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    'Tuscan Sun' author on Italy's pleasures

    CNN

    Many authors can move readers with their words, but Frances Mayes has the power to actually make readers move.As in pack up and start a new life thousands of miles away in Tuscany -- the enchanting northwest region...

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    World’s coolest hot springs

    MSNBC

    I’m not sure if it was the water’s otherworldly milky blue or the enormous plumes of cumulous-cloud steam that made me hesitant to take a dip in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon. Something about the scene—swimsuited bodies of all shapes,...

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    Delta, JetBlue request exemption to tarmac delay rule

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    CNN

    A runway closure at John F. Kennedy International Airport has prompted JetBlue Airways and Delta Air Lines to ask for a temporary exemption at JFK to a rule designed to keep planeloads of passengers from getting stranded on...

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    Travel London to Beijing in Two Days by Rail

    ABC News

    From London to Beijing in two days flat: That's China's ambitious high-speed railway plan to connect Asia with Europe China is negotiating to extend its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 10 to 15...

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    Seventh-inning stretch in Mesa, Ariz.

    Chicago Tribune

    Reporting from Mesa, Ariz.-- What does Forbes know?Not quite enough — at least, when it comes to Mesa. In December 2008, the magazine counted how often each of America's 100 largest cities was cited in nine East Coast-based...

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    Man whose kiss caused airport security scare pleads guilty

    CNN

    A New Jersey man who breached airport security to give his girlfriend a kiss, causing scores of flight delays, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defiant trespass, his lawyer said.Haisong Jiang, 28, pleaded guilty to a charge that is a...

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    Indonesian villages cashing in on ‘hobbit’ craze

    MSNBC

    RAMPASASA, Indonesia - I started hearing the offers soon after arriving at the Liang Bua cave in the mountains of Flores island. "You want to see a living hobbit?" a guard at the cave whispered. "I can take...

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    Atlanta tops Hotwire's top 10 list for best-value cities, trumping Orlando; Phoenix No. 3

    USA Today

    Hotwire.com today will announce the top 10 cities it sees as offering travelers the most value for hotels, airfare, car rental and entertainment - and Hotel Check-In has the results first...LUXURY HOTELS: Why they'll become more affordableSOCIAL MEDIA:...

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    Amsterdam Airport Security Fails Test

    ABC News

    The Dutch anti-terror agency says security has been tightened at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after investigative journalists smuggled bottles of liquid onto passenger jets bound for London and Washington, D.C. Reporters refilled bottles bought at a duty free store,...

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    NYT: Throwing exit-row seats into the ‘for sale’ bin

    MSNBC

    Consider the exit-row seat, that prize catch of the frequent-flying business traveler because it offers extra legroom. Getting first dibs on exit-row seats in coach cabins has long been one of the top perks for passengers in elite-status...

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