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RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Tourism Corporation is offering families a chance to win a free vacation in the commonwealth.

What: Hop into spring with an Easter tradition at the Strasburg Rail Road. Ride with Peter Cottontail on a steam train as it travels 45 minutes from the East Strasburg Station to Paradise, Pa., and back.

The resort city’s boosters set out in search of a newer, younger set of visitors

First it was a beach, then it was home to Miss America and the streets of Monopoly, then it became the gambling mecca of the East Coast. Now, again, Atlantic City, N.J., is retooling its image, determined this time to be seen as a venue for first-class entertainment that appeals to all ages.

Severe winter weather appears to be adding only a slight delay to blooming

The ground has been frozen under layers of snow. Daffodils are just now breaking the surface. The elm trees are two weeks late in starting to flower.

NEW YORK — Jazz legend Herbie Hancock will be feted at a belated 70th birthday bash at Carnegie Hall that will highlight the revival of a major summer jazz festival in the Big Apple, scheduled for June 17-26.

The annual Philadelphia show starting Sunday highlights well-traveled blossoms

This year, the Philadelphia Flower Show has added “International” to its name and adopted “Passport to the World” as its theme. But the oldest, largest and most ambitious indoor flower show has always had “out of this world” as its reputation.

Burwell Colbert was the only person who could understand Thomas Jefferson when the former president was on his deathbed. James Hemings and his sister, Sally, could have sued for their freedom in France when they accompanied Jefferson to Paris in the 1780s, but instead returned with the statesman. And Peter Fossett later said he didn’t realize he was a slave until the day, at age 12, when he was put on the auction block.