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• Airlines

  The new rules in a nutshell

  New federal consumer rules will make the skies smoother for travelers, despite airlines trying to delay them until 2013.

• New in 2012

  What’s up at travel destinations

  What’s new — or newly reopening — in 2012? So much. Here’s a short list.
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  Super Bowl

  Indianapolis offers fans big attractions, compact space

  Indianapolis won’t ever be mistaken for Miami’s South Beach or New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, but visitors headed to the Circle City for the Super Bowl will find plenty of attractions, great restaurants and interesting taverns — not to mention some uniquely Hoosier experiences.

• Travelwise

  Stopping point between NYC and Miami

  As you’ve long ago discovered, I-95 isn’t one of the universe’s most engaging roads. If you can bear to make the journey a three-day trip, you might stop off in Richmond, Va. Along with its heritage as capital of the Confederacy, Richmond now boasts a February wine festival (Virginia vintages are growing in popularity), a year-round performing arts scene and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, displaying an exhibition of artifacts from the British Museum’s mummy collection (through March 11) and jewelry and other objects designed by Jean Schlumberger (through March 18).
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  Bar Scene: Michigan

  Five places to stop and sip in Traverse City

  This idyllic northern Michigan town is fast gaining a reputation as a dining destination, but we need something to wash down all that fine cooking. Fortunately, Traverse City and its surroundings are also a hot spot for fine drinking. From beer to cider to wine — white grapes especially thrive here — you can spend days exploring the landscape and never go thirsty. These places particularly caught our attention.
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  Chinese New Year

  Celebrations from New York to Vancouver

  You don’t have to be in Asia to celebrate the arrival of the year of the dragon on Monday. From New York City to Vancouver, there are parades, performances and other events marking the Lunar or Chinese New Year in many North American cities.
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  Ohio

  At guitar camp, serious workshops for would-be musicians

  Bob Doherty, NBC Universal’s vice president of broadcast operations, still goes to camp at 56.
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  In Baltimore: Nevermore

  Poe fans call an end to ‘Toaster’ tradition

  Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer’s grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the “Poe Toaster” shall occur nevermore.
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  Baltimore

  Edgar Allen Poe fans: Last vigil for mystery man

  Is the “Poe Toaster” nevermore?
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  Utah skiing

  Resort hopes Native American blessing brings snow

  Some have danced for rain. In Utah and other parts of the West, it’s all about the white stuff.
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  South Africa

  Johannesburg experiencing an arts renaissance

  Since apartheid ended in 1994, downtown has become a place for the arts, where business, residential and entertainment mix along with the races.

• Tennessee

  Where to hunt a Nashville big-name surprise

  Imagine parking yourself at the bar in one of Nashville’s beaucoup music venues, expecting to listen to a house band — and suddenly Kid Rock shows up onstage. Or Alison Krauss. Or Hank Williams Jr.

• Travelwise

  New airline fee rules are a partial victory for travelers

  The cost of a ticket on a particular flight will be clearer when — and if — the rules take effect at the end of the month, but the airlines are still fighting them.
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  What’s coming up

  Travel 2012: Olympics, Titanic 100, Dutch Floriade

  The Olympics, the centennial of the Titanic sinking, new rules on travel to Cuba, a once-a-decade horticultural festival in the Netherlands and increased reliance on technology and customization will all help shape travel in 2012.
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  Austria

  In Salzburg, ‘Sound of Music’ gains on Mozart

  In Mozart’s hometown, where the Julie Andrews movie was filmed, few Austrians have ever seen the ‘The Sound of Music.’
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  Bed check: Washington, D.C.

  Normandy Hotel: decadent hip on Embassy Row

  Washington’s Normandy Hotel is bringing back cocktail hour.
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  Showtime: Chicago

  US museum dedicated to Greek culture opens

  Dolls a Greek woman made during World War II. Ice cream bowls and wooden spoons from a 1940s Greek candy store. Thousands of record albums filled with Greek music.
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  Los Angeles

  A heated wax museum war takes shape

  Dissing Angelina Jolie normally isn’t the best way to get ahead in this town.
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  Winter travel

  Lighting Niagara Falls has long, colorful history

  You can’t take a boat ride into the roar and spray of Niagara Falls in the winter, but this time of year offers a different spectacle: Nighttime illumination of the falls in a changing array of colors — red, white, blue, purple, orange, amber and green.
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  Travelwise

  Capturing your vacation in photos

  Be creative with your camera: Find a new slant and a different perspective.

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