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• How airlines have betrayed us
But that's not what happened to Ivelisse Leslie when Spirit Airlines stopped flying from Orlando to Providenciales on Turks and Caicos Islands recently. She phoned Spirit to see if she could get her money back on her confirmed ticket to the Caribbean ...
• Hawaii promoting its ‘value’ to visitors
... more than $12.5 million in emergency funding that has been devoted by the state and businesses to combat a slump in tourism. One key component is promoting Hawaii's value as a destination, which means trying to dispel the perception that the islands ...
• Dubai aims to top its own world's tallest tower
The area is located between two of the city's artificial palm-shaped islands, which Nakheel also built. The project will include a manmade inland harbor and 40 additional towers up to 90 floors high. About 150 elevators will carry residents and ...
• Dog days in the wilderness
The campground at Indian Lake Islands in Sabael, N.Y., open through Columbus Day, has 55 campsites along the 14-mile lake's eastern shore and on islands, most reachable only by boat, and frequently full during the summer. On a recent weekday, three ...
• Navy confirms lost WWII sub has been found
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The Navy has confirmed the wreckage of a sunken vessel found last year off the Aleutian Islands is that of the USS Grunion, which disappeared during World War II. Underwater video footage and pictures captured by an expedition ...