Category Archives: Travel

US calls for ban on in-car phone use … even with Bluetooth

By doris | Published: December 13, 2011

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 4 p.m. ET: The government’s transportation safety experts recommended Tuesday to ban all American drivers from using portable electronic devices — including cell phones, even if you use a hands-free device. The recommendation, which isn’t binding but which is likely to influence the decisions of Congress and state legislatures [...]

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Snow in Northeast could cut power to millions

By doris | Published: October 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — It’s a recipe for mass power outages: up to 15 inches of snow forecast in parts of the Northeast on Saturday — much of it landing on trees that have yet to shed their leaves in fall. “We’re expecting this very heavy and wet snow, and a lot [...]

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1 dead in shooting as motorcycle club members brawl inside Nevada casino

By doris | Published: October 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles (CNN) — A brawl between motorcycle club members at a western Nevada casino devolved into a gunfight that left one person dead and two wounded, police said Saturday. Around 11:25 p.m. Friday, a fight broke out among members of the Hell’s Angels and Vagos clubs in front of the [...]

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Vegas tries to kick its water addiction

By doris | Published: September 4, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Las Vegas (CNN) — At first glance, it’s pretty easy to say Las Vegas has an unhealthy water fetish. There’s the 22-million-gallon Bellagio fountain, which rockets dancing cylinders of well water 500 feet into the air to the tune of “God Bless the USA.” There’s the liquid volcano at The Mirage, [...]

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What’s ailing America’s national parks?

By doris | Published: June 28, 2011

Full Story at OverheadBin.msnbc.msn.com As president of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Tom Kiernan is, not surprisingly, a fan of Ken Burns’ documentary, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” but he’d like to add an addendum. “The national parks are America’s best idea,” he said, “but they’re not in the best of health.” In [...]

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An act of kindness could be worth $10,000

By doris | Published: June 2, 2011

Full Story at Overhead.Bin.msnbc.msn.com Sometimes bad things happen to good travelers. On a hike during a medical mission in Vietnam, Dr. Gary Feldman stepped aside to relieve himself when the cliff he was standing on gave way. Feldman broke both legs in the fall. He then endured a 14-hour ambulance ride, an airlift and surgery [...]

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Out of this galaxy ‘Star Wars’ ride reopens

By doris | Published: May 21, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com ORLANDO, Fla. — George Lucas figures he’s working on his third generation of “Star Wars” fans, and plenty of them were standing in line with their parents Friday to get first crack at Walt Disney World’s overhauled ride based on the iconic movie franchise. The 67-year-old “Star Wars” creator came to [...]

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Girl punished after reporting sex on school bus

By doris | Published: May 16, 2011

Full Story at CBS News (CBS/AP) DAYTON, Ohio – A woman said Monday that an Ohio charter school is punishing her daughter for not immediately reporting that she saw two classmates having sex on a school bus and for changing her seat during the bus trip. Saundra Roundtree told The Associated Press that her 14-year-old [...]

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Lost postcard reunites two friends after 24 years

By doris | Published: April 22, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Joanna Reyes was living in uptown Manhattan in February when she came upon a postcard tucked into a pile of junk mail. “My dear friend. The thought of you inspired me to write,” the note, in flowing cursive, opened. “Dear, how are you doing? The countryside is looking like spring, the [...]

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Obama OKs use of Predator drones in Libya

By doris | Published: April 21, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com The United States is using armed Predator drones in Libya to target Moammar Gadhafi’s forces with the approval of President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. The unmanned aircraft, already used to target militants along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, will allow for precise attacks against Gadhafi’s forces, Gates [...]

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By doris | Published: January 21, 2011

Full Story at Yahoo.com SEOUL, South Korea – At dawn Friday, South Korean commandos steered their boat to a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea. Under covering fire from a destroyer and a Lynx helicopter, they scrambled up a ladder onto the ship, where Somali pirates were armed with assault rifles and anti-tank missiles. Five [...]

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92-Year-Old Woman Finishes Marathon

By doris | Published: December 14, 2010

Full Story at KITV.com HONOLULU — Gladys “Glady” Burrill, 92, the oldest woman to enter the Honolulu Marathon finished the race Sunday in 9 hours, 53 minutes and 16 seconds. Burrill’s finish time was about an hour short of the world record for her age group (90-94). The record time for that group is 8 [...]

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U.S. to issue travel alert for Americans in Europe

By doris | Published: October 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Sunday will issue a travel “alert” urging American citizens to be vigilant as they travel in Europe, government officials told NBC News on Saturday. The alert is due to new al-Qaida threats although officials have not identified specific targets that terrorists might be considering, [...]

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Scientists discover monster star

By doris | Published: July 22, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Imagine a star so luminous that it would burn the Earth up if it were anywhere near, a star that outshines the sun as much as the sun outshines the moon. A monster even in the abyss of space. The star is not some scientist’s celestial dream. Astronomers used [...]

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Gulf Coast expecting glum Fourth of July

By doris | Published: July 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — Fireworks displays have been canceled. White-sand beaches that should be crowded with sunbathers are instead dotted with cleanup workers, booms and sand-sifting equipment. Normally packed hotels are trying to fill rooms ahead of what is a crucial weekend for beach businesses. Across the oil-stained Gulf Coast, it’s [...]

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Boeing Plans Bid on Presidential Helicopter Fleet

By doris | Published: June 7, 2010

Full Story at NYTimes.c Boeing will buy the rights to build a midsize helicopter from AgustaWestland, a European company, according to Philip J. Dunford, vice president and general manager of Boeing Rotorcraft Systems. AgustaWestland had previously teamed with Lockheed Martin for the project, which the Pentagon canceled in June 2009, citing cost overruns.

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Volcano flight chaos to continue for 24 hours

By doris | Published: April 16, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com LONDON – The European air navigation agency says air traffic disruptions because the volcanic ash cloud will last at least another day. Eurocontrol said in a statement that it expected only about 11,000 flights in European airspace Friday, compared with about 28,000 normally. On Thursday, there were 20,334 flights, it said. [...]

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U.S. airports to adopt ‘tailored’ terror screening

By doris | Published: April 2, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com The Obama administration is abandoning its policy of using nationality alone to determine which U.S.-bound international air travelers should be subject to additional screening and will instead select passengers based on possible matches to intelligence information, including physical descriptions or a particular travel pattern, senior officials said Thursday.

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Small plane crashes at mid-NJ airport, killing 5

By doris | Published: February 16, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. – A small plane trying to land broke apart and tore through a snowy field next to a runway Monday afternoon, killing all five people aboard, including a teenager and a child, and scattering debris over 200 feet. The crash was reported at 3:45 p.m. at Monmouth Executive [...]

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Official: Dad warned U.S. of son but ‘no suggestion’ of terrorist act

By doris | Published: December 29, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — When the father of suspected terrorist Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab visited the U.S. embassy in Nigeria in November, he told officials he believed his son was under the influence of religious extremists and had traveled from London, England, to Yemen, a senior administration official said Monday. Revealing new details, [...]

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