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Air France-KLM uses some biofuel in Dutch flight

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AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:30 PM ET

AMSTERDAM - An airliner using a 50 percent biofuel mix in one engine has successfully completed a demonstration flight in the Netherlands.

Air France-KLM uses some biofuel in Dutch flight AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:30 PM ET
AMSTERDAM - An airliner using a 50 percent biofuel mix in one engine has successfully completed a demonstration flight in the Netherlands.
Art Basel coming soon to Miami Beach, Dec. 3-6 AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:27 PM ET
MIAMI - Art Basel in Miami Beach, the international art show and sister event to Art Basel in Switzerland, will take place Dec. 3-6.
Opening of Sleeping Giant Ski Area in Wyo. delayed AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:24 PM ET
CODY, Wyo. - A lack of snow and delays in construction of a new chair lift has pushed back the opening of the Sleeping Giant Ski Area one week to Dec. 4.

Model Obama homes in garden holiday train shows AP - Mon Nov 23, 6:02 PM ET
NEW YORK - Models of the Obama White House, the Obama home in Chicago and the house Michelle Obama grew up in are on display at holiday train shows at the Chicago Botanic Garden and the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington.
Plan for museum at home where Little Rock Nine met AP - Mon Nov 23, 1:16 PM ET
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, nine black students gathered at Daisy and L.C. Bates's home to prepare for the angry mob they faced as they integrated the all-white school.
New tour at Frank Lloyd Wright synagogue in Pa. AP - Mon Nov 23, 1:14 PM ET
ELKINS PARK, Pa. - Did you hear the one about the rabbi and the architect?

Send your postcards with a phone app by e-mail AP - Mon Nov 23, 1:25 PM ET
I have a confession. I have an immense collection of postcards that never reached their intended recipients. Lack of postage, a complete address or even motivation have turned countless scribbled postcards into nothing more than bookmarks in my guidebooks.
New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas AP - Mon Nov 16, 5:15 PM ET
NEW YORK - Looking for inspiration for your next trip?
Lonely Planet offers new Vancouver guide AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:10 PM ET
OAKLAND, Calif. - A new guide to Vancouver is just out from Lonely Planet's pocket-sized Encounter series.