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  • Guide to stress-free travel

    Security lines and wait times often increase over the holidays. However, Harriet Baskas has 15 ways you can make your travels easier.With the economy in a tizzy, everyone is cutting back on just about everything, including travel. But don’t let that lull you into thinking everyone but you will be staying home this holiday season.




  • Patience, politeness training for airport workers

    Tom Murphy, center, talks with Emma Nikoi, left, and Etta James, right, both airport employees, as they role play during a workshop called, "Resiliency Edge," at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J.Employees at Newark Liberty International Airport are getting training in patience and politeness to help them handle the crush of stressed-out holiday travelers.




  • AAA predicts drop in holiday travel

    Nov. 18: The lagging economy is expected to keep travelers home for the holidays but with airlines cutting flights, the aisles will still be full. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports. (NBC News Channel)AAA says travel over the Thanksgiving holiday will drop for the first time in six years due to the economic slowdown and fewer flights.




  • Lessons learned from past holiday meltdowns

    Many of the worst traffic accidents on American roads happen during the winter holiday travel period between Thanksgiving and New Year's.What have we learned in the two decades since "Planes, Trains & Automobiles"? And what does it say about this year’s holidays?




  • Pilot has mid-flight mental breakdown
    An Air Canada co-pilot having a mental breakdown had to be forcibly removed from the cockpit, restrained and sedated, and a stewardess with flying experience helped the pilot safely make an emergency landing, an Irish investigation concluded Wednesday.

  • Brazil cops: 10 to blame for deadly air crash

    One of TAM airline’s planes crashed and burst into flames at Congonhas airport in São Paulo on Tuesday.A police investigation found that 10 government and airline officials were to blame for Brazil's worst air disaster, saying they failed to properly train pilots, authorities said Wednesday.




  • Is Rule 240 legit? Do cruises make you fat?
    Want the truth about whether reciting Rule 240 will help if your flight is delayed? What about weekend stays — are they actually more expensive? Sure you know whether cruises really do make you fat? Read on.

  • Geek out at these top tech destinations

    There's geeky, and then there's Cambridge geeky. At Miracle of Science, "M.O.S." to regulars, the menu looks like a periodic table, the drinks arrive in beakers, and the condiments come in test tubes. Even in the dot-com world's shaky economic climate, geek culture isn't going anywhere. So you may as well join them in their native habitat. Don't worry. It's safe. Just bring your coffee, your iPhone, and a USB drive.




  • Bush reopens American history museum
    The Star-Spangled Banner is so threadbare you can see through tattered sections of its bold stripes and bright stars to the table on which it rests at the overhauled National Museum of American History opening this week.

  • Hang 10 at these legendary surf towns

    In Dominical, Costa Rica, the breaks attract surfers, and the setting—rain-forest-covered mountains, the Río Barú, long stretches of beach—attracts everyone else.Follow the surf-board-toting crowd, and wherever you land, you'll find a great vibe. Not to mention plenty of sun, sand, and good eats. Surfer Kimball Taylor takes you on a guided tour.

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