Movement to shut down shark tours in Hawaii grows (AP)

AP - Three women donned scuba masks and jumped into the waters off Oahu's North Shore, floating inside a submerged cage as about a dozen sharks glided toward bloody fish scraps tossed into the water by a tour company.

Lady Liberty’s crown reopens on July Fourth (AP)

Aaron Weisinger, 26, surprises his girlfriend Erica Breder, 25, both of Walnut Creek, Calif., with a wedding proposal while visiting the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York, Saturday July 4, 2009. The first visitors were allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown Saturday in nearly eight years after it was closed to the public after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The base, pedestal and outdoor observation deck were reopened in 2004, but the crown remained off-limits. (AP Photos/David Goldman)AP - The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years made the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom, national pride — and for one couple, romance.


Looking for vacation? Try Afghanistan (AP)

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 17, 2009, people walk past the cliffs that once held giant Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan. In an attempt to return one small part of the country to normalcy government officials and international donors are promoting tourism to attract visitors to the Bamiyan area. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center.


Small town America pins hopes on West trade route (AP)

In this photograph taken on Thursday, May 21, 2009, traffic moves along Highway 287 through the small Colorado plains community of Limon. The highway is the main roadway to be used in the Ports-To-Plains project that will cover the 2,333 miles from Laredo, Texas, to the Canadian border at Port Raymond in Saskatchewan. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - For Joe Kiely, the drone of thousands of trucks passing his Colorado plains town signals economic prosperity.


Mechanics’ strike continues at Denali (AP)

AP - A strike by mechanics, radio technicians and warehouse workers who work at Denali National Park continued through the Independence Day weekend.

UN says global tourism falls 8 percent (AP)

AP - The U.N. World Tourism Organization says international tourism fell 8 percent between January and April compared to the same period last year, blaming the global financial crisis and the swine flu outbreak.