Northeast: Break out your snow shovels
Northeast: Break out your snow shovels — Northeast was bracing Wednesday for a massive Valentine’s Day snowstorm that already has made traveling a nightmare across the Midwest. (CNN)
Airline ticket tax could disappear — The Bush administration’s long-awaited plan to pay for a new, high-tech air traffic control system would eliminate the passenger ticket tax but raise other costs for people who fly. The Federal Aviation Administration will unveil its proposal Wednesday. (AP)
Zoos cash in on animal sex tours — Valentine’s Day is the time of year when zoos around the nation seek to woo a new adult audience with risque tours that couple champagne, chocolate-covered strawberries and candlelight dining with impressive facts about how animals do the wild thing. (AP)
Fan’s guide to Spring Training — When the players break out the bats and balls, it’s time for fans to reach for the sunscreen and road map. All over the Grapefruit and Cactus leagues, little dots of towns spring to life for spring training. For rookie visitors, here’s a look at where to go. (AP)
What you need to know about flying with Fido — Some half a million pets that fly each year, according to statistics complied by the U.S. Department of Transportation. But not all airlines permit pets to fly in the cabin, and other policies vary too. (AP)
Delta gets court permission to buy $1 billion worth of jets — Delta Air Lines which is in the process of emerging from bankruptcy protection, has received court permission to buy 30 regional jets from Bombardier Aerospace valued at more than $1 billion. (AP)
Frontier Airlines comes to Memphis — Discount carrier Frontier Airlines will be serving Memphis by mid-May, offering two daily nonstops to Denver, plus two other routes it will announce this morning. (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Hotel, development to come to iconic Hollywood intersection — Hollywood and Vine, crossroads of stars and moviemakers in a bygone era, will be the site of a $600 million hotel, residential and retail development intended to restore luster to the iconic intersection. (AP)
Historic Berlin hotel to close in 2008 — A German court on Monday rejected a bid to prevent the closure of the capital’s historic Tempelhof airport, meaning the hub of the Berlin airlift will likely shut in 2008. (AP)
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