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After a sharp drop last year, more Americans are expected to travel for the 2009 Thanksgiving holiday, although travel by air will decline, according to a forecast from motorist group AAA issued Wednesday.

William Least Heat-Moon, best-selling author of "Blue Highways," "River-Horse," and most recently "Roads to Quoz," shares his insights on the American road.

AP - A group of British lawmakers proposed new laws Thursday to ban the use of airports, harbors or highways in the secret rendition of suspected terrorists, while a human rights group urged the government to stop detaining terror suspects without charge.

AP - In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country's 36 indigenous peoples the right to self-rule.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state has spent one-third of the money in its highway and bridge trust fund on transportation and "siphoned off" the rest for other purposes, including repaying debt that voters never approved, the state comptroller said on Thursday.

Dr. Joe Greer is on a humanitarian quest to provide health care to those who don't have the money to pay him. It's a trip that has taken him everywhere, from under highways to homeless shelters -- even to the White House.

(Reuters) - The U.S. construction industry should see modest gains in 2010, with the building of single-family houses, apartment buildings, highways and bridges on the rise, offsetting drops in commercial and manufacturing property, the Wall Street Journal said, citing an industry report.