Jet Lands Safely After Spilling Fuel Over Lake Michigan

US Government Pockets Fees on Unused Tickets

Does Your Hotel Know Your Dirty Secrets?

Airlines Hedge Against Rising Fuel Costs

Machu Picchu Endangered By Tourists?

Lots of stuff to talk about in the news, and it just keeps getting worse.There was a fake story that ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News a couple of weeks ago that said that they were starting a new airline called Derrie-Air [flyderrie-air.com]. And they were going to charge passengers, you guessed it, by how much they weighed.

Oh my God. Do you know how many people believed that story?

As laughable as it was, you know what? Do you really put it beyond the airlines to put a scale out there by the check in counter? I don’t.

A World With $200-A-Barrel Oil?

While Airlines Win, We Lose

Beehived Diva Does Battle On Behalf of Airlines

Spirit Airlines Defies Cuban Embargo

Fake Speed Bumps, Real Fines

For many travelers—business and otherwise—being able to connect to the Internet on the road has become more important than ever.

With more of us relying on connectivity for communication and entertainment, wouldn’t it be great if we were able to connect anytime, anywhere with our notebooks?

Wi-Fi looked like it might offer us this capability. Cities were going to offer it at a nominal cost, or even free. But that hasn’t happened.

While Wi-Fi is available in locations such as Starbucks for a daily or monthly fee, it doesn’t let us connect from wherever we happen to be and at the moment we want.

We’ve all heard about some of the great museums of the world, from the Louvre in Paris to the Museum of Natural History in New York, the cutting-edge museums of science and others.

But this summer, Peter Greenberg shares his candidates for some of the wackiest museums in America — museums that celebrate everything from mustard to lunch boxes to UFOs.

Airlines Clamp Down on Carry-On Policies

Small Plane Crashes in Alabama, Killing 4

Pilots in India Often Violate Alcohol Policies

Small Rental Cars, Not Upgrades, Delight Customers

Aircraft-Turned-House Lands in Malibu