In this Nov. 6, 2008 file photo, Barber Tony Coye talks about President-elect Barack Obama as he cuts Kenneth Clay’s hair at the Hyde Park Hair Salon Thursday, Nov.

Local boys in Kogelo village, Kenya, look at a painting featuring President-elect Barack Obama, center, alongside, from left, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, current U.S. President George W. Bush and …

Hotel snapshot for the week ending Nov. 15: OCCUPANCY CHANGE RATE REVPAR* U.S. 56.2% -7.4% $106.23 $59.75 Miami 79.7% 0.3% $155.95 $124.33 New York 76.5% –13.7% $301.97 $230.98 Oahu 71.7% -0.9% $162.90 $116.85 …

In a parking lot at Kamehameha Middle School at dusk on Wednesday, some 35 young women from various East Hawaii schools practice “Kana Kaloka,” one of the dance routines they’ll perform in the Big Apple during …

Places that US presidents call home often become major tourist attractions, from Thomas Jefferson s Monticello estate in Virginia, to Hodgenville, Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln s log cabin once stood, to …

6, 2008 file photo, Barber Tony Coye talks about President-elect Barack Obama as he cuts Kenneth Clay’s hair at the Hyde Park Hair Salon Thursday, Nov.

On the trail of a president Obama’s story stretches across three countries, six time zones, six states By BETH J. HARPAZ The Associated Press Sat.

4, 2008 file photo, local boys in Kogelo village, Kenya look at a painting featuring President-elect Barack Obama, center, alongside, from left, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, current U.S. President George …

In this Feb. 15, 2008 file photo, the exclusive and prestigious Punahou School, where tuition now tops $16,000 per year, is seen in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Amtrak’s USA Rail Pass is now available for purchase in the United States. Until recently, the pass could be bought only by travelers who lived outside the country.