travel
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Small-Town Airports Close as Fewer Pilots Take to Skies
SCOTT McFETRIDGE, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For the first time in 60 years, airplanes won’t be roaring…
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Do You Need Travel Insurance? Use This Checklist
(USA Today) – For some trips, travel insurance is a virtual necessity; for others, it’s worthless. The question boils…
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American Airlines Debuts New Jet Aimed for Long Flights
DAVID KOENIG, AP Airlines Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — After years of delay, the world’s biggest airline is finally…
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Don’t be a Data Dummy When You Travel Overseas
(USA Today) – Talk is cheap. Unless you travel internationally. Then your wireless phone bill can be expensive — very expensive.…
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Is Paris Still a Haven for Black Americans?
(Smithsonian) – My father, a bookish black man old enough to be my grandfather, grew up in Texas while…
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Booking Flights and Hotels: Online Agents or Direct?
(New York Times) – Expedia, the online booking site that owns other major players, including Hotels.com, Hotwire and, more recently, Travelocity, announced about two weeks…
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Strong Dollar Makes World Travel Cheaper for Americans
DAVID KOENIG, AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — If you’ve been putting off a trip abroad because it’s too expensive,…
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8 Ways to Save on Travel in 2015
(New York Times) – Interested in 37 newfangled apps that will save you 0.01 percent on travel for the coming…
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Full Flights Make Cancellations Harder to Rebook; New Rules Sought
(Los Angeles Times) – A five-day vacation in Florida turned into a travel nightmare for Chris Sullivan and his…
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TSA Chief: Travelers from Some Nations Targeted
JOAN LOWY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration needed an exemption from new Obama administration rules restricting…
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