Cruise prices soar
Cruise prices soar — Travel agent Joe Canino is noticing something happening to his customers booking cruises that he hasn’t seen in a while: sticker shock. Higher ticket prices and an insatiable demand among vacationers have the cruise lines basking in the smoothest sailing since the heavy discounts and tough times prompted by the 2001 economic recession and that year’s terrorist attacks.
Teacher acquitted in Ft. Lauderdale airport scuffle — A first-grade teacher wept Thursday night after a jury needed just 33 minutes to acquit her of charges that she drove a short distance with a Broward sheriff’s deputy’s hand wedged in her car window. As the verdict was read, a sobbing Lisa Leo buried her face in her attorney’s shoulder while her family and friends celebrated in the courtroom’s front row with hugs and screams of “Yes!”
InterContinental blasted for Berchtesgaden resort — 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 and southern headquarters near the town of Berchtesgaden in the scenic Bavarian Alps.
Ted turns one — but is it working? — It started with an enigmatic advertising campaign that included giveaways, billboards, even free slices of cheesecake and pizza. Now a year removed from the initial hype, low-fare airline Ted is gaining market share in Denver - its largest hub - and helping parent company United Airlines emerge from bankruptcy, officials say.
Michigan couple fined for Cuba trip — An administrative law judge fined a Michigan couple $5,250 for traveling to Cuba in 2001. The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control had asked Administrative Law Judge Irwin Schroeder to fine Michael and Andrea McCarthy $9,750.
Pilot accused of Wall Street crash threat — A San Diego pilot who flew airliners and military aircraft was grounded after a woman told the FBI he threatened to crash a plane into Wall Street because the people there made “easy money,” authorities said yesterday. Robert P. Feneziani, 44, was arrested Wednesday in western New York state, and pleaded not guilty to charges of lying in an application for top-secret security clearance.