High gas prices in the United States are bound to become higher if global demand for oil gets stronger and low supply persists, the American Petroleum Institute said Friday. Gas prices increased 4 percent or 12 cents per gallon in the last month alone, the motoring association AAA said. The U.S. average is at $3.12 […]
Flight cancellations are set to grow in number as a big storm sweeps from the South into the Northeast on Tuesday possibly blanketing Boston and New York under a foot of snow. Airline passengers were busy checking their flight status and carriers are relaxing change of reservation rules for travelers willing to delay travel later […]
A secret spy satellite program is being undertaken by the United States and Germany, leaked diplomatic cables from WikiLeaks obtained by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten revealed. The project is said to be masquerading as a commercial satellite program because of its sensitive capabilities. The leaked information from the American embassy in Berlin also said that France […]
Nearly 85 percent of American adults are now wearing seat belts, an increase from 81 percent in 2002 and up significantly from just 11 percent in 1982, before legislation requiring Americans to buckle up was passed, according to a survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Authorities have credited the use of […]
A strong snowstorm barrelled through the U.S. East Coast on Sunday, severely hampering all kinds of travel that left thousands stranded in airport terminals, train and bus depots, roads and highways. The heavy snowfall will likely dampen holiday shopping in the area in the next two days as more snow is forecast to fall. New […]
Christian pilgrims and tourists estimated to be in the tens of thousands are flocking to Bethlehem, the town where Jesus Christ was born. Amid some security concerns, tourists in record numbers have visited this town this season to attend the yearly Christmas mass at the Church of the Nativity. Before the mass, locals, pilgrims and […]
American Airlines is pulling out its flight listings and stop selling tickets in the online travel site Orbitz.com. The airline’s parent firm AMR Corp. won a Chicago court decision that lifted a temporary restraining order which blocked the airline from withdrawing from Orbitz earlier. American Airlines wanted to cut ties with Orbitz since it has […]
A lobby group consisting of vehicle manufacturers, regulators, clean air advocates, and motorist associations unveiled a plan on Monday to make California the leading state in the country to have electric vehicles on its streets. To make their plan viable, the group wants to install plenty of charging terminals in homes, malls, office buildings, car […]
High-speed rail projects which were allocated with a $1.2 billion fund by the federal government will be given to states who are more willing and ready to undertake such an infrastructure plan. States like Ohio and Wisconsin, which elected Republican governors who opposed the projects, were originally among the states who stood to benefit from […]
Continental Airlines was found guilty of manslaughter by a French court in the case of the Concorde plane crash near Paris on July 25, 2000 which killed 113 people. The ruling also ordered the U.S.-based carrier to pay $1.6 million or 1.2 million euros for damages to Air France-KLM Group. Mechanic John Taylor of Continental […]
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