More comments sought on travel screening
More comments sought on travel screening — Under pressure from Congress and the public, the Homeland Security Department extended the time for people to comment on its computerized risk assessment system for international travelers. (AP)
U.S. looks to Disney for welcome for visitors — Faced with a decline in the number of overseas visitors and unpopular entry requirements, the U.S. government is turning to the Walt Disney Co. and other theme park operators to brighten the country’s battered image. (Reuters)
US Airways won’t fight over Delta deal — US Airways will give up its proposed takeover of Delta Air Lines if management there can’t be persuaded of the benefits, US Airways CEO Doug Parker said Tuesday. (AP)
Exiles urge U.S. to allow travel to Cuba — Twenty organizations representing Cuban exiles called on the U.S. government Monday to relax travel restrictions for Cuban-Americans who want to visit family on the island nation and to permit Americans to send humanitarian aid. (AP)
Brazil lifts takeoff ban at three airports — Authorities lifted a ban on takeoffs from three major Brazilian airports Wednesday morning after fixing an air traffic communications system that broke down a day earlier. (AP)
EU ministers expand borderless travel — nations agreed Tuesday to expand the bloc’s borderless travel zone to the 10 new members that joined the EU in 2004. (AP)
Critics applauded for trashing movie — Brazil’s state tourism body applauded U.S. film critics Tuesday for trashing a horror movie in which tourists get slaughtered in the country and said it was taking measures to offset any damage to its image abroad. (Reuters)
October earthquake shutters Hawaii golf hotel — After structural engineers completed an assessment of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on Dec. 1, Prince Hotels, its parent company, decided to close the property immediately. (USA Today)
Flatulence leads to flight diversion — Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning. (The Tennessean)
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