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Flight Attendant terminated after admitting she qualified for food stamps
We're beginning to sympathize with the JetBlue flight attendant who made the dramatic exit via emergency slide after hearing this latest news from the flight deck. A legal battle is pending after a Compass Airlines flight attendant admitted publicly that she qualified for ...Body of missing climber discovered after 21 years
On August 15th two hikers making their way through the Columbia Icefields of Canada discovered the body of American William Holland, who had been missing for more than 21 years. The 38-year old Holland had traveled to Canada back in April of 1989 to take on a challenging ...Utah ski resort offers dream job
Utah ski resort The Canyons is giving someone the opportunity of a lifetime, the chance to ski all season long, and get paid for it in the process. In return, all you have to do is hit the slopes on a daily basis, blog about the experience a few times a week and attend ...Paris Hilton banned from Wynn Resorts Hotels over drug charges
Wynn Las Vegas has made a solid effort to keep itself at a very far distance from the recent Paris Hilton drug charges. The hotel has banned Hilton and her boyfriends from entering or staying at the hotel after the celebrity socialite was busted last week for cocaine ...Airlines provide change fee relief because of Hurricane Earl
As Hurricane Earl works its way up the east coast, airlines are letting passengers take one item off their lists of concerns. Delta has announced that passengers affected by the storm can make one-time changes to their plans without incurring any fees. This applies to ...Wanderfly.com beta invites for Gadling readers
We hate to break it to you, but there's only a week left in summer. Why not get a jump on planning your fall and winter travel? Wanderfly, the new travel-planning and booking site we reviewed earlier this month has just unveiled a spiffy new beta site and is offering free ...Socks with sandals? Blame the Romans
Last month we reported on a survey of the worst fashion violations men commit while on vacation. Speedos, of course, came in first, and while the banana hammock is certainly the worst of all fashion sins, wearing socks with sandals got high marks too.
Now it turns out we ...Vegas casino fined for dancing gambler
Las Vegas has a reputation for letting visitors get away with all kinds of "bad" behavior. Activities like gambling and drinking on the street get a free pass in this anything-goes gaming capital. But apparently that permissive Vegas attitude doesn't extend to all behaviors, ...Hiker dies trekking to 'Into the Wild' bus
Last weekend, 29-year old Swiss hiker Claire Jane Ackermann died while crossing the Teklanika River along the Stampede Trail in Alaska. She was attempting to cross the stream, along with another hiker from France, in the hopes of reaching the Fairbanks bus made famous in the ...Fed up like Steven Slater? Get a SlipQuit!
The Jet Blue Steven Slater story just won't die -- not if the makers of "SlipQuit" have anything to say about it. The "SlipQuit" is a diabolically hilarious take on Slater's inflatable slide plane escape, and comes complete, says the ad, with "two cans of Blue Sky beer." ...NPCA outlines challenges, opportunities for Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park is easily one of the most popular and well known destinations in the entire U.S. Each year, more than 4.5 million visitors make the journey to visit the park and take part in some of the outdoor adventures it has to offer, including whitewater ...Vote: the best bathrooms in America (and Canada)
Ever popped a squat at a particularly pristine public restroom? You can now vote for it in the "Best Restrooms" competition. Sponsored by restroom supply company Cintas, users submitted their favorite stalls and ten finalists were chosen in both the U.S. and Canada.
Many ...Sole survivor of Amazon tribe is most isolated man on Earth
He's the last of his kind.
Nobody knows his name, nobody knows his tribe's name, and nobody knows what happened to the rest of his people. The last man of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon is now being protected from the outside world by the Brazilian government.
...84-year old set to cross Atlantic on a raft
84-year old British adventurer Anthony Smith has big plans for 2011. In January of next year, he and three other men, will attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean aboard a raft made out of plastic gas pipes. Setting out from the Canary islands, they'll cover more than 2800 ...Nine-day, 62-mile traffic jam in China
Before you start the commute home for the day, consider how bad the traffic could be. Sure, you could get stuck behind a bus or on the train for an hour or so, but how about 9 DAYS?! Thousands of motorists have been stranded on the Beijing-Tibet expressway since August 13th ...St. Louis Gateway Arch is rusting
The landmark Gateway Arch, part of a National Park Service site on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, is corroding, and no one seems to know the extent of the damage.
That's the word from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which studied reports on the ...SeaWorld Orlando fined $75,000 in whale trainer's death
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced $75,000 in fines for SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment.
The fines are related to safety violations found during a 6-month investigation at SeaWorld Orlando, following the February death of killer whale ...Ringo's boyhood home threatened with demolition
If you want to see where Ringo Starr was born, you better hurry.
Number 9 Madryn Street in Liverpool, where the Beatles drummer was born in 1940, is one of a neighborhood of decrepit homes slated for demolition. The little Victorian rowhouse was never glamorous, and fell ...Parisian teenagers flash, steal cash
Let's start with the lesson first: if you're going to Paris, take out all the cash you need at home. There's a new scam at work ... using the oldest trick in the book.
Think about the last time you went to a gentlemen's club. As breasts went bare, men parted with their ...World's oldest mechanical clock going automatic after 600 years
It's been wound by hand for 600 years, but technology has finally caught up with the world's oldest mechanical clock.
The duty of winding the clock three times a week, a task that takes an hour, has been performed by the same family for five generations. Before them a ...
