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LAX computer glitch causes hours-long delays
Weary international passengers were stuck at Los Angeles International Airport for hours, unable to set foot in the United States after a computer failure prevented customs officials from screening arrivals. (AP)
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Today’s Travel Blogs
Ewan McGregor completes 20-country motorcycle tour
Ewan McGregor has just wrapped up his 15,000 mile, 20 country motorcycle trip with his buddy Charley Boorman. Even though the three month trip sounds a bit more Mad Max than Star Wars, we’d still love to follow in his footsteps. He and a friend, British actor Charley Boorman, left London on BMW GS R1150 Adventure motorcycles and rode east for 108 days, crossing Europe, Central Asia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada, and the Midwest. (Jaunted)
Airport security: there’s no backing out
Here’s something to keep in mind when you’re standing in line at the airport TSA checkpoint: there’s no turning back. At least that’s what a court has decided. (Elliott.org)
Skip the line: Southwest tries new boarding
When the airline that dragged the terms “low-cost” and “cattle car” into the popular vocabulary starts talking about seat assignments, you can bet it piques interest around here. Here are the trial boarding process details. (Smarter Travel)
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