Up in the Air, With Frayed Safety Nets (New York Times)
“Flying Cheap,” Tuesday’s “Frontline” on PBS, revisits the February 2009 crash of a commuter flight outside Buffalo and surveys problems within the regional airline system.
A Face You Could Wake Up To… (Necole Bitchie)
A fresh faced Beyonce was spotted in her PJs on the balcony of Fasano Hotel in Rio de Janeiro yesterday evening. Poor Bey went outside for some fresh air but was greated by fans and paparazzi instead. She looks adorable… Just Added: Alicia Keys was also spotted in Brazil with a fresh face in a bikini. [...]
Wyoming considers suing online travel services (The Victoria Advocate)
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Travelocity's Roaming Gnome entices travelers to book cheap rooms and vacation packages.
Moscow on the cheap (Los Angeles Times)
Tag along with a Metro-riding native who visits parks, restaurants, galleries and other favorites, all for less than $20 a day. Boasting posh restaurants, luxury boutiques and a flock of millionaires who indulge in them, Moscow is considered one of the most expensive cities on the planet. Just take a walk through the rows of tinted Range Rovers and Bentleys parked behind the Bolshoi Theatre and ...
Touchscreens in the tropics: an unexpected Windows story (ZDNet)
I've been on vacation for the past week or so, on a beach in Hawaii, mostly disconnected from the tech world. So it was a pleasant surprise today to encounter a relevant tech story in Paradise, one that demonstrates both the strengths and weaknesses of the Windows platform. by Ed...
NBA All-Star events expected to have little effect on Tarrant hotels (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Aside from a concert, pregame events are in Dallas.
Super Bowl's business impact: Win some, lose some (Miami Herald)
Ocean Drive hopped and Fort Lauderdale enjoyed a bigger share of profits even as some businesses grumbled about the hoopla chasing away regular customers.
Where the Spring Travel Deals Are (Fox News)
Someone has to fill the vacancies, it might as well be you
After Lying Low in Boom, No Bust for New York’s Real Estate Royalty (New York Times)
Some families with deep roots in Manhattan kept their heads a few years ago when the market for skyscrapers and other big projects overheated.
Vermonters shape space, better and better (The Burlington Free Press)
It’s been said before: Vermont has a shortage of sunlight and a surplus of cold. And its inhabitants live in a world progressively less generous with stacks of cordwood, tankers of oil and cheap airfares to the tropics.