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• '37 Million Expected to Travel This Weekend (ABC News)
37 Million Are Expected to travel This Weekend Despite Gas Prices Hovering Around $2.85 a Gallon
• 'Gas-Saving Alternatives For Summer Travel From Concierge.com (The Auto Channel)
NEW YORK, May 26 -- Gas prices have risen more than 35 percent from May 2005 to May 2006. According to early estimates from the travel Industry Association of America, 26 percent of people claim that soaring gas prices are stalling their holiday plans.
• 'Millions Expected To Travel Over Holiday Weekend (KCRA TheKCRAChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
About 5 million people across California are expected to travel 50 miles or more this Memorial Day weekend, according to the American Automobile Association.
• 'Modest boost in travel despite high gas prices (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Massachusetts residents planning to travel this holiday weekend will be among 5.8 million drivers filling roadways in the Northeast.
• 'Gas Prices Affecting Nevadans Holiday Travel (KLAS)
Triple-A says the number of Nevadans planning to travel over the Memorial Day weekend is up slightly from last year -- but not by much. The automobile club estimates about 313,000 Nevadans plan to travel 50 miles or more over the upcoming holiday.
• '37 Million Expected to Travel for Holiday Weekend (Fox News)
The auto club has estimated that 37.6 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this Memorial Day weekend, up about one percent from last year.
• 'Travel Crowded And Costly (KWWL-TV Iowa City)
For thousands of Iowans, it's time to hit the road for the holidays. But it'll cost you more. AAA says 37.6 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this Memorial Day Weekend, despite gas prices near three dollars a gallon in most places.
• 'Gas Prices Bear Down On Holiday Travel (CBS News)
An estimated 38 million Americans will travel by plane, train or automobile on Memorial Day weekend, despite the high cost of gas and the rise in plane ticket prices.
• 'Paper: N.Korean refugees to travel to U.S. (AP via Yahoo! News)
The United States has decided to allow four North Korean asylum seekers staying at an American diplomatic mission in China to travel to the U.S., a South Korean newspaper reported Friday.
• '37 million expected to travel this weekend (AP via Yahoo! News)
The number of Americans driving and flying over the Memorial Day holiday weekend is expected to rise only slightly this year as consumers respond to the rising cost of airfares, hotel rooms and motor fuel, according to travel agency AAA.

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