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New York on Aug. 31 holds its first Labor Day “Run to Liberty 10K” in Lower Manhattan. The race, starting at 8:30 a.m. in Battery Park, passes the New York Stock Exchange, Trinity Church and other landmarks. (212) 860-4455, www.nyrrc.org.... Delta customers can now access electronic timetables via Palm Pilots and other pocket PC devices that let them enter dates and destinations and view flight itineraries. Visit www.delta.com for details. (Click on “Flight Schedules” under “Links” on the left side of the home page.) ... The post-Sept. 11 drop in museum attendance in Paris, the world’s No. 1 travel destination, has continued into this year, shortening the wait to get into some of them, the Associated Press reported. The Georges Pompidou Centre, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Cite des Sciences and the Musee d’Orsay registered nearly 10.1 million visits in the first half of 2002, an 8.5% drop from the same period a year ago, according to the Paris Office of Tourism and Conferences.... A card for visitors to Venice, Italy, that covers use of public transportation, including canal boats, plus admission to many museums, is being sold by Select Italy. A card costs about $25 for one day, $41 for three days and $57 for seven days, plus a $10 service charge. (800) 877-1755, www.selectitaly.com.

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