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Here's an observation by Mike Nezza at The Lede. Although, it was ruled by a federal court that airlines don't need to provide passengers with comforts if they are detained while sitting in an airplane, passengers stuck on London's gigantic Ferris ...

400 London Eye passengers were trapped for about an hour on the 135-meter high Eye yesterday. Apparently there was a technical fault with one of the tires that they thought best to fix before letting people off. The process seems to have been dealt ...

The art of tourism exhibit that premiered in Chicago earlier this year is now a traveler itself. Universal Experience: Life, Art and the Tourist's Eye opened yesterday at the Hayward Gallery in London. A collection of 50 works by artists ...

The Boston.com segment "The Big Picture" has an overview of some fantastic photos of London "from above, at night". They are the work of aerial photographer Jason Hawkes and are the most beautiful aerial photos I have ever seen. The photos were ...

In anticipation of the Christmas Day release of the new Sherlock Holmes movie (starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law), Visit Britain has developed a microsite to help guide fans to the London locations used in the film. The site also offers ...

People keep all kinds of weird things in jars. From Habu snakes, to one-eyed pigs, to human penises (!!!), here are some of the weirdest. This is in London. ...

After (another) pilot was found drunk in London this week, the issue of pilot inebriation has become a frequent discussion topic. Since 1997, 11 commercial pilots, on average, have tested positive for alcohol every year. According to FAA ...

Researchers in London have found that kissing on the cheek is far more hygienic than shaking hands. This may be good or bad news for you this holiday season, depending on how close you really want to get to your relatives. "Debrett's warns people ...

"Descend to 1-3-0." "Descend to 1-2-0." I found myself listening to London Control while admiring one of the all-time greatest views I've ever seen. "Slow to 220 knots. Fly heading 1-7-0." As we banked to the right, I looked over my right ...

Hotel booking site Trivago.co.uk just released some interesting statistics on European hotels. The site compiled the results based off 2.7 million hotel reviews. Their final conclusion is pretty damning for hotels in London - using a ranking system ...

Nobody is looking forward to venturing into battle tomorrow. Wednesday is the year's biggest travel day, a congested, high stress day when airports are packed, tempers are high and any small hiccup can make an entire airport turn upside down. We ...

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