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YACHT OF THE WEEK: Take It Easy On The Gorgeous, $32.8 Million 'Madsummer'
The "Madsummer" is not the world's speediest yacht, but buying a yacht is about enjoying oneself, not hurrying from A to B.The six finely decorated, well-lit staterooms provide space for 12 guests on...
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39 Simple Ways To Save On Your Next Getaway
Travel can be one of the most rewarding experiences you can pay for.However, it can also be one of the most expensive.Fortunately, there are ways to cut costs so you can afford your dream vacation.Read...
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No One Wants To Claim An Abandoned Russian Cruise Ship Drifting Toward Europe
A Russian cruise ship is now adrift in the North Atlantic after breaking free from a towing line when it was being sent from Canada to a scrapyard in January. The Lyubovy Orlova, built in 1976, once...
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24 Hours In An Airport
THE MAN in the aisle seat was talking to me about the woman he liked to travel with. She would fly into JFK once a year and they would make their way to the West Coast; he would visit her home country...
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The Best Way To Save On Gas Could Be Changing The Way You Pay
Drivers are once again feeling the sting of high gas prices, with the average price of regular gas rising by 15 cents a gallon in the last week alone. While you can always drive around town looking for...
View ArticleChinese Official Caught On Camera Trashing Airport After He Misses Flight
In the video below, a man and his wife are at an airport in the Chinese city of Kunming when they are informed they have missed their flight.The man becomes irate. He points angrily at the air stewards...
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The Best Airline Captain Announcement Ever Came On A British Airways 747...
I clicked through to a post on Flatrock earlier and found the following quote at the top.It's what the captain of a British Airways 747 said over the cabin loudspeaker in 1982 after the jet flew into a...
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Two Ideas From Italian Trains That Would Make Riding Amtrak Infinitely Better
Rome, Italy— There's a faction of US travelers who dream of having a train system more like what they have in Europe.So today, when I took a train from Milan to Rome, to cover the end of the election,...
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You Won't Believe What Defense Cuts Mean For US Navy Sailors And Their...
When we visited the USS Barry, the ship and its crew were feverishly preparing for a huge inspection, and an upcoming overseas deployment.Short-staffed and overworked, the crew pulled the 20-year-old...
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Ford Cars And SUVs Are Being Investigated For Stalling Problems
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators will investigate problems with stalling or surging engines in nearly 725,000 Ford cars and SUVs.The probe affects Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner SUVs and Ford...
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TSA Agents In San Diego Found A Knife Hidden In A Passenger's Shoe
The TSA's requirement that all travelers take off their shoes before going through the metal detector or "nude" body scanners yielded a surprising find earlier this month, when a small knife was...
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LaGuardia's Delta Terminal Is Packed With iPads As Far As The Eye Can See (AAPL)
If you want to see how big an impact Apple's iPad is having on the world, look no further than the Delta terminal in New York City's LaGuardia airport.The terminal has been recently renovated. It is...
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People Are Horrified By Turkish Airlines' Proposed New Ankle-Length Uniforms
"STAR TREK", said one commentator. "They may as well wear a burqa," huffed another.Supposedly chaste new uniforms for Turkish Airlines (THY) cabin attendants have triggered mirth and horror in the...
View ArticleElon Musk: The NYT Review Of The Model S Cost Tesla $100 Million (TSLA)
Typically, a CEO likes to downplay bad news and say it's going to have no real impact on a company's business.Not Elon Musk! For some reason, the Tesla CEO wanted to exaggerate the damage of the New...
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Take A Tour Of The Abandoned Subway Tunnels Beneath Los Angeles
The Los Angeles subway does not get much respect, especially when compared to more popular systems around the world.But while the current setup isn't too impressive, it does have some noble ancestry:...
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Why Rich Drivers Pay Less For Car Insurance Than The Poor
The Consumer Federation of America has a new report on major car insurers, which has an interesting conclusion…In two-thirds of the 60 cases studied, large auto insurers quoted higher premiums to safe...
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Gas Prices Are Unusually High Right Now, And They're Heading Higher
The U.S. saw unusually high gas prices in February, a month not known for being a driving season.What's up?The short answer is refinery maintenance and outages mostly related to preparations for the...
View ArticleHere's What Happens When A Bus Smashes Into A Fire Hydrant
A bus in Istanbul was turned into an impromptu public fountain last week, after crashing into a fire hydrant.According to the description of the YouTube video below, the bus got into an accident with a...
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What It Feels Like To Get Unexpectedly Upgraded To Business Class On A Long...
In airline travel, the phrase "free upgrade" is something we often hear about, but few of us are ever lucky enough to actually see.Not so for John De Langhe, who was recently traveling economy on an...
View ArticleAnother Test Drive Of The Tesla Model S Is Going Badly
Dan Edmunds, the Director of Vehicle Testing for the automotive resource site Edmunds, is test driving the Tesla Model S.It is not going well.According to Edmunds' Twitter feed, the car's 17-inch...
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