Bomb threat to Ohio plane declared hoax
Bomb threat to Ohio plane declared hoax — A bomb threat that halted a commuter plane shortly before it was to take off with 33 people on board Friday morning appears to have been a hoax, authorities said. (AP)
Ice storm moving into Oklahoma — Freezing rain hit Oklahoma on Friday at the start of what forecasters say could be a brutal ice storm. Millions of people in the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma and eastern Missouri are being warned that conditions will deteriorate Friday afternoon and the storm could spread as far east as Ohio and New York over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. (CNN)
Northwest files bankruptcy reorganization plan — Northwest Airlines filed its bankruptcy reorganization plan on Thursday, another step toward its planned emergence from Chapter 11 protection in the second quarter of this year. (AP)
For a fee, fliers won’t shed shoes — A new machine will allow some air travelers to avoid a major post-9/11 hassle starting today — taking off shoes at a checkpoint. (USA Today)
American pulls pricier tickets from Expedia — AMR Corp.’s American Airlines Inc. said Thursday that it would no longer offer international, first- or business-class tickets on Expedia Inc., the world’s biggest online travel agency. (Bloomberg News)
Eastern slopes are barren — While many western U.S. ski resorts are thriving with packed powder measuring in feet, not inches, resorts back East are hoping to turn a terrible season around. Dozens of resorts remain closed from Iowa to Alabama and on up to Maine. (AP)
Town to mark site of Howard Hughes’ secret wedding — Howard Hughes could have tied the knot with the Hollywood glamour girl anywhere in the world. But the billionaire’s obsession with privacy prompted him to marry actress Jean Peters in the remote mining town of Tonopah, Nev., 50 years ago Friday. (AP)
New ships with new luxuries — When will the boom in cruising end? Not this year, apparently. The industry expects more than 10 million Americans on ships, double the number of a decade ago, and the major lines are launching seven new vessels to meet demand. (USA Today)
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