travel
Probing the Pentagon's Travel System
Washington Post - Nov 17 12:19 PM Congress made another attempt this week to drive a stake through the heart of the Defense Travel System, a half-billion-dollar computerized travel-booking system that is used by relatively few Pentagon travelers.
windows vista
Get ready for Windows Vista
USA Today - Nov 16 4:33 PM Microsoft's Windows Vista is almost here. Businesses with volume license agreements can get it Nov. 30. Home users must wait until Jan. 30. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't prepare. This is particularly true if you're buying a new computer. Upgrading to Vista is sure to be confusing. So here are some things you need to know.
michael jackson
Michael Jackson comeback gig "a flop," reviews say
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 16 4:07 AM British media rounded on Michael Jackson and the organisers of an awards ceremony where he appeared late on Wednesday, calling his first public performance since his child molestation trial last year "shambolic."
itunes
iTunes, Turner and PGA Unite
Broadcasting and Cable - Nov 16 7:06 AM Turner and PGA.com are offering a package of highlights of the upcoming PGA Grand Slam of Golf on iTunes, the first time the PGA has made its championship coverage available for download.
france
France priority is World Cup bid
CNN.com - Jan 24 10:04 AM LONDON, England (Reuters) -- France coach Bernard Laporte said on Wednesday he planned to use all his record 40-man squad for this year's Six Nations championship as the final step to building a side able to win the World Cup for the first time.
weed
Weed duo earns SCL volleyball honors
Mount Shasta News - Nov 15 12:41 PM The Weed volleyball team's top front row hitter and back row stopper were each recognized by the Shasta Cascade League for prowess at their respective positions.
moon
'Moon' shot for Nicholas
USA Today - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago Nicholas Pedro pulls off a stunning comeback after fizzling in Hollywood last year. A smooth and assured Fly Me to the Moon. Wonder if this Broadway cowboy chick will be the worst. So far I'm having trouble identifying a clear...
steve irwin
Steve Irwin lived with constant pain
TVNZ - Jan 23 3:11 PM Steve Irwin secretly lived with chronic pain for the last three years of his life, his father Bob Irwin revealed on a documentary aired in the US. The Crocodile Hunter was recuperating from a broken neck while shooting his final documentary, Ocean's Deadliest.
saturn
Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid doesn't measure up to rivals
Seattle Times - Nov 17 12:19 AM effortless, even — to accuse GM of bad faith in the Saturn Vue Green Line, a maximally minimal venture in hybrid powertrain technology...
ashley tisdale
'High School Musical' tickets to go on sale
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Nov 13 9:04 PM Tickets for "High School Musical: The Concert Tour," hitting the Mellon Arena stage at 6 p.m. Jan. 6, go on sale Saturday at noon. Cast members expected are Vanessa Hudgens, Drew Seely, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman, more recently of "Dancing With the Stars."
verizon wireless
Verizon Wireless Launches High-Speed Wireless Network in Toledo, Ohio, and Surrounding Area
SYS-CON Media - Nov 17 12:11 PM Verizon Wireless today has expanded the national rollout of its Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) third generation (3G) wide-area network to portions of Lucas and Wood counties including Toledo, Bowling Green, Maumee, Perrysburg and Sylvania.
college
Illinois college to Colbert: Cool off
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago A small Illinois college says it would consider issuing a new, fireproof honorary degree to simmer down last spring's commencement speaker, satirist Stephen Colbert.
books
Harry Potter charity books stolen
BBC News - Jan 24 9:54 AM Thousands of Harry Potter books written by JK Rowling for Comic Relief are stolen from a recycling plant.
scarface
CHUCK MINSKER: 'Scarface' game is as despicable as movie, not for kids
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Nov 16 1:16 AM For some reason, the gangster movie "Scarface" has achieved cult status -- both for its extreme violence and for the incredible number of times the characters manage to say a certain four-letter word. Needless to say, this is not a movie for kids.
buildings
Council Approves Measure To Encourage Taller Buildings
The Hawaii Channel - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago HONOLULU -- Honolulu City Council members on Wednesday approved a measure to encourage developers to build higher and denser. Councilman Charles Djou said it is better to permit higher buildings in Honolulu than to promote urban sprawl all over the island.
ford
Ford withdraws Champ Car sponsorship
USA Today - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it has withdrawn as an official Champ Car World Series sponsor. Ford had participated in Indianapolis-based Champ Car and its predecessor, CART, since re-entering open-wheel racing in 1992, first providing engines and then sponsorship.
qvc
LCoS HDTV Delivers Most Screen For The Least Green
Hartford Courant - 33 minutes ago No, liquid crystal on silicon is not the sparkling ring you almost bought on late-night QVC.
brooke hogan
2006 Wrestling Awards, Brooke Hogan, Stacy Keibler
Wrestling News - Jan 21 4:37 PM --Since there's no link on www.dailynews.com, here's what I saw in the 1/21-27 issue of New York Vue TV Guide. On page 6 from the guide in the "This Just In..." section, it's got a photo of Hulk Hogan in a gym & underneath the photo it says: "Hogan's heroes are his kids.
mardi gras
Mardi Gras is many parties for many people
CNN.com - Jan 24 7:18 AM NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Roger Evans knows there are local residents who plan to leave town during Mardi Gras. But he does just the opposite. He stays in town and takes vacation time to be sure he doesn't miss a minute of the big party.
olsen twins
Kitts Hill native wins big on CBS game show
The Ironton Tribune - Nov 16 7:33 AM FINDLAY — A former Kitts Hill resident has struck gold. Linda Young recently won $100,000 on CBS Television’s Gold Rush Competition. The former Lawrence County resident lived here for 20 years before moving to Findlay in 1998 when Ashland Oil merged with Marathon.
germany
Germany jails 9/11 hijackers' friend before new sentence
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago Germany's top appeals court ruled on Friday that a Moroccan friend of the September 11 hijackers should be jailed while he waits to receive a new sentence for abetting mass murder.
wrestling
Former Wrestling Coach Accused Of Internet Crimes
WDIV ClickOnDetroit.com via Yahoo! News - Nov 16 2:11 PM Former Milford high school wrestling coach William Francis Ramsey Jr. was arraigned Thursday on four counts of using a computer to accost and solicit a minor.
ashlee simpson
Ashlee Simpson to record with The Cure frontman?
WENN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Nov 17 5:30 AM Ashlee Simpson is to return to her pop singing roots after finishing her theatre stint in Chicago - and insists she wants The Cure's Robert Smith to help with her comeback.
cheap flights
JetBlue Offering Cheap Flights To New York
CBS 6 Richmond - Nov 15 9:32 AM Christmas and Hannukah are rapidly approaching. A lot of people are thinking about their gift lists. And what better place to do your holiday shopping... than the Big Apple? But if you think New York is out of your price range... think again.
aphrodite
New James Bond gets licence to love
The Times of India - Nov 15 10:10 PM LONDON: There was a time when well-built Bond girls emerged from the sea like Aphrodite. In Casino Royale, the latest 007 film, James Bond himself does the born-from-the-foam routine.
cuckold
Answer to this whodunit is in the audience's hands
The Lisle Sun - Nov 16 10:45 PM Who killed Amelia Meddle? Was it her cuckold husband? Or what about her lover's ex-girlfriend? But the medical examiner does seem suspicious ...
rbd
EMI Music and Gotuit Media Announce Content Licensing Partnership
RedNova - Nov 16 7:36 AM Gotuit Media (www.gotuit.com), a digital media company delivering a growing array of on-demand video products, and one of the fastest growing online video portals, today announced it has signed a multi-year strategic content licensing agreement with EMI Music.
social security
Chairman-to-be vows to kill Bush's Social Security plan
CNN.com - Nov 17 7:35 AM WASHINGTON (AP) -- The incoming chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday he wants to hold hearings on looming insolvencies in the Medicare and Social Security programs but said President Bush's plan to partially privatize Social Security is dead.
anna nicole smith
Judge postpones Anna Nicole Smith paternity test
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago A Los Angeles judge has pushed back the deadline for Anna Nicole Smith to determine the father of her baby as part of a lawsuit by an ex-boyfriend, a lawyer for the former Playboy Playmate said on Wednesday.
fights
Man Pleads Guilty to Dog Fights and Drug Charges
WTVY-TV 4 - Nov 16 5:12 PM A man who pleaded guilty to dog fights and drug charges will now spend 11 years in prison. Timothy McCleod was arrested in August 2005 on 14 counts of dog fighting and possession of a controlled substance.
gym class heroes
EXCLUSIVE: Meet Gym Class Heroes and see their new video first!
Kerrang.com - Jan 23 3:12 AM OK, the phrase indie-hip-hop doesn't normally make us do more than groan quietly either, but in the case of the utterly mad Gym Class Heroes we're always happy to make an exception.
david beckham
David Beckham
fansfc.com - Nov 14 2:56 AM Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham is not looking for a return to Manchester United. The 31-year-old told The Sun: “I have moved on from there.”
job search
Job search workshop
Home News Tribune - Jan 22 1:34 AM SAYREVILLE — A WORKSHOP that will teach participants the fundamentals of how to conduct a productive job search, write a resume, and perform effectively at an interview will be offered t 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Sayreville Public Library, 1050 Washington Road, Parlin.
earthquakes
Earthquakes are Imminent
Zaman Online - Nov 16 2:03 PM Honorary President of the Geophysics Institution of Turkey, Professor Ahmet Ercan said, “Within seven days we are expecting aftershocks or separate earthquakes of 5 to 7 in magnitude.”
shower
Shower helps to stock emergency shelter
Central Kentucky News Journal - 21 minutes ago Next month, Taylor Countians in need of a place to stay will have somewhere to go. On Tuesday, Green River Ministries hosted a shower for its new emergency shelter.
cindy margolis
Cindy Margolis won't bare her butt for Playboy!
Yahoo! India News - Nov 13 3:31 AM New York, Nov 13(ANI): In her upcoming nude pictorial in Playboy, while Cindy Margolis has bared a lot for men's eyes, she has still kept something to herself - her butt. The 41-year-old beauty, who once claimed that she was the most downloaded woman on the internet, says she worked hard to keep her buttocks out of the shots. "I didn't want it in there. I wasn't happy with it," The New York Post
ashanti
Ghana: Anglogold Ashanti Donates Oil Palm And Corn Mill
AllAfrica.com - Nov 14 1:13 PM The Executive Officer of Anglogold Ashanti, Africa Open Pit Mines, Mr. Fritz Neethling, has said that the company will continue to form partnership with its host communities, share their traditions, environment and values, adding that, 'we want the communities to be better off for Anglogold Ashanti having been there'.
smokin aces
Smokin' Aces
Rolling Stone - Jan 24 11:48 AM Starring: Jeremy Piven, Alicia Keys, Ben Affleck, Common Review: Best consumed with pizza and lots of brewskis, Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces is shamelessly and unapologetically a guy movie. It's lewd, crude and... Rating: 3 Stars
bed bath and beyond
Bed, Bath & Beyond opens
Petoskey News-Register - Jan 24 1:34 PM Petoskey gained a new source of home accessories Tuesday as the Bed, Bath and Beyond chain opened its doors in the Bay Mall on Spring Street. The 22,000-square-foot store occupies part of the building where Carter's Food Center previously operated.
furniture
Embattled Triad Furniture Company Closes Doors
WXII ThePiedmontChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 7:38 AM A High Point furniture company beset by financial problems and customer complaints has closed its doors.
snow patrol
Snow Patrol's Brit Awards Show In Doubt
Teen Music - Jan 23 2:58 PM Latest: Snow Patrol's planned performance at the Brit Awards next month has been thrown into doubt after drummer Johnny Quinn broke his arm in a snowboarding accident.
tandem bicycles
Playing to work better
Nhan Dan - Nov 09 1:04 AM Wandering in a resort or a tourist site, you might have seen young people playing together in groups. They could be staff of a company partaking in a training course for teambuilding, offering not only a break from work but also skills that are useful to their jobs.
diabetes
Benefits of diabetes drug don't depend on weight
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago The diabetes drug metformin is at least as effective in normal and overweight patients as it is in obese patients, according to a report by Australian researchers in the journal Diabetes Care.
cat and dog
Raining Dogs and Wearing Cats
The Epoch Times - Jan 22 4:20 AM Last month, the European Union announced a proposal for a law to forbid the sale of cat and dog fur.In China, the fur industry has become quite successful and enriching. At the same time, this i...
aaa
AAA provides guides to parents of teen drivers
Examiner - Jan 24 4:20 PM In the aftermath of traffic crashes that have claimed the lives of teenagers, their passengers and other motorists, the AAA Clubs of New Jersey remind parents of new drivers that teenagers have the highest collision rate of any age group and teenagers who have driven a year or less have the worst crash rates.
lesson plans
Basketball: UT's Conradt eager to begin next lesson
San Antonio Express News - Nov 15 9:42 AM The office looks like one inhabited by any grade-school teacher. There are handmade gifts from students — thank-you notes, photo collages, posters — some how-to books, some scribbled lesson plans.
maxim
Model Complains About Corbis Photo On Maxim Cover
PDNonline - Nov 16 1:08 PM Model Veronica Varekova is publicly accusing Maxim magazine of using her image on its cover without her permission, though the magazine says it licensed the photo legitimately from Corbis.
kingdom hearts
Fool on Call: The Magic of Disney
The Motley Fool - Nov 16 11:51 AM Walt Disney spreads its magic in rapidly expanding markets.
the great depression
The Great Depression
Cavalier Daily Online - Jan 24 3:15 AM While working in a pharmacy over Winter Break, I encountered customers with every sort of medical need imaginable, from high blood pressure to mysterious facial rashes. One day a customer came to the...
roses
Man sent girl roses after killing her lover
Townsville Bulletin - Nov 17 10:02 AM A DAY after he slit his ex-girlfriend's lover's throat and burnt his body beyond recognition, Brian Steer sent the woman a dozen roses and asked her to move in with him.
saliva
Painkilling saliva beats morphine
New Scientist - Nov 16 5:19 AM Human saliva has yeilded a painkiller up to six times as powerful as morphine
model
Model dies of anorexia complications
CNN.com - Nov 16 10:20 PM RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) -- The mother of a Brazilian fashion model who died from complications of anorexia has made an emotional appeal for parents to take better care of aspiring young models.
jackie robinson
Jackie Robinson Remembered as Mets Plan Move
The New York Sun - Nov 13 10:23 PM A ballpark advertising Citigroup will replace Shea Stadium in 2009, the Mets announced yesterday, but the team is reaching out to fans who wanted the new field to carry the name of civil rights pioneer Jackie Robinson. In a tribute to the legacy of the famous Brooklyn Dodger, Mets officials said yesterday that the team would commission a statue of Robinson to be placed near the entranceway of its
kottonmouth kings
YEAH YEAH YEAH
Anchorage Press - Nov 16 10:25 AM Magic historian and stone-cold sleight-of-hand master Ricky Jay has personally compiled a terrific new CD of songs bet, called and won at the card table in Ricky Jay Plays Poker.
toyota
Toyota Building Trucks in Lonestar State
Washington Post - Nov 17 12:42 AM HOUSTON -- Toyota Motor Corp.'s latest effort in the U.S. automotive industry is considered its most important, and what a place for it: deep in the heart of Texas, where American pickups have crowded backroads and highways for decades.
daughtry
"Idol" veteran Daughtry tops U.S. album charts
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 24 2:43 PM "American Idol" contestant Chris Daughtry took the top spot on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, but overall sales suffered another dire week.
pregnancy
Analysis: Hypertension and Pregnancy
RedNova - Nov 17 12:14 AM By ED SUSMAN Once thought to be just a consequence of pregnancy, doctors now say that having high blood pressure -- such as preeclampsia -- during pregnancy is a strong clue that a woman will become hypertensive in the future.
hgtv.com
Simple secrets for cheap, self-spa bliss
The Lantern - Jan 24 7:03 AM Expensive spas are not an option for most students, but there are simple secrets that can lead to self-pampered bliss.
free people search
SearchBug is Setting a High Standard with the New Free People Search
[Press Release] PR Web - Jan 08 12:40 AM The new version of SearchBug People Finder offers more flexibility, expanded coverage, new features and improvements in usability. The free people search service has been online for over 10 years. (PRWeb Jan 8, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/VGhpci1TaW5nLVpldGEtVGhpci1NYWduLVplcm8=
volcanoes
Orcas to Ometepe Island: Dinner aids Nicaraguan women
The Islands' Sounder - Nov 16 9:05 AM Rosas de Volcanes, (Roses of Volcanoes) is a group dedicated to empowering single mothers.
planets
How Many Planets?
RedNova - Nov 17 2:19 PM If it's one thing we thought we knew, it's that the solar system has nine planets, beginning with Mercury and extending to farthest- out Pluto. But apparently we got ahead of ourselves, and the astronomers say, Not so fast.
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travel
- For other uses, see Travel (disambiguation)
Travel is the transport of people on a trip/journey or the process or time involved in a person or object moving from one location to another. Reasons for travel include:
- Tourism—travel for recreation. This may apply to the travel itself, or the travel may just be the necessary investment to arrive at a desired location.
- Visiting friends and family
- Trade
- Commuting–going to various routine activities, such as work or meetings.
- Migration—travel to begin life somewhere else; nomadic people do this
- Pilgrimages—travel for religious reasons
The word originates from the Middle English word travailen ("to toil"), which comes from the French word travailler ("travail").
See also
- Hostel travel
- Wanderlust
- Resort
- Popular Tourist Regions
External links
- See Wikitravel at wikitravel.org for more travelling information.
Probing the Pentagon's Travel System
Washington Post - Nov 17 12:19 PM Congress made another attempt this week to drive a stake through the heart of the Defense Travel System, a half-billion-dollar computerized travel-booking system that is used by relatively few Pentagon travelers.
Pentagon travel system hardly being used
USA Today - Nov 17 4:09 AM The Pentagon that gave taxpayers a $434 hammer and a $600 toilet seat cover now has a half-billion-dollar travel booking system that is bypassed by more than eight in 10 users.
Airports Giving Away 'Travel Baggies'
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 17 12:03 PM This Thanksgiving, leftover stuffing and turkey drumsticks aren't all that will go into plastic bags. Some 25 million passengers are expected in the nation's airports during the 12-day Thanksgiving travel period, the busiest travel time of the year.
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