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  • Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland

    A flight from Melbourne to Qatar was diverted to India on Wednesday, in a desperate attempt to save an Irish man on board. The man, Raymond McMorrow, 68, is believed to have had a heart attack on board Qatar Airways flight QR 031 while in transit from Melbourne to Doha, the Qatar capital. The Qatar Airways plane landed without incident at Cochin Airport, in southern India, where an ...

  • High tech heightens the high-class ambiance at trendy hotels

    < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Wrapped in the old-world charm of downtown's St. Paul Hotel, travelers are seeing a growing package of cutting-edge technology being deployed. Soon, hotel guests will gain access to their rooms by waving a card in front of a sensor instead of sliding it into a slot -- never mind using a metal key. At some point after that, they will be able to use ...

  • Hainan Airlines to receive 1st Dreamliner in mid-June

    "We will deploy the Dreamliner on the Beijing-Guangzhou route for a soft launch before expanding to other domestic destinations," the South China Morning Post reported ...

  • Sanya Nanshan Tourism Zone receives over 9000 visitors on May 19

    On May 19th, the 3rd China Tourism Day, Sanya Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone received over 9,000 visitors, 800 of whom were from Hainan province. Even though Sanya summers fature strong ultraviolet rays outside and maximum temperatures can reach up to 33 degrees, Sanya Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone still attracts many domestic tourists to enjoy the charming tropical ocean scenery and attend ...

  • Ljubljana may be Europe’s best-kept secret

    I cross the river on a footbridge, stopping to appreciate a street band playing Irish tunes, and then size up my choices for lunch: a French bistro, an Asian-fusion kitchen, a Mexican cantina, a kebab stand or a Viennese coffeehouse. At an outdoor cafe along the river, I order calamari and local white wine and wonder if Ljubljana is Europe’s best-kept ...


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The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

Before writing a word about Chris Hansen's The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah, I must in all good faith provide a large caveat, one that I have never had to provide in more than a decade of film criticism: I know the writer/director. Not ... ...

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  • Summer travel forecast Busier skies higher fees

    Call it the spring of uncertainty: The government says you can travel with little pocket knives, then decides no, you can’t. Budget sequester trims air traffic controllers’ hours, resulting in airport backups, then Congress restores schedules - for now, anyway. Homeland security curbs overtime at airport security checkpoints and says lines aren’t longer, but some travelers ...

  • Midwest Traveler American Players Theatre is an outdoor treat

    Brian Mani, Eric Parks and Marcus Truschinski in a scene from “Of Mice and Men” during the American Players Theatre’s 2011 season. The outdoor amphitheater seats 1,148 ...

  • Okefenokee Swamp atremble with wonders

    It's a chilly spring day, so I was startled when Okefenokee Adventures guide Joey Griffin commanded me to take off my shoes and climb out of his pontoon ...

  • From the Travel Desk Dont let gas guzzle up your vacation budget

    Gas prices reached well above $4 per gallon last week, and they will hover there, comparable to what it costs in the far-off Hawaiian islands, until June. While prices are expected to dip some, Minnesotans may be thinking twice about their summer road trip. Given the importance of family vacations - the immediate joys, the lasting memories, the sunburns, the back-seat fights - I hope ...

  • Travelers starting to return to Greece

    Kostas, a waiter at the Diodos taverna, which offers a splendid view of the scene, smiled. A year ago, amid a political and economic crisis that fueled protests in central Athens and pushed Greece toward the brink of exiting the eurozone, the surrounding streets were hauntingly empty. But on a recent Saturday afternoon, Kostas, who only gave his first name, was scrambling to find an empty ...

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