NYC Mayor Ed Koch Wanted To Use Wild Wolves To Stop Graffiti On Subways
Former New York City mayor Ed Koch, who died on Friday, once suggested using wild wolves to keep graffiti artists away from parked subway trains.In an interview with La Guardia and Wagner Archives,...
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Patrick Dempsey Will Drive In One Of The World's Most Famous Car Races
Grey's Anatomy star and avid racer Patrick Dempsey will be returning to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013 after last racing in the endurance classic in 2009 at the wheel of a Ferrari F430 GT.This time...
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An Asian Airline Is Now Offering Kid-Free Zones
Air Asia X, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based Air Asia, has come up with a new feature to sell to its customers: the luxury of traveling without children nearby.Introduced this month, the "Quiet Zone"...
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Here's What It's Like To Fly In A Private Plane Over The Gorgeous Arizona Desert
To show off its new luxury Range Rover, Jaguar Land Rover invited us to the Utah desert to try it out.Last week, we took the trip from New York to Phoenix, with a stop in Philadelphia. Those flights...
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Rolls-Royce Is Hiring Teenagers To Build And Sell Its Cars
To make sure its cars are everything their buyers desire, Rolls-Royce trains its craftspeople for years.Now the automaker needs more people for its Apprenticeship Program, and it is encouraging...
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Troubled Fisker Could Be Bailed Out By A Chinese Company
Last week, the Chinese company Wanxiang got U.S. government approval to buy bankrupt lithium-ion cell maker A123 Systems.With that underway, will China's largest auto-parts company now turn its sights...
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These are the 15 Cheapest Cars to Insure.Please follow Getting There on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »
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BOEING: Please Let Us Test Fly Our Dreamliners Again
Boeing's 787 Dreamliners have been grounded by the FAA for more than two weeks after a series of issues and fires caused by its lithium ion batteries. Now Dominic Gates at the Seattle Times is...
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Dreamliner Battery Suffered 'Thermal Runaway'
Japanese officials probing the emergency landing of a Boeing Dreamliner said Tuesday its lithium-ion battery was damaged by a build up of heat that resulted in uncontrollably high temperatures."The...
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What Actual Farmers Thought Of Chrysler's 'So God Made A Farmer' Super Bowl Ad
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Beyonce didn't sing about the soil and Bar Refaeli kissed a tech geek rather than a farmer in her commercial, but it was Iowa agriculture that felt a warm afterglow the Monday after...
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How I Survived Five Months In South America With Just $2,100 In The Bank
Looking back at my career, the most important decision I've made so far –– the one that would set me up for practically every job I've held over the last five years –– was to turn down a job offer...
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Airbus Lands A Big Order For Its New A350 XWB Plane
Airbus announced yesterday it secured an order of 25 A350 XWB planes, from Los Angeles-based Air Lease Corporation (ALC).The A350 family of planes is designed to compete with the Boeing 777, its...
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How You Can Drive On Germany's Most Famous Racetrack
Although there are many great driving roads in the world, perhaps the most famous is the Nürburgring.Built and completed in 1927 around the medieval castle city of Nürburg, it lies about 75 miles...
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10 Awesome Travel Apps You've Probably Never Heard Of
Traveling is expensive enough—save your money for the actual trip by downloading these helpful and little-known travel apps that are all free.From personalized audio tours to currency converters to...
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Traffic Jams Cost Americans $121 Billion In 2011
Traffic jams cost the United States $121.2 billion in 2011, according to a newly released study by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.That figure includes the $2.7 billion that paid for the 2.9...
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This Is The Smallest Car In The World
Jeremy Clarkson of the hit BBC show Top Gear unveiled the P45 – the world's smallest car, which was built by Clarkson himself.The P45 is comically small as it's basically a mobility scooter with a...
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Chinese Travelers Make A Quarter Of All Luxury Purchases At Heathrow Airport
When it comes to luxury spending at London’s Heathrow Airport, Chinese tourists are clearly punching above their weight.As they have at other major airports around the globe, Chinese tourists and...
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A Startup Car-Sharing Service Has Neatly Sidestepped Zipcar's Biggest Problem
In early January, Avis Budget acquired the car-sharing service Zipcar for $500 million, although Zipcar had made just $4.7 million in profits in the past year.That may prove to be a smart move for...
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American Air Carriers Really Jacked Up Fees In 2012
In 2012, 14 major American airlines instituted 52 fee changes, nearly all of them designed to take more money out of travelers' pockets.A study by TravelNerd, a traveler resource site, tracked changes...
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Here's What An American High Speed Rail Network Could Look Like
High speed rail is moving forward in California, but progress is pretty stagnant around the rest of the country. Still, there are a lot of proposals out there, and when placed on one map, they form an...
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