One has a salt-water spa, two celebrity chef restaurants, twice daily maid visits, 330 rooms and zero slot machines.
A device to prevent airplane fuel tanks from exploding must be installed on certain passenger jets and cargo planes, federal officials said Wednesday, 12 years after such an explosion destroyed TWA Flight 800, killing all 230 people aboard.
I've never wasted vacation time on any of my houses. What I've done instead is used time away from the office to get COMPLETELY away.
Vern Yip is HGTV's answer to Tim Gunn: When Vern shows up on a show, you know that everything is going to be just fine.
For 10 years, I've traveled with a black Lowe Alpine daypack. It's a teardrop-shaped nylon bag with a foam-padded back, two side pockets for water bottles, a front pocket for strapping in a camp shovel and one zip pocket in the lid, just big enough to hold a wallet and sunglasses. When I went to Costa Rica for a week in February, that bag - about the size of a college student's book pack - and a large camera bag was the sum total of my luggage.
McHENRY, Md. - There's a man- made river atop a mountain in western Maryland.
Summer has just begun and I am already tired of hearing about some vacation destinations. But not so tired that we won't run stories about these places ourselves. Sometimes the beaten path is the beaten path for a reason.
The dollar tanked long ago. Now the prices of gas and airline tickets are soaring - as is the cost of a gallon of milk. In the face of this economic storm, hail begins to fall - the real stuff, pounding the roof over your head. You turn on the television for a weather update only to find political pundits prattling on about the presidential candidates.
BEIJING - My eagerness allowed me to storm up each thin step to the first lookout tower. We scaled the spindly stone trail, sometimes on all fours on the near-vertical parts, grabbing the cracked stone dotted with rocks and weeds.
It's no surprise that art connoisseurs regularly flock to New York for a fix of what's hot or just to revisit timeless classics - the Big Apple is the definitive art capital of the United States. But beyond Fifth Avenue, Chelsea and Long Island City - indeed, an hour north of the George Washington Bridge - there are treasures to be found upstream.
What's it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday aimed at ending the Federal Aviation Administration's sometimes cozy relationship with the airline industry and reversing purported complacency on safety oversight.
Q. I'm considering going to New Mexico for a high-end spa weekend. Any ideas? - K.C., Morgan Hill, Calif.
Two airborne planes - one landing and the other taking off - came within a half-mile of colliding at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday in the second such incident at the airport in a week, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Democrats controlling Congress are trying to loosen restrictions on allowing people of Cuban descent to visit their relatives on the island.
An American Airlines flight has returned safely to the Dallas airport after a pilot discovered a problem with the equipment that keeps the plane stable.
Northwest Airlines Corp. said on Wednesday it will cut 2,500 jobs because of high oil prices, and will soon begin charging $15 to check luggage and up to $100 to redeem a frequent-flier award ticket.
You'll feel like you are the commander-in-chief in this historic bed-and-breakfast in the heart of Savannah, Ga. Not only do they serve a scrumptious breakfast with homemade muffins and quiche, but the friendly staff also makes you feel welcome with a relaxed cocktail hour in the evening.
Q. How can I find hotel accommodations in San Luis Obispo with an attached, fully equipped kitchen? - A.R., Sunnyvale, Calif.
What's it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit.
US unveils new rule on airplane fuel tanks
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