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Roland Martin dishes on Chicago
September 9, 2010Where is the best place to get a chocolate dessert, people watch or go golfing in Chicago, Illinois? CNN political analyst Roland Martin weighs in on his adopted hometown.
State Department issues travel advisory over Quran burning
September 9, 2010The U.S. State Department on Thursday issued a travel alert, cautioning Americans of "the potential for anti-U.S. demonstrations in many countries" over plans by a Gainesville, Florida, church to burn Qurans on Saturday.
Nearly 200 Chinese pilots faked experience
September 9, 2010Nearly 200 commercial pilots in China falsified their flying experience, Chinese aviation officials have discovered.
Hidden fees have travelers in a frenzy
September 9, 2010Airlines are nickel-and-diming passengers, and now a coalition of three travel advocacy groups is fighting back.
Passengers peeved about peanuts on planes
September 9, 2010
The No. 1 suggestion from air travelers on ways to enhance passenger protections? Ban peanuts on planes.
Tourist crowds threaten Vatican's Sistine Chapel
September 9, 2010The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks.
FAA nears proposal on pilot fatigue rules
September 9, 2010After a regional airliner crashed in western New York a year and a half ago, killing 50 people, the Obama administration promised swift action to prevent similar tragedies. High on the list: new rules governing the number of hours pilots may work, to prevent tired flight crews from making fatal errors.
Need a vacation? Many Americans don't go
September 9, 2010Need of a vacation? You are not alone but more than half of Americans do not take all their vacation days, even though they think they need a holiday more this year than last.
ANA setting up low-cost carrier, a Japan first
September 9, 2010Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways said Thursday it's setting up Japan's first low-cost carrier, potentially making flights between Osaka and Tokyo cheaper than riding the popular bullet train.
Sydney's hip inner-city scene
September 9, 2010Part outsize beach resort, part culture capital, Sydney, Australia, exemplifies the art of relaxed cosmopolitanism. Now that Aussie energy can be found in new restaurants and hotels in some oft-overlooked neighborhoods.
