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600 flights canceled at DIA

Dan and Denise Reed made sure they reserved a vehicle with four-wheel drive for their ski trip to Steamboat this year — but it was not until their drive back to Denver International

Dems Coming to Kirk's Side in Recovery

Sen. Joe Manchin is expected to fly to Chicago on Friday, hoping to visit Sen. Mark Kirk in the hospital, and tells the Chicago Tribune that even if he doesn’t get in to see him, he wants to lend support.

Centerville couple use unorthodox method to pick annual vacation spot

Are you tired of visiting the same old family-style resorts with long lines and blatant commercialism? Want to add a little uncertainty to your travel itinerary?Try Bob and Jen Westerfield’s plan. Every Jan. 1, the Clearcreek Twp. couple resolves to travel where the dirt hits the road. Or, in this case, where the dart hits the map. The couple just returned from a four-day, fun run to Yuma, Ariz.

Citizen Caine

Good luck catching pianist Uri Caine at his home in New York. It’s early November, and while sitting down to brunch not far from his Upper West Side neighborhood, Caine speaks of his recent itinerary: solo piano arrangements of Mahler in Beijing, duo gigs in France and Italy with trumpeter Paolo Fresu, treatments of Brahms in Berlin with the Konzerthausorchester.

Iowa readies welcome for China heir apparent

US policymakers say they know little about Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, the growing Asian power's likely next leader, but they are certain on one point -- he is fond of Iowa.