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Supercars Debut at 2013 Geneva Auto Show (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024
People look at the new McLaren P1 during the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show, Switzerland, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Jaguar, Corvette, Alfa Romeo, and Spyker all debuted sleek sports cars and futuristic convertibles at the 2013 Geneva International Motor Show, which opened to the press Tuesday. Hybrid supercars and new models from automakers are also roaring in Geneva, one of the most important stops on the global auto show circuit. One of the highlights of the show is...
Stunning Video of Norway at Night
Jan 17, 2024
The windswept mountains of northern Norway have a special majesty all their own. They also have an ability to drive at least one photographer to the brink of madness, at least according to this video. Toby Lockerbie decided to make a getaway to Norway to refresh, relax, and maybe shoot some video of the Northern Lights. As the above video shows, he definitely accomplished that last part, but we're not so sure about the first two. Of course, the stunning...
Zimbabwe Resort Town on Alert After Lions Kill 2
Jan 17, 2024
(Thinkstock) HARARE, Zimbabwe — Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe put the northern resort town of Kariba on full alert Wednesday after rogue lions mauled to death two people near a suburb there. The National Parks and Wildlife Authority said fliers were being handed out in the town and volunteers were using a loudspeaker to caution townspeople on the dangers of lion attacks on the shores of Lake Kariba, a man-made hydroelectric dam popular for fishing and tourism. It said one man...
Giant Wave Kills Tourist in Mexico
Jan 17, 2024
Hotels are seen on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. (Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images) CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Officials say a giant wave struck a pair of U.S. tourists strolling on the beach near the famous stone arch in the Pacific resort of Cabo San Lucas, killing a 65-year-old woman and leaving a 70-year-old man in serious condition. State police say the two were walking back to their hotel when they were hit by the wave and dragged out...
"The Ghan" is a scenic and artistic travel treat
Jan 17, 2024
Take a ride through the Australian Outback in this scenic and artistic music video. The Ghan is a venerable train line that bisects Australia from the city of Darwin on the northern coast to Adelaide in the south. One of the recent passengers on this 1,851-mile trip through the Australian wilderness was music video maker and producer , also known as Pogo. Bertke put his remix skills to good use, turning three-day tour into a mesmerizing two minute musical tour...
Mom Sues Air Traffic Control After Crash Kills Sons
Jan 17, 2024
Jackson Hole Airport as seen from the aerial tram at Jackson Hole ski resort. (NHRHS2010/Creative Commons) CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The mother of three Minnesota boys who died with their father in a 2010 plane wreck in western Wyoming is suing a company that provides air traffic control services at the Jackson Hole Airport. Michelle Bucklin sued Virginia-based Serco Inc. in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne this week, claiming an air traffic controller's negligence caused the crash. She brought the...
New TSA Policy on Knives Sparks Backlash
Jan 17, 2024
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel work at the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2013. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals and even insurance companies are part of a growing backlash to the Transportation Security Administration's new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives and sports equipment like souvenir baseball bats and golf clubs onto planes. The Flight Attendants Union Coalition, which representing nearly 90,000 flight attendants, said it is coordinating...
Colorado County Sees Tourism in Historic Silver Mine
Jan 17, 2024
This 2010 photo provided by Hinsdale County shows the assay office of the historic Ute-Ulay mine near Lake City, Colo., in the spring of 2010. (AP Photo/Kristie Borchers) DENVER — A contaminated 19th century silver mining camp could become a bigger tourism draw for a sparsely populated, high-alpine county in southwest Colorado's San Juan Mountains. Commissioner Stan Whinnery hopes turning the Ute-Ulay mill site, near Lake City, into a cleaned up public site instead of a private one will lure...
PHOTOS: America's Tallest Buildings by State
Jan 17, 2024
Above, you'll find a list giving you each state's tallest building, ranging from a not-yet-open skyscraper that reaches 1,776 feet to an apartment building that hits a height of just 124 feet. These engineering marvels have withstood time and the elements to keep standing tall: the contender from Louisiana made it through Hurricane Katrina with little damage and California's spot is taken by a building that can reportedly withstand earthquakes up to a magnitude of 8.3. Buildings define a city's...
13 New National Landmarks Named
Jan 17, 2024
The home of Uncle Tom's Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe and the legendary Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, where the 'Bloody Sunday' civil rights march took place in 1965, were among the named by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, according to an Interior Department statement. Salazar and Jarvis announced the new landmarks Monday, calling them "important sites that help tell the story of America," . Other sites that received federal recognition...
13 New National Historic Landmarks Named
Jan 17, 2024
The home of Uncle Tom's Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe and the legendary Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, where the 'Bloody Sunday' civil rights march took place in 1965, were among the 13 new historic landmarks named by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, according to an Interior Department statement. Salazar and Jarvis announced the new landmarks Monday, calling them "important sites that help tell the story of America," according to the...
Live Grenade Found at Washington's Dulles Airport
Jan 17, 2024
File photo of Dulles International Airport. (Joe Ravi/Creative Commons/CC-BY-SA 3.0) STERLING, Va. (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration says it stopped a Virginia man from bringing a live smoke grenade on a flight at Dulles International Airport. (MORE: ) The TSA says the Great Falls resident was not charged and was allowed to continue on his flight to Denver. The device was confiscated. The smoke grenade was concealed under the inner lining of the man's carry-on bag. Smoke grenades and...
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