One Vancouver resident has a fairly flexible idea of what qualifies as a high-occupancy vehicle.
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Cheap Canadians? Vermont Restaurants Add Mandatory Tips
If the wait staff at some Burlington, Vt., restaurants can tell you’re an out-of-towner, expect to see an extra charge at the bottom of your bill. It’s the mandatory gratuity, usually adding on an extra 18 percent or …
Hollywood Movie Producer Tweets Saga of Calming Crazy Passenger on Flight
Cassian Elwes, a onetime Hollywood agent and the executive producer of the forthcoming film Lawless, never expected to have to take the law into his own hands.
On the evening of Aug. 19, Elwes boarded a Sunday night flight on …
In-Flight Bikini Show? Vietnamese Airline Gets Fined for Putting Girls on Display
How about we skip the in-flight movie and go straight to the in-flight bikini show?
Minding Your Manners: Line-Cutting Teen Forced To Apologize Over Plane’s PA System
As Mac Breedlove has learned, are no shortcuts in life.
The Airports Most Likely To Spread Disease Are Los Angeles, New York and… Honolulu?
If you’re lucky, you might be able to catch Patient Zero on a beach vacation just before he brings about the start of a worldwide pandemic.
The Salacious Skies: Virgin Atlantic Gets with Grey, Audibly
The paperback’s too obvious. A Kindle is just one more thing to pack. This airline serves up your summer reading audibly.
This Ain’t No Cruise: Cuban Man Forced to Spend 47 Days on a Ferry
He shuttled back and forth between Russia and Finland for almost two months.
Needles Found in Turkey Sandwiches on Delta Flights
Five separate meals on three flights had been tampered with, say Delta officials.
The Smithsonian Institution: Sights and Shadows
It’s hot out there, so get somewhere it’s cool — like Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum and research complex.
Lawn Chair Flight Foiled by Bad Weather
Every adventure must come to an end — even those that have barely begun.
How Hot Can It Get? The 10 Hottest Places in the U.S.
With much of the U.S. suffering through a heat wave, a look at the various heat records around the country.