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This six-bedroom rental in Maple, Wis., sleeps 20 and rents for an average of $786 a night.

Hot vacation rental trend: Renovated barns

Take a look inside the top 12 barns, many of them striking architectural renovations, for rent on HomeAway.

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Passengers affected by a widespread power outage wait at the international terminal.

Atlanta: Hundreds of flights canceled Monday in power outage fallout
Flights are taking off again at Atlanta’s airport, but another day of disruptions awaited fliers Monday after a power outage snarled flights there Sunday.

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Passengers rest behind the ticket counter after the lights went out at Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Dec. 17, 2017, in Atlanta. A sudden power outage at the airport on Sunday grounded scores of flights and passengers during one of

Timeline: How the Atlanta airport blackout unfolded
Sunday's power outage snarled tens of thousands of passengers at the world's busiest airport. This timeline shows how events unfolded after the blackout.

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Giant ships, new destinations: The biggest cruise stories of 2017
USA TODAY looks back at another year of growth in the cruise world.

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Montpelier, home of James Madison, fourth president of the United States, father of the Constitution and architect of the Bill of Rights. Between 2003-2008, the Home underwent a complete restoration to return it to the Madisons' retirement era of the

Photo tour: Montpelier, James Madison's historic estate
The 2,600-acre property sits in the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont with an unspoiled view of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Vienna, Austria, has several options for Christmas markets, and the most impressive is the one on the Rathausplatz, the square in front of City Hall, which can be traced back to the year 1298. The 150 booths offer gifts, Christmas tree decorations, h

Taste Europe’s magical holiday markets
Sample aebleskiver (mini pancakes), Nürnberger Lebkuchen (the original gingerbread), and glögg or gluehwein (mulled red wine) at Christmas markets.

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DoubleTree hotels hands out free cookies
From now until Christmas Eve, anyone who enters a DoubleTree, regardless of being a guest or not, can ask for the sweet treat.

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Yummy Bazaar curates gourmet goods from around the world, with boxes like Spices & Seasonings ($53.25) featuring products from France and Italy. Order at yummybazaar.com.

This week in food and drink: Gift guides
Food and beer pros across the USA TODAY Network share locally made gifts for the holidays.

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A Delta Air Lines Boeing 747 is seen in flight in June 2016.

Staffing issue: Delta's last Boeing 747 round-trip pushed back
Delta's last regularly scheduled U.S. departure on the 747 had been scheduled for Sunday afternoon, but that’s now been pushed back to Monday morning.

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Star Wars characters R2-D2 and C-3P0 pose with All Nippon Airways' R2-D2, Star Wars-themed Boeing 787-9 at a ceremony in Everett, Wash., on Sept. 12, 2015

Need more 'Star Wars'? These special airline jets may do the trick
Japanese airline ANA has made a splash by painting four of its Boeing jets with Star Wars-themed designs.

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$Members of Albania's parliament react as opposition MPs set off smoke bombs during a vote for a new, temporary general prosecutor on Dec. 18, 2017 in Tirana. \u000dRight-wing opposition MPs smuggled smoke grenades into the Albanian parliament hall on$