CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif - This was not a typical girls' trip.

Hocking Hills is Grandma Gatewood Country.

Everyone knows that mother of all roads, Route 66.

San Francisco or San Diego?

It will open in April, or maybe in May.

TAMPA, Fla. - The $32.8 million Tampa Museum of Art, which opened to the public Feb. 6, rises on the historic banks of the Hillsborough River across from a Moorish, late-19th century, minaret-topped University of Tampa building that once served as headquarters for officers waiting to be deployed to the Spanish American war in Cuba. Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders passed through here.

SAN DIEGO - Since World War I, the Navy has been big in San Diego - so big, in fact, that locals and tourists alike tend to take it for granted. But the Navy's footprint here is well worth examining.

HOH RAIN FOREST, Olympic National Park - Diamond drips of moisture cling to the tips of branches, and a soft drizzle eases from a thick quilt of clouds overhead.

In an effort to better regulate the number of hikers using the cable system to the top of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park will begin requiring day-use permits for the popular climb when the cables are put back up in May.

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WASHINGTON The House of Representatives plans this week to vote on - and probably approve - a measure to strip health insurers' antitrust protections, which will be Congress' first step this year to try to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Q: What is 'GSM' and the advantage it offers?

The back page of Vanity Fair has been devoted since 1993 to the Proust Questionnaire, in which a famous person answers a series of personal questions.

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The following editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Friday, Jan. 29:

BOSTIC, N.C. - Note to aspiring saints and office-holders: You'll know you've achieved "legendary" status when whispered tales are attached to your life story with question marks. The higher you rise, the more there are.

MOUNT STERLING, Ohio - Deer Creek State Park is central Ohio's destination state park.

LOS ANGELES - After nearly 19 months away from the spotlight, a new King Kong - more grizzled and, definitely, ferocious - is preparing to return to Universal Studios Hollywood.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A junior journalist grabbed Dallas Cowboys receiver Miles Austin after Pro Bowl practice and began grilling him with questions such as: What do you do when you have to use the bathroom on the sideline?

WASHINGTON The Obama administration announced plans Friday to sell $6.4 billion in weapons to Taiwan, including helicopters and missile defense systems, a move that's certain to anger China, which considers the island nation a renegade province.

Q: Is it safe for my children to use social media sites?