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  • Piecing together the art of mosaics in Italy

    The ancient art of mosaics thrives in Ravenna, the Italian city known for the art form. A master's five-day crash course teaches the technique to ...

  • Woody Guthrie Center opens in Tulsa Okla.

    The woman in the wheelchair and headphones is watching pictures go by and hearing a narrator speak about a place and a moment long ago. On the screen a typewritten love letter appears and as the words scroll down, you can imagine the woman when she first laid eyes on those words. It was 80 years ago in Pampa, Texas, when Mary Jennings, then 16, succumbed to the sweet words and married Woody ...

  • How to find gay-friendly vacation spots

    As more countries propose legislation to legalize same-sex marriage, as Minnesota just did, destinations and travel companies are increasingly marketing themselves to gay travelers. But John Tanzella, president of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association, warned that not all those who talk the talk necessarily walk the walk. "Let’s say a hotel is doing an ad campaign, but ...

  • Travel Troubleshooter Seeking refund for student ticket

    Q: I'm trying to help my sister get a refund on her daughter's nonrefundable airline ticket. Her daughter went to Spain in January as an exchange student. Her return was scheduled for May 29. When my sister, her husband and son went to Spain to visit her, my brother-in-law was rushed to the hospital. He was hospitalized for over a week until he was stable enough to fly back to Boston. ...

  • Tips and deals of the week Prince de Galles hotel Where Chefs Eat app and East Coast Trains offer

    Starwood has just unveiled the renovated Prince de Galles on Avenue George V in Paris. The Art Deco hotel, close to the Champs-Elyses, has been closed for two years ...


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Movie Review

One Night at McCool's

In One Night at McCool's, Liv Tyler plays Jewel, a curvaceous bombshell scam artist who wraps a trio of idiotic men around her finger, proving what seems to be the movie's only point: Men think with the wrong head. Despite being at various stations in life, none of the men here are strong enough to resist Jewel's wiles, even when it becomes plainly obvious that she is bad news in every way ... ...

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  • Ben Ross Her Majesty knows that her passports are precious things

    Ben Ross is Head of Travel at The Independent. He has worked for the paper for over a decade, and began reporting on travel in 2001. Before joining the travel desk full time, he ran The Independent's special projects department. He started his journalistic career at the BBC working for its commercial arm, BBC ...

  • Petrochemicals sector given lively reception at hotels in Fujairah

    The number of hotel rooms in Fujairah is expected to double to 1,600 this year. Above, the Hotel JAL Fujairah Resort and Spa. Randi Sokoloff / The ...

  • LATAM Airlines to resume Argentina flights later Saturday

    SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA LAN.SN said on Saturday it will resume flights to, from and within Argentina by 1530 GMT after state company Intercargo unilaterally decided on Friday to stop providing services to the ...

  • New board to oversee Trinidads Caribbean Airlines

    PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -; Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing that the state-owned company posted losses of more than $70 ...

  • Summer Travel Discounts for Teachers at BBs

    Image credit: www.thetwelveoaks.com No more students, no more books . . . just lots of discounts for teachers at bed and breakfasts across the country this summer, thanks to a new program from BedandBreakfast.com. Often overworked and most definitely underpaid, many teachers are lucky enough to have the summer months off, but the summer is the most expensive time of year to take a ...

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