Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:20 AM EDT
The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks forever changed the way Americans fly.
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Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:45 PM EDT
Inside a Green Bay, Wis., bar near the corner of Lombardi Avenue and Holmgren Way, Jerry Watson envisions the dark, lonely winter looming if the NFL lockout sends pro football packing for a long run or — shudder — for a full season.
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Wed Jun 8, 2011 8:26 AM EDT
Sandra Titus mists up with a mere glance at her adopted daughter’s baby photos.
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Mon Jun 6, 2011 4:09 PM EDT
Some Americans crave the road less traveled, opting for edgy bites of foreign culture, snubbing even one-star comfort.
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Tue May 3, 2011 4:51 PM EDT
Many Americans who venture abroad rarely listen to travel alerts issued by the U.S. State Department because, they contend, the advisories are "overly cautious" and too vague to offer practical value.
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Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:02 AM EDT
The most uproarious NBA replay in ages — a 10-second clip that forced YouTube to curb comments — showed no wicked elbow thrown, no impossibly deep three nailed, no dunkadelic rim rattler.
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Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:27 PM EDT
When Miami’s clouds turn foul and a parade of incoming pilots start demanding new routes, Jim Marinitti stares hard at the string of white blips on his black radarscope. He instantly rams his thoughts four moves ahead. He inches forward in his chair. The race is on.
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Wed Mar 2, 2011 7:38 AM EST
When NFL owners read the opposing defense, they see an obvious soft spot in the line: the free-spending, high-living ways of more than 20 percent of the league’s players.Though a lockout has been threatened for years — and despite an apparent rise in the number of football stars safeguarding their millions — roughly 380 of the NFL's near 1,700 players still live paycheck to paycheck, according to financial experts familiar with the league.
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Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:52 AM EST
Carnival Splendor — the infamous cruise ship that was paralyzed by fire in November, stranding thousands of passengers at sea for three days and prompting company executives to publicly pledge fare refunds — is set to sail again.
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Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:19 AM EST
For that storied window to the soul, we give you the eyes.
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Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:22 AM EST
Turns out some pearls of wisdom are laced into Beyonce's hit song: “All the single ladies. All the single ladies. Now put your hands up. ...”
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Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:25 AM EST
Skin flicks soon will be stripped from all Marriott TV screens, but industry insiders say X-rated offerings are not likely to disappear from America’s hotel rooms.
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Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:33 AM EST
Americans are about to suffer a cruel breakup: Their 130-year love affair with the incandescent light bulb is coming to an end.
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Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:45 AM EST
From dust we are, and to dust we shall return — by burial, cremation or emulsification.
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Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:40 PM EST
In Orlando, America’s thrill ride capital, one theme park is making a killing — twice each day, except Sundays.
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Mon Dec 6, 2010 7:39 AM EST
Earth, it’s high time you meet Dot-Com Megastar 3.0. He is nothing like you’ve seen before.
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Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:35 AM EST
Public outcry over new “enhanced” pat-down procedures at many U.S. airports has reinforced a perception of Transportation Security Administration officers as poorly trained, minimum wage drones.
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:29 AM EST
As we plunge into another holiday season in the era of the iGizmo, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between the Christmas cravings of grade-schoolers and grownups.
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Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:38 AM EST
For 30 years, Marcia Miller has flown across the country to Toledo, Ohio, to join four generations of her family for Thanksgiving dinner. But scared off by newly ramped-up airport security measures — including full-body scans and, in some cases, “enhanced” pat-downs by TSA workers — Miller has decided instead to dine alone in L.A.
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Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:04 AM EST
After stepping off the crippled Carnival Splendor on Thursday in San Diego, passenger Brian van Leeuwen had just one mission in mind — chewing, not suing.
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Tue Nov 9, 2010 4:42 PM EST
On the outskirts of Phoenix, in a lonely strip mall bordering an American Indian reservation, one chef freely admits eating his anti-arterial entrees seven days a week will put you in an early grave.
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Tue Nov 9, 2010 8:33 AM EST
As a constant klutz who jokes about trading her wardrobe for “full-body padding,” Lauren Gard can’t even water the flowers without harming herself.
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Mon Nov 1, 2010 9:49 AM EDT
Minutes before an American Airlines jet departed Washington, D.C. for Dallas in early September, crew members removed a female passenger from the plane following an apparent misunderstanding over her cell phone.
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Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:47 AM EDT
Two bloggers walk into a hotel ...
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:29 PM EDT
On the home page for a travel outfit called Cooking Vacations, tourists are beckoned by the image of fun tools they can wield on their Euro excursions: two forks, a spoon and a knife.
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