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Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning next month under a policy change announced Tuesday by the head of the Transportation Security Administration. via seattletimes.com Good … Continue reading →

Hawaii’s Big Island brews a cup of paradise Prime pickings: Ripe coffee berries are sorted by hands at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee.  Laura Bly, USA TODAY Related storyFullscreen 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of coffee cultivation in Hawaii.  Laura Bly, … Continue reading →

“All of our clothing is covered in blood. It’s just dripping off of us,” Jennifer Wolfrom said. The group was marched to the village center, where more residents appeared, shouting, beating and even whipping them. “I was like, I’m going … Continue reading →

10 most overrated tourist traps (and what to see instead) Stonehenge, England: This group of mystery stones has been described as mystical and magical. But what you rarely see in the postcards is that Stonehenge is wedged between two very … Continue reading →

No, no, no’ Brit gran sobs as she is sentenced to death Drugs mule … Lindsay Sandiford as she hears sentence By VINCE SOODIN Published: 22nd January 2013   A BRITISH grandmother sobbed “No, no, no!” as she was sentenced … Continue reading →

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Counting the days for the best deals on airfare If you’ve ever found yourself fretting over how far in advance you should buy plane tickets in order to snag the best deal — and, really, who hasn’t? — you can … Continue reading →

Courtesy Kayak.com Kayak.com’s new airfare forecasting tool predicts whether a searched-for airfare is likely to rise or fall over the next seven days. via nbcnews.com I’m curious how the tool predicts the airfare, and if it is biased towards getting … Continue reading →

TSA to remove controversial full-body scanners via nbcnews.com Despite the title, TSA will still have the full-body scanners, but they are being replaced with ones that show a generic image of the body, rather than the actual naked image. They … Continue reading →