Category Archives: Travel

Airline groups oppose fees in Obama’s deficit plan

By doris | Published: September 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com DALLAS — Airline trade groups are fighting President Barack Obama’s plan to raise fees on airlines and passengers to pay for aviation security and air-traffic control. The airlines say security is a national-defense function and they pay an unfair share. The administration argues that those who use the air-travel system — [...]

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Bin Laden hunter: I had help

By doris | Published: June 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Fresh off the plane from Pakistan, Gary Faulkner speaks passionately about his mission to capture Osama bin Laden. “There’s a lot of people who talk,” Faulkner told CNN. “I got off my butt, and I put my life on the line.” This wasn’t some fly-by-night trip, [...]

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Obama announces $8 billion investment in high-speed train system

By doris | Published: January 29, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Obama announced Thursday that the federal government will spend $8 billion developing a nationwide high-speed train system — an investment the White House says is needed to help spur long-term economic growth. The investment, to be made through a series of state grants, will be funded through [...]

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Laws covering texting, tanning beds, trans fat take effect in 2010

By doris | Published: January 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Legislatures in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico met in 2009, leading to the enactment of 40,697 laws, many of which take effect January 1. The new laws cover a variety of areas, from texting and tanning beds to human trafficking [...]

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Key U.S. lawmaker calls for lifting of travel ban on Cuba

By doris | Published: November 20, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The U.S. government has no right to restrict American tourists from traveling to Cuba, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday. “It is the only country in the world where our people are not allowed to go,” said Rep. Howard Berman, D-California, at the start [...]

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