shops selling exquisite jewelry and luxury watches.

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New Orleans hotel reopens 4 years after Katrina (AP)

AP - The massive lobby, with its ornate trim, glittering Italian crystal chandeliers and mosaic floors, looks much as it did when Louisiana’s Kingfish, Gov. Huey P.

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Taiwan love hotel perfect for traveler with bike (AP)

AP - We were guys staying at the same hotel with our mistresses.

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Cycling Missouri’s Katy Trail, one sip at a time (AP)

AP - The 19th century German settlers who saw visions of the Rhineland in the rolling Missouri hills likely didn’t anticipate the more modern voyagers who flock to these parts: Spandex-wearing, energy-bar-chowing cyclists lured by a 236-mile rails-to-trails path — the nation’s longest.

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Obama vacation plans add to Vineyard’s history (AP)

AP - When Barack Obama kicks off his flip-flops on the Martha’s Vineyard sand next month, he’ll be adding a modern note to the island’s black history that stretches back three centuries.

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Montreal on a budget: European flair without euros (AP)

AP - For a slice of Europe’s old world charm, cafe culture and epicurean delights, minus the long flight and tres grande euro costs, head to Montreal. The Canadian city — actually an island in the St. Lawrence River — has maintained the culture and language established here by the first French settlers in 1642, while adding some new world ingredients

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Westin, W hotels open in NJ with river view of NYC (AP)

AP - Jersey City and Hoboken offer great views of Manhattan from across the Hudson River. But New Yorkers and tourists don’t generally consider the two New Jersey cities destinations worth leaving the Big Apple for — unless they’re touring locations connected to “The Sopranos.”

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Obama creates Pacific Northwest Trail (AP)

AP - When the national scenic trails system was created four decades ago, the goal was to build a walking path across the United States.

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Threatened Kennedy Airport murals saved in Miami (AP)

AP - In almost 30 years as a baggage porter at Kennedy International Airport in New York, Darren Hoggard spent slow days gazing at the scenes on the walls of the American Airlines terminal.

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