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Tax reduction boosts Alaskan travel SEATTLE - Holland America Line is going to look far more favorably at bringing more vacationers to Alaska now that the state's passenger head tax has been reduced, the president and CEO of the company said. The Seattle-based cruise line has long since decided how many ships to devote to Alaska this year and next. But CEO Stein Kruse said actions by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell and the state Legislature "will certainly be a positive influencing factor" as the company makes its deployment decisions for 2012. Alaska lawmakers passed a bill to lower the state head tax from $46 a passenger to $34.50. Warfare museum opens in Indiana INDIANAPOLIS - A new museum dedicated to teaching 20th century military history and honoring veterans has opened in Indianapolis. The Museum of 20th Century Warfare will display artifacts and uniforms from all branches of the military from 1910 through Operation Desert Storm. Entrance to the museum is free, but admission to the park is $5 for Indiana residents and $7 for out-of- state residents. See Nebraska; win valuable prizes LINCOLN, Neb. - Folks vacationing in Nebraska can win prizes if they see enough of the sights this summer. The state Travel and Tourism Division created the Nebraska's Byways Passport Program. Twenty-seven attractions are listed on a souvenir passport. The locations are where travelers can pick up the passport and start playing. Tourists receive a stamp at each stop. At the end of the trip, visitors send in a tear-out sheet from the passport. If the passport has nine stamps, travelers get a Nebraska Byways T-shirt; 18 stamps, a digital photo frame; and 27 stamps, a flip video camera. All players will be entered in a grand prize drawing for a laptop computer. For a list of participating sites, go to . The Associated Press
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