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Man Attempting To Dribble Soccer Ball To Brazil Killed In Accident

Man Attempting To Dribble Soccer Ball To Brazil Killed In Accident It sounded like one of those crazy ideas that should have led to fun and adventure and ended in triumph. Instead it ended in tragedy. Richard Swanson, pictured here, of Seattle, decided to raise money for charity by dribbling a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time ...

Airlines Use Loopholes To Avoid Paying For Damaged Bags

Airlines Use Loopholes To Avoid Paying For Damaged Bags If an airline damages a piece of your luggage, surely they will pay to repair or replace it, right? Don't be so sure. I've been very lucky over the years in checking bags but my luck ran out on a flight to Chicago from San Francisco over the weekend, when I found out that ...

The Wandering Writer: A Tour through Inner Northeast Portland with Cheryl Strayed

The Wandering Writer: A Tour through Inner Northeast Portland with Cheryl Strayed Cheryl Strayed wants to show me the "dog bus" – but first we have to find it. We walk along her quiet residential streets in Northeast Portland trying to track down the intriguing vehicle, my imagination running wild. Are we about to free a group of shackled ...

Video Of The Day: Modern Day 'The Motorcycle Diaries'

Before beginning his doctorate in biomedical sciences, "Alex the Adventure Biker" took a break to realize his lifelong dream: to ride a motorcycle through the Americas. Over the course of nearly a year and a half, he rode his bike through 22 countries as he made his way ...

Flying With Rude Passengers: Survey Asks What Would You Do

Flying With Rude Passengers: Survey Asks What Would You Do Say you're on a plane, sitting in a middle seat, and the rude passengers on both sides of you are in command of the arm wrests. Do you say something? Ask a flight attendant to help? Say nothing and live with it? Or are you just not sure? If you are like a lot of people, you ...

New Cruise Line Sets Sail In 2014 With Small, Luxury Ships

New Cruise Line Sets Sail In 2014 With Small, Luxury Ships New cruise lines are about as rare as new hotel chains; there is just not a lot of action on that topic. Like hotel chains, airlines and other travel-related companies, most cruise lines have been around for a long time too. Still, there are those who see a need in the ...

Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield Makes First Music Video In Space

It's official. We Canadians rock. If William Shatner and Bryan Adams aren't enough for you, there's Chris Hadfield. He's an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency and has become hugely popular with his videos about life aboard the International Space Station, answering ...

And The Best Restaurant City In The World Is ...

And The Best Restaurant City In The World Is ... If you're an avid restaurant observer, a voracious diner, a food aficionado, someone whose travel itinerary is determined by what food is being served out of street carts or what ingredient may be in season in a certain part of the planet, then read on. I recently ...

Amusement Park Ride Breaks Seven World Records, Inverted

As amusement park rides go, there are roller coasters and then there is the Gatekeeper, where riders sit as if on the wings of a plane 170 feet above ground. Experiencing sharp turns, inversions and rolls, Gatekeeper creates the feeling of weightlessness, sending riders ...

Nat Geo Television Stars Offer Alaska Travel Tips

Nat Geo Television Stars Offer Alaska Travel Tips There is no question that Alaska is one of the top adventure travel destinations in North America, if not the entire world. The brief Alaskan summer brings incredible opportunities for climbing, backpacking, camping and fishing, giving visitors a chance to explore everything ...

'Fake' Pilot Wanted By Police After Flying Jets To London

'Fake' Pilot Wanted By Police After Flying Jets To London An American man found guilty of working as an airline pilot without proper credentials is on the lam after he failed to appear at his sentencing hearing in England last week, the BBC is reporting. Michael Fay flew for Libya's Afriqiyah Airways on false credentials, ...

Airline Hopes To Avoid Volcanic Ash Clouds With New Technology

Airline Hopes To Avoid Volcanic Ash Clouds With New Technology Volcanic ash is something commercial airliners want nothing to do with. When Alaska's Cleveland volcano erupted not long ago, shooting low levels of ash into the atmosphere, many airlines were concerned. Another blast could send ash higher, directly into their flight path ...

New E-Kiosks Aim To Speed Up Airport Customs Process

New E-Kiosks Aim To Speed Up Airport Customs Process Clearing customs after arriving in the United States is set to get faster thanks to a new electronic system. Rather than filling out declaration cards handed out during the flight, travelers will soon use self-service kiosks to answer customs-related questions. The machines ...

Gettysburg's American Civil War Wax Museum Is For Sale

Gettysburg's American Civil War Wax Museum Is For Sale A favorite destination in America's most famous Civil War battlefield faces an uncertain future as its owners are retiring and putting the building up for sale. The American Civil War Wax Museum at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was opened in 1962 and is selling for $1.7 ...

Memorial Day Travel Events Bring Discounts

Memorial Day Travel Events Bring Discounts As Memorial Day approaches, travelers are taking advantage of some special offers and events exclusive to the three-day weekend that officially begins on Friday, May 24. Discounts, special offers and events this year are available at a number of locations around the United ...

Look Out For Goats At Chicago O'Hare

Look Out For Goats At Chicago O'Hare Twenty-five to 30 goats will soon start grazing at Chicago O'Hare Airport. The animals will help landscape 120 acres of foliage, including space near creeks and hill areas that are difficult for groundskeepers to maintain, CNN is reporting. According to the news outlet, ...

Clermont State Park, New York: When The Scenery Changes

Clermont State Park, New York: When The Scenery Changes The traffic of New York City is behind me now. The trees to each side are becoming increasingly taller; the sky is growing darker. We're heading up to a friend's house in a small town upstate called Germantown. He moved out of Queens and up there a few years ago with his ...

An Odyssey Ending For The Backseat Atlas

An Odyssey Ending For The Backseat Atlas Before a 15-year-old Tim Gravenstreter hopped on a Trailways bus for his first solo trip to the Windy City, his father gave him a piece of advice he still follows. "Don't stand on a street corner looking at a map trying to figure out where you are," the elder ...

Photo Of The Day: Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn

Photo Of The Day: Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn Today's Photo of The Day is a photo shot from the rear-view mirror of a car in the elusive Greenwood Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, which borders Gowanus. Along the industrial 2nd Ave. that borders the waters of the Gowanus Bay, abandoned lofts and factories are ...

Spirit Airlines Ditches Toll-Free Customer Service Line

Spirit Airlines Ditches Toll-Free Customer Service Line Famous for its no-frills approach (and for being the first airline to charge for carry-on bags), Spirit Airlines has decided it no longer needs a toll-free customer service line, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. In lieu of a 1-800 number, Spirit quietly replaced all its ...

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