Posted on 08 May 2012. Tags: airport, airport-checkpoints, airport-metal, calls-attention, detect-threats, detectors, Metal, plane-bound, screening-measures, states, Travel, united
A foiled plot to sneak a bomb through airport checkpoints and onto a plane bound for the United States calls attention to gaps in screening measures that are supposed to detect threats airport metal detectors miss.
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Body scanning gaps cause for concern
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Posted on 02 May 2012. Tags: neighbor, our-neighbor, result, since-much, south, southwest, states, Travel, trip, united, united-states
Not ready for a trip to Mexico right now? There is plenty of Mexico to explore and celebrate in the United States since much of the Southwest was once part of our neighbor to the south.
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Finding Mexico in the U.S.A.
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Posted on 05 April 2012. Tags: areas, Caribbean, colorado, orecasters-at-colorado, Relief, sigh, state, states, Travel, united, Year
Folks in hurricane-prone areas of the United States and Caribbean may breathe a sigh of relief this year. Forecasters at Colorado State University say a less-active hurricane season is in store.
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Forecasters predict fewer hurricanes this year
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Posted on 04 April 2012. Tags: Charles, federal, Louisiana, lunsford, people-were, reported-injured, Travel, turbulence, turbulence-over, united
Several people were reported injured on a United Airlines flight that encountered turbulence over Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Wednesday, said Lynn Lunsford of the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Plane hits turbulence, several hurt
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Posted on 22 March 2012. Tags: Experience, flight, result, the-year, Travel, united, worst-travel, Year
If there’s a contest for worst travel experience of the year, United Airlines Flight 857 might be in the running.
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Broken toilets cause layover ‘hell’
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Posted on 01 February 2012. Tags: Advertising, authority, judgment, judgment-issued, Kingdom, Phrases, real-travelers, result, standards, standards-authority, Travel, Travelers, united, wednesday
Phrases such as “reviews you can trust” and “reviews from real travelers” have misled TripAdvisor users in the United Kingdom, according to a judgment issued Wednesday by the Advertising Standards Authority in Britain.
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TripAdvisor scolded in UK for ‘trust’ claims
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Posted on 08 January 2012. Tags: dime-over, gas, increase-seen, past, states, survey-published, the-past, three-weeks, Travel, united, united-states
Gas prices in the United States increased by more than a dime over the past three weeks, the first increase seen since mid-October, according to a survey published Sunday.
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U.S. drivers face 12-cent hike at the pump
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Posted on 18 December 2011. Tags: crude, decline, fell-more, oil, past, prices-dropped, states, united, weeks-as-crude
Gas prices in the United States fell more than 5 cents over the past two weeks as crude oil prices dropped, continuing a decline in pump prices that started in late October, according to a survey published Sunday.
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Gas prices drop further as crude oil gets cheaper
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Posted on 30 November 2011. Tags: across-the-united, hospitals, Kingdom, pension, police-stations, protest, reforms, result, strikes, strikes-began, Travel, united, walking-off-jobs, wednesday
Mass strikes began across the United Kingdom on Wednesday, with up to 2 million workers walking off jobs in schools, hospitals and police stations in protest over proposed pension reforms.
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Massive strike may affect Heathrow
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Posted on 06 November 2011. Tags: chartered, communist, Cuba, flight, government-moves, leave-the-united, nation, strictions-on-travel, sunday, Travel, united
Another chartered flight is scheduled to leave the United States for Cuba Sunday as a result of recent U.S. government moves to ease restrictions on travel to the Communist nation.
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Flights to Cuba take off from some U.S. airports
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