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May 17, 2005
Europe unites in hatred of FrenchLanguage, history, cooking and support for rival football teams still divide Europe. But when everything else fails, one glue binds the continent together: hatred of the French. Typically, the French refuse to accept what arrogant, overbearing monsters they are....Read this update
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May 10, 2005
Mica: Raise security fee on airline ticketsBy Robert Perez SANFORD -- Congressman John Mica, chairman of the House aviation subcommittee, said Monday he supports doubling the security fee on airline tickets to pay for new technologies that would make airports safer. The Transportation Security Administration, the...Read this update
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May 04, 2005
Unruly passenger arrested in KonaA man who authorities say drank five to six bottles of champagne aboard a flight from Japan to Kona has been arrested and charged with assaulting four crew members and interfering with the flight crew. Iwao Amano, who was aboard...Read this update
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May 02, 2005
Safety chief says airport screeners unfairly blamedGRAPEVINE — Screeners are being unfairly blamed for failures to detect weapons and explosives at airport security checkpoints, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said. So-called human failures often were the result of government watchdogs intentionally loading the bags...Read this update
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April 27, 2005
Man Drives on Taxiway at Iowa AirportDES MOINES, Iowa Apr 27, 2005 — Air traffic at Des Moines International Airport was temporarily halted when a disoriented 70-year-old man drove in through an exit gate and led security on a chase onto an active taxiway. Duane Edwards...Read this update
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April 25, 2005
Conn. Car Rental Firm Loses in Court AgainA Connecticut car rental company that ran into trouble for using a global positioning device to fine speeding drivers lost another case last week after overcharging a customer and referring him to a phony legal department. Richard Votto protested when...Read this update
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April 21, 2005
Did TV show taping lure cruise ship into a wave-battering storm?By Bob Ivry The Record (Bergen County, N.J) HACKENSACK, N.J. — The cruise ship damaged by a freak wave Saturday had changed its itinerary to return early to New York for a taping of "The Apprentice," a source close to...Read this update
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April 20, 2005
Waste, possible fraud reported at TSAFrom Jeanne Meserve WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Transportation Security Administration official spent $500,000 on art, silk plants and other decorations for a new operations center and then went to work for the vendor after leaving the agency, according to a...Read this update
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April 18, 2005
Passenger Arrested After Fight With Flight AttendantDENVER -- For the second time in less than a week a person has been arrested at Denver International Airport after a fight aboard an airplane. American Airlines confirmed that a fight broke out between a passenger and a flight...Read this update
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Drunken crewmen vandalise QE2A PRICELESS tapestry of the Queen commissioned to mark the launch of the Clyde-built QE2 is believed to have been thrown overboard by drunken crewmen during a mid-Atlantic staff party. Drunken crewmen vandalise QE2, continued...Read this update
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April 14, 2005
Airline refuses to fly robot made by Indiana studentsEVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Students from the University of Evansville were unable to compete in a contest in Connecticut because airline security refused to let them board a plane with a small robot they built. Airline refuses to fly robot made...Read this update
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April 12, 2005
Dude! They say the surf is awesome in CaliforniaCRAIG HOWIE CALIFORNIANS really do live up to stereotypes about America’s most laid-back state - they are a bunch of tree- hugging, surfing "awesome dudes". A new survey found that 67 per cent of Californians referred to friends as "dude",...Read this update
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April 08, 2005
Qantas baggage handler suspended for donning passenger’s camel costumeSYDNEY- Qantas Airways Ltd. on Friday suspended a baggage handler who was caught on video opening a passenger’s bag which contained a camel costume, donning the head and wandering around the airport tarmac. The costume’s owner, David Cox, said he...Read this update
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Bali Hotels Association reminds travellers that tsunami areas are thousands of kilometers away from BaliGeographic misconception is causing travelers to reconsider visiting Indonesia . Regardless of the fact that for years, foreign visitors have been prohibited from visiting Aceh, one of 33 provinces in Indonesia and the only area—along with nearby islands—affected by several...Read this update
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April 05, 2005
Jury rules airline not negligent for bumpy rideBARNSTABLE, Mass - A jury clears Cape Air of charges that it was negligent for taking passengers up on a stormy, resulting in a terrifying plane ride. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed against the regional airline by Albert...Read this update
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April 02, 2005
Former airline baggage handler charged with laptop theftsGREENSBORO, N.C. -- A former baggage handler for U.S. Airways was charged with nine felony counts of larceny in a series of laptop computer thefts from customers at Piedmont Triad International Airport. Former airline baggage handler charged with laptop thefts,...Read this update
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March 30, 2005
Vacation costs on the riseThe price of lodging and dining in Nevada will increase by a combined average of 11 percent this year, well above the national average increase of 5 percent, according to a report from AAA Nevada. A family of two adults...Read this update
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March 28, 2005
Airport Worker Takes Unexpected TripMILWAUKEE (AP) — An airport worker loading baggage in Milwaukee got locked inside the cargo hold of an airplane that flew to Philadelphia. Airport Worker Takes Unexpected Trip, continued...Read this update
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March 23, 2005
UAL pays top executives $1.3 million in bonusesBy Chris Walsh And David Milstead, Rocky Mountain News United Airlines paid $1.3 million in bonuses to its top five executives last year even as the bankrupt carrier continued to slash employee pay and benefits. All but one of the...Read this update
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March 21, 2005
Woman paid invisible 'mermaids' airfareBy Michael Hartnack, Associated Press Writer HARARE, Zimbabwe — A woman testified that she paid a popular local musician to fly four mermaids from London to Harare to help her recover a stolen car and cash. Woman paid invisible 'mermaids'...Read this update
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March 18, 2005
DWI on airport tarmacHe wasn't pulled over on a highway or residential side street, but when he was arrested Tuesday, Ronald O. Ogembo had the telltale signs of a drunken driver: the smell of alcohol on his breath, bloodshot eyes and trouble keeping...Read this update
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March 16, 2005
Cops Greet Plane After Fight Over Airplane FoodMIAMI -- A passenger who thought he was entitled to a meal on a flight, not just pretzels, got into a squabble that let to police meeting the plane when it landed. Authorities said a Platinum level frequent flyer passenger...Read this update
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March 09, 2005
One killed, 34 injured in 85- to 90-vehicle crash near Grand RapidsPLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A sudden snow squall was being blamed for a series of chain-reaction accidents involving 85 to 90 vehicles on a western Michigan highway that killed one motorist and injured at least 34 others, police said....Read this update
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February 27, 2005
Students plan crime spreeTwo British students are heading to the US for a transatlantic crime wave; they want to break all of the strange laws on the books they possibly can. As US coast-to-coast crimewaves go, it is not in the league of...Read this update
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February 26, 2005
Even the Vikings were troubled by the thought that size mattersResearch into medieval Icelandic gender and sexuality has found that even the heroes of Viking Age sagas were troubled by the thought that size really does matter. Dr Carl Phelpstead of Cardiff University’s School of English, Communication and Philosophy presented...Read this update
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February 24, 2005
Common carry-on mistakes cost travelersBy MARTIN J. MOYLAN ST. PAUL, Minn. - Jon Zetterlund of Stillwater, Minn., made a not-all-that-uncommon mistake when passing through an airport security checkpoint. But he's getting hit with a hefty fine, a fine that he initially assumed to be...Read this update
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February 21, 2005
Ex-Mrs Bond in airline scareA BUZZING noise from the suitcase of a woman once married to James Bond star, Sean Connery, caused a stir at Brisbane airport today. But the sound from Diane Cilento's case was only her battery-operated toothbrush. Ex-Mrs Bond in airline...Read this update
Posted by Joe E at 05:31 AM |
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February 18, 2005
Post office stops use of American AirlinesBy DAVID KOENIG AP BUSINESS WRITER FORT WORTH, Texas -- The U.S. Postal Service has stopped using American Airlines and US Airways to deliver domestic mail because the carriers failed to meet performance goals, including on-time delivery. The post office...Read this update
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Tossed cigarette ignites SUVNo ifs, ands or butts about it, Jonathan Fish learned an expensive lesson today about the dangers of littering. The 20-year-old San Francisco resident was rolling across the upper deck of the Bay Bridge at 10:40 a.m., smoking a cigarette....Read this update
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February 16, 2005
McForgettful tourist leaves $8,700 at McDonald'sORLANDO, Fla. - Carol Birmingham almost had a heart attack when she realized her Mac Attack had cost $8,700. The 62-year-old British tourist didn't notice until Sunday morning that she had left her cash-stuffed purse on a McDonald's counter when...Read this update
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February 11, 2005
Hotel chain portrays Hitler's mountain retreat as idyllic resortBy Ron Kamara The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a protest yesterday to InterContinental Hotels Group over an article in the British-based hotel chain's magazine, which portrayed Adolf Hitler's former mountain retreat as an idyllic vacation resort. Hitler built his retreat...Read this update
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February 09, 2005
It's raining henBy Frances O'Shea CHICKENS are falling from the sky over a New South Wales suburb and nobody knows why, or where they come from. Twice in the past six weeks plucked and probably frozen chooks have plummeted to Earth on...Read this update
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February 08, 2005
Tsunami volunteers warned: get work permitsPHUKET: Foreign volunteers assisting in tsunami-related charity work are required to hold work permits, regardless of whether they are being paid for their efforts or not. Sayan Chuaiyjan, head of the Phuket Provincial Employment Service Office [ESO], told the Gazette...Read this update
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February 04, 2005
Girls sued for delivering cookiesDURANGO, Colorado (AP) -- Two teenage girls who surprised their neighbors with homemade cookies late one night were ordered to pay nearly $900 in medical bills for a woman who says she was so startled that she had to go...Read this update
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February 02, 2005
Hedgehog costs France $5mFrom correspondents in Paris A DEAD hedgehog that created an airport mishap involving an Air France passenger plane nearly seven years ago has cost the French government more than €3 million ($5.06 million) in a court ruling. On March 22,...Read this update
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January 30, 2005
Man peed way out of avalancheA Slovak man trapped in his car under an avalanche freed himself by drinking 60 bottles of beer and urinating on the snow to melt it. Rescue teams found Richard Kral drunk and staggering along a mountain path four days...Read this update
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January 03, 2005
Plan pushed to make Lynch coal mine tourist attractionBy ROGER ALFORD The Associated Press Appalachian town played out and shut down, state officials are hoping to revive old Portal 31 as a Disney-like tourist attraction with animatronic miners and underground tours. “The trend in tourism is this experiential...Read this update
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December 31, 2004
Talk About A Long Flight!SEATTLE - Next time you're stuck on a tarmac for an extra hour or two waiting out some bad weather, consider yourself lucky, as it could have been so much worse. A 10-hour flight from the Netherlands stretched into 28...Read this update
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December 16, 2004
Baggage screeners lose fake bomb during testNewark, N.J. -- Baggage screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport spotted -- and then lost -- a fake bomb planted in luggage during a training exercise Tuesday night. The bag made it onto an Amsterdam-bound flight and was recovered when...Read this update
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December 07, 2004
Traveling abroad, eh? New Mexico T-shirt company offers "Go Canadian" packageLeslie Hoffman Canadian Press Tuesday, December 07, 2004 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Planning a European vacation and don't want to talk American politics with an inquisitive foreigner? A New Mexico T-shirt company suggests going Canadian. For $24.95, T-shirtKing.com offers the...Read this update
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November 30, 2004
Family blames TSA for mishandling remainsBy CHRIS INGALLS / KING 5 News SEATTLE – A San Diego family was on a somber trip to grant a deceased relative's dying wish, but, the family says, Sea-Tac Airport security went too far when overzealous screeners dumped an...Read this update
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November 27, 2004
Bridge at risk from urineFrom correspondents in Jakarta November 28, 2004 A LANDMARK bridge on Indonesia's Sumatra island may collapse because too many people are fond of urinating on one of its steel pillars. The Jakarta Post said experts had found the Ampera bridge...Read this update
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November 26, 2004
Airport director: traveler who was detained was carrying computer equipment, water bottlesBy Julie Ball, Staff Writer Nov. 26, 2004 2:20 p.m. ASHEVILLE - A traveler who an Asheville Regional Airport security screener thought might be carrying explosives had computer equipment and bottles, according to the airport director. Officials let the unidentified...Read this update
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November 24, 2004
When you really have to go...By Jeff Wise Some folks like to take their time on the can. Not Paul Stender. When the 43-year-old former pit mechanic feels the need for speed, he straps himself into his jet-engine-equipped toilet and roars off, trailing flame. The...Read this update
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November 23, 2004
Tourism Queensland promotes extreme backpacker toursWritten by Maxine Shields BRISBANE - Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said yesterday the state would benefit from millions of dollars in tourism by promoting the state as a destination for backpackers seeking extreme danger tours. Mr Beattie said the state...Read this update
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November 22, 2004
Protest raised against Croatian gulag tourism ideaZAGREB (AFP) - A proposal to turn a former communist gulag island off the Croatian coast into a tourist camp drew protests from an independent group which is investigating crimes committed by the communist Yugoslav regime. "It is unacceptable that...Read this update
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November 19, 2004
Hostettler mounting campaign to change the name of Interstate 69John Hostettler, the Congressman representing the 8th district of Indiana, has been convinced by local religious groups to introduce legislation in the House that would change the name of an Interstate 69 extension to a more moral sounding number. There...Read this update
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Spa town beats the inner city for births out of wedlockTunbridge Wells, the spiritual capital of middle England, loses some of the moral high ground today with the revelation that its proportion of unwed mothers outstrips the rate in inner city areas. Almost one in three babies (32.6 per cent)...Read this update
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November 16, 2004
Peru Seizes Cocaine Haul Hidden in Giant SquidLIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Monday they seized nearly 1,540 pounds (700 kg) of cocaine hidden in frozen giant squid bound for Mexico and the United States. The drugs were covered in pepper to divert sniffer dogs...Read this update
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November 15, 2004
Beavers Make Dam Out of Stolen MoneyGREENSBURG, La. - Beavers found a bag of bills stolen from a casino, tore it open and wove the money into the sticks and brush of their dam on a creek near Baton Rouge. "They hadn't torn the bills up....Read this update
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November 14, 2004
Thieves steal 10-tonne bridge"All I can say is: 'Who are the bastards that have flogged our bridge?" A huge 10-tonne steel railway bridge has been stolen from Darwin's rural area. Thieves used oxyacetylene equipment to cut the 20m x 2m bridge into sections...Read this update
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November 12, 2004
High-speed Chase Ends In Barnet Manure PileST. JOHNSBURY VERMONT Troopers arrested Jason Rodd, 27, of St. Johnsbury, after he took them on a high-speed chase from St. Johnsbury to West Barnet, Sunday night. Trooper Eugene Duplissis clocked Rodd at 90 mph heading south on Interstate 91...Read this update
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Blind woman in Virgin blueA VISUALLY impaired woman was turned away from a Brisbane flight yesterday because her guide dog did not have an absorbency mat. Virgin Blue has pledged to review its staff training procedures but its "insensitivity" has sparked anger from Katrina...Read this update
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November 08, 2004
Elephant chews on fingerAn Australian man's holiday of a lifetime has ended in agony when an elephant bit off his finger outside a bar in Thailand. Although still in pain, Greg Black, of Sunrise Beach, said yesterday he could still manage to see...Read this update
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November 04, 2004
Man tries to convert lions to Jesus, gets bitten46-year-old leaps into den at Taipei Zoo, calls beasts to Christianity TAIPEI, Taiwan - A man leaped into a lion’s den at the Taipei Zoo on Wednesday to try to convert the king of beasts to Christianity, but was bitten...Read this update
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November 03, 2004
Naked bid to fly Down Under(Reuters) -- A Canadian man, angry that he was refused a plane ticket to Australia at Los Angeles International Airport, stripped naked, sprinted across the tarmac and climbed into the wheel well of a moving jumbo jet, officials said on...Read this update
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October 30, 2004
Angry wife cuts off her husband’s private partsPolice officers sent to retrieve missing part When a local Thai man, identified only as Sornram, went to sleep on October 18, he might have dreamed about how he had finally won an argument with his wife, Rungnapa. When he...Read this update
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October 28, 2004
Guest pays hotel bill after 24yrsAFTER putting up with pangs of conscience for 24 years, a Norwegian finally settled a hotel bill he skipped out on in 1980. The Clarion Hotel Ernst in the southern town of Kristiansand received a handwritten anonymous letter of apology...Read this update
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October 25, 2004
First Hooters Restaurant Opens In ChinaSHANGHAI, China -- It could be an eye-opening experience as the Hooters restaurant chain opens its first outlet amid the conservative, almost prudish society of China. Hooters, which has a racy reputation for its combination of cold beer, chicken wings...Read this update
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October 24, 2004
Joan anger at frisk stripACTRESS Joan Collins spoke last night of her “humiliation” after Heathrow airport security staff ordered her to strip off items of clothing in front of other passengers. The ex-Dynasty soap queen had to remove her hat, sunglasses, jacket and shoes...Read this update
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October 22, 2004
Stranger takes over Ga. woman's houseDOUGLASVILLE, Ga. -- A woman came home from vacation to find a stranger living there, wearing her clothes, changing utilities into her name and even ripping out carpet and repainting a room she didn't like, authorities said. Douglas County authorities...Read this update
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October 21, 2004
Road worker gets a wild ride on carMan carried on hood of car Police hunt for road rage driver A road worker redirecting traffic experienced the most terrifying ride of his life when a motorist refused to take a minor detour around a construction site early this...Read this update
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October 20, 2004
Britain to celebrate World Curry Week from October 17-23As World Curry Week starts today, Nathan Rous reveals why Brits have a long-standing love affair with the spicy cuisine. A flick through the Yellow Pages under the Takeaway section traditionally throws up some cringe worthy puns. Oriental Express, The...Read this update
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October 19, 2004
Machu Picchu tourist killed by lighteningLIMA, Peru (Reuters) - A Russian tourist has been struck by lightning and killed on the summit of Huayna Picchu, the imposing mountain that rises behind Peru's famous Inca citadel Machu Picchu. Police identified the victim as Ahato Denis Pankiin,...Read this update
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Mother tells students to heed warning signs on gap-year travelsCaroline Stuttle's mother is campaigning to warn other teenagers to take precautions while travelling abroad on their gap years. Marjorie Marks-Stuttle has set up Caroline's Rainbow Foundation, in memory of her daughter, to help advise young people about the dangers...Read this update
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October 15, 2004
Satrom: North Dakota needs better parksBISMARCK, North Dakota (AP) -- North Dakota's state parks and campgrounds have been neglected for years and need improved facilities to help draw tourists and encourage them to stay longer, Democratic governor candidate Joe Satrom says. Better bathrooms and showers,...Read this update
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A letter to someone else's editor:Sound Off: Goa and child sex tourism The news item on Tourist Police in Goa clearly shows that the field of tourism is expanding its horizons by devising its own methodologies for rule enforcement. Evil practices in tourism can be...Read this update
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October 09, 2004
Police chief resigns amid U.S. travel warningHARLINGEN -- The police chief in the Mexican border city of Reynosa has resigned amid a U.S. consulate warning that police had been robbing American visitors. Carlos Hernandez Chaires resigned Wednesday. The head of police operations, Jose Garcia Rangel, quit...Read this update
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October 06, 2004
Drunk airline pilot tried to drive home from supermarketPOLICE found an airline pilot walking along a road swigging from a box of wine, a court heard yesterday. Officers found Joseph Sroka, a KLM pilot based at Edinburgh Airport, after a tip-off from a worried shop worker, Falkirk Sheriff...Read this update
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Oklahoma Recalls Tourist BrochuresOKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma tourism officials have recalled about 200,000 brochures with images of activities that may have seemed uninviting to some travelers, such as cow manure tossing and re-enacting Confederate battles, officials said on Wednesday. The pamphlet, called...Read this update
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October 04, 2004
Sex toy shuts down airportAn adult sex toy shut down a major regional airport for almost an hour on Monday when it was mistaken for a bomb, police said. The vibrating object was discovered at Mackay Airport by a security officer who noticed the...Read this update
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October 01, 2004
Police investigating fake FBI agentROCHESTER, N.H. - Authorities are investigating the case of a fake FBI agent who was nosing around Skyhaven Airport in Rochester, asking questions about security. Police say a man wearing a jacket that said ``FBI Anti-Terrorism'' showed up at the...Read this update
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September 30, 2004
Confused Woman Drives Rental Van Through AirportA Boise Airport visitor returned her rental minivan by driving through the automatic doors and into the terminal. Airport spokeswoman Larissa Stouffer says a confused elderly woman saw a sign that said ``terminal access.'' She drove her rental van through...Read this update
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Nfld. drug abusers becoming cheese thievesST. JOHN'S, NFLD. - A black market for cheese is developing in St. John's, Nfld., as drug abusers find ways to support their addiction, police say. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says people are stealing and reselling food from supermarkets and...Read this update
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Lines Pose Risk at LAXStepped-up screening procedures at Los Angeles International Airport that were designed to make flying safer have created another potential vulnerability: long lines that are a "tempting target for terrorists," security experts said Friday. Rand Corp. researchers recommended in a 47-page...Read this update
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