Just when you thought air travel couldn’t get worse, you hear one more hair-raising air travel tale. Was one passenger too tall to fly?
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Grimace at the Gate: America’s Ugliest Airports
There are plenty of things to complain about when flying, from TSA screeners potentially touching your junk to delays and cancellations caused by snow (or volcanoes). And then there’s the airports themselves.
Internet Hero Zach Anner a Finalist for His ‘OWN’ Show
Hey Internet, remember Zach Anner?
Stranded Above the Slopes: Ski Lift Derails at Sugarloaf Mountain
Going down the mountain is supposed to be the more dangerous part, isn’t it?
Blizzards Cause Travel Chaos on East Coast
As thousands of flights are canceled with road and rail disrupted too, it has not been a merry Christmas for many on the east coast of America.
Time For Some R&R: A Look Back at Presidential Vacations
After one of the most prolific lame-duck sessions of Congress in history, President Obama headed to Hawaii. But where did his predecessors go on vacation?
Report: TSA Body Scanning May Not Be Safe
Just when you thought going through an airport Transportation Security Administration scanner pretty much guaranteed your safety, along comes an investigation from our partners at AOL that says it probably isn’t.
Flashy Fir: Hotel Installs an $11M Christmas Tree
The Christmas tree in an Abu Dhabi luxury hotel is rocking more bling than Kate Middleton’s finger.
$900 Million Can’t Be Wrong: Why Airline Baggage Fees Are Here to Stay
With all of the commotion over pat-downs, we’ve practically forgotten about the exorbitant baggage fees. And the airlines couldn’t be happier.
Quotes: ABC Reporter Live-Tweets Amtrak Shut-Down
“Train stopped again. So cold can’t stop trembling. Going 2 try meditation. Think good thoughts. It will be over soon. Right?”
— STEVEN TSCHIDA, reporter for ABC’s WJLA station, on Twitter; not only did his Amtrak train …
Newest Tourist Attraction: Chernobyl to Open to Visitors in 2011
Though we’d use the term “attraction” lightly.
G’Day: Oprah Winfrey Takes Australia By Storm
It truly is Oprah’s world. We all just happen to live in it.